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Video: Spider Flown in Space Has Trouble Readapting to Gravity
Astronauts have said adapting to weightlessness is much easier than readapting to gravity when they returned to Earth. Muscle weakness,…
Space Trucks! A Pictorial History Of These Mighty Machines
Cargo resupply ships are vital for space exploration. These days they bring food, experiments and equipment to astronauts on the…
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Cygnus Commercial Cargo Craft Completes Historic First Flight to Space Station
Commercial space took another major leap forward this morning, Oct 22., when the privately developed Cygnus cargo vehicle undocked from…
A Colorful Art Project You Can Only Do In Space
Wow! That was our reaction to seeing this picture (and others) of a light show aboard the International Space Station.…
Students: Want To Get An Experiment Into Space? You Know You Want To
Beer brewing in space? That's what a preteen student will ask astronauts to do on the International Space Station soon.…
Topsy-Turvy Aurora Caught On Astronaut’s Camera
Isn't that aurora facing the wrong way? Not if you're in space! NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins tweeted this picture from…
Chris Hadfield Regretted Not Being Able To Make One Last Spacewalk
Chris Hadfield loved spacewalking. That was clear in a past interview he did for Universe Today: It is like coming…
Missile Launch Creates Weird Cloud Seen in Space
The astronauts on board the International Space Station saw a strange and unexpected view out their windows yesterday. “Saw something…
Awesome Photo: Aurora, Airglow, City Lights and Shining Stars
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano shares a lot of fantastic photos taken from his privileged position 260 miles up aboard the…
Best Ever Astronaut ‘Selfies’
"Talk about a selfie!" wrote former astronaut Clay Anderson on Twitter yesterday (Oct. 1). He posted that comment along with…