Scientists from Cornell University are developing a real-world version of the ‘stillsuit’ featured in adaptations of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic Dune, which could be used by future astronauts as they embark on missions to the International Space Stati
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom capsule that brought Hague and Gorbunov to the ISS is currently docked at the station will be the one that brings Williams, Wilmore and the two other Crew-9 astronauts back home. Endurance will remain docked at the station along with the Soyuz....
The whole point of the mission was to test the spacecraft, which was tipped to be a critical alternative toSpace X'sCrew Dragon spacecraft, which is currently the only shuttle for US, European, Canadian and Japanese astronauts to and from the ISS. They a...
Many Earthlings dream of going to the stars, but once they get there, just what do astronauts do in space? We've seen the most glorious historical ...
The pair, along with two other veteran astronauts, were named by NASA back in 2015 to work with SpaceX on the Crew Dragon missions. So both astronauts know the ship well. Dawn of space tourism The company currently has two surviving Crew Dragon capsules it can use to...
Wiseman, the space agency's two astronauts currently on the station, will have the day off to celebrate the holiday. The other four members of the Expedition 40 crew will also have an off day, NASA spokesman Daniel Huot said. [See photos of astronauts celebrating the holidays in space] ...
Song and Wang, part of the third batch of Chinese astronauts, are newcomers to space, both born in the 1990s. Wang is currently China's only female space engineer and the third Chinese woman participating in a crewed spaceflight mission, the agency noted. ...
Currently, theAstronaut Center of Chinain Beijing is training thethird groupof Chinese astronauts. The 18 new astronauts-17 men and one woman-are in three groups: seven will becomespacecraft pilots, another seven will eventually bespace flight engineersand the last four will becomemission payload ...
"In the case that we have with the Starliner crew flight test, the option to either bring the crew home on Starliner or to bring the crew home on another vehicle, we could take either path." Bowersox said there is currently more "consensus" needed...
The preferred Harmony module is currently being occupied by the Starliner spacecraft, which has been stuck on the ISS since June. There is still no return date for Boeing's spacecraft or its astronauts, who have now been on the ISS for months longer than anticipated. Eng...