Axiom Space's next astronaut mission will be delayed due to the approval process required for International Space Station crews, according to NASA.
but also toward keeping human crews safe and healthy on exploration missions, Kristin Fabre, deputy chief scientist of NASA's Human Research Program, told Space.com. "The need to understand all of the changes that are happening during exploration missions...
The International Space Station (ISS) is being developed not only by the USA, but also by Russia, Canada, Japan, and Europe. Because of the various languages spoken, this multi-national effort complicates the process of forming crews for the ISS. So, I believe a fluency in a foreign ...
While NASA’s astronauts have been training for spacewalks in VR for years, the low resolution of existing VR devices has meant that training for the full spectrum of safety-critical scenarios, including operating the spacecraft and docking with the ISS, has not been possible – until now. Wh...
at the astronaut office in 2015. After four months as deputy, he became NASA’s 14th chief astronaut in July 2015 where he was responsible for flight assignments, mission preparation, and on‐orbit support of U.S. crews, as well as organizing astronaut office support for future launch ...
Visiting the ISS as a private astronaut for the first time, after extended stays as a NASA astronaut, was not as big a change for Whitson as the short mission duration. She compared it to visiting shuttle crews during her earlier long-duration stays there. “It felt familiar in that sense...
The first humans flew into space nearly 60 years ago from the deserts of southern Kazakhstan and the Atlantic shores of Florida. Since then, we’ve learned a lot about what it takes to leave the planet.
"Two Hubble crews appeared on the show-within-a-show 'Tool Time,' on the Tim Allen-led sitcom 'Home Improvement,' to demonstrate their space tools." Massimino's episode of "The Big Bang Theory" will air Thursday (Feb. 2) at 8/7 p.m. Central. Check local listings. You can follow...
the next to take off after Crew-1, is slated to fly in spring 2021. On both missions, the astronauts will be headed for the space station to join an official ISS “Expedition,” the term used to identify crews of astronauts that serve as full-time staff members on the space station. ...
“I’d like to underline how remarkably well-prepared they are based on their backgrounds as military aviators with many, many years of operational experience,” López-Alegría said during a December news conference. “Very similar to some of the crews that I was able to train with when I ...