astronauts

Work Efficiency Declines 75% On ISS As Facebook Arrives On Station

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will conduct a live chat with ISS astronauts today, and it will be streamed at NASA's…

9 years ago

SpaceX Taps Superhero Designer For Its Spacesuits

SpaceX has hired super-hero movie costume designer Jose Fernandez to design space suits for its astronauts.

9 years ago

Gender Generates Biological Challenges For Long Duration Spaceflight

Women are more susceptible to harmful changes in their microbiome during space travel. Understanding those changes will allow female astronauts…

9 years ago

Book Review and Giveaway: Ask the Astronaut

Imagine yourself sitting in front of a veteran astronaut. You are able to ask him or her all the space…

9 years ago

Harrowing Return to Earth Ends Year in Space for Kelly

After 340 placid days in space, the return to Earth will be punctuated by a 25 minute free-fall, extreme heat,…

9 years ago

NASA Unveils Orion Pressure Vessel at KSC Launching on EM-1 Moon Mission in 2018

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA officials proudly unveiled the pressure vessel for the agency’s new Orion capsule destined to…

9 years ago

Space Zinnias Rebound from Space Blight on Space Station

Zinnia experimental plants growing aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have staged a dramatic New Year’s comeback from a potential…

9 years ago

What Does it Take to Be an Astronaut?

What does it take to have the "Right Stuff" to become an Astronaut? Are you an overachiever? Are you working…

9 years ago

NASA Orders First Commercial Crew Mission to Space Station from SpaceX

Restoring America’s ability to once again launch US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from US soil on US…

9 years ago