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Russian astronaut, Anton Shkaplerov, on extravehicular activity to continue outfitting the ISS | Credit: NASA Formed:1992 Annual Budget:$1.92 billion Roscosmos is a coordinating hub for all kinds of space activities in Russia. It conducts a variety of civilian activities, including astronaut projec...
The four-member SpaceX Crew-2 consists of two NASA astronauts, mission commander Shane Kimbrough and pilot Megan McArthur, along with Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and fellow mission specialist Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency. After docking with the space ...
What's the capital of Uruguay? Who was the first female NASA astronaut? What exactly is Newton's Second Law of Motion? Oh, that's easy! Google. Google. Google. Believe it or not, there was a time when the world expected you to actually remember and analyze those dates, facts and oth...
Image credit:NASA Hubble Space Telescope(Flickr) You might recognize him fromThe Big Bang Theory, but did you know he was a real astronaut (playing himself)? Michael graduated from MIT in 1988 with MSc degrees in mechanical engineering, technology and public policy. He is now the senior advis...
Likewise, a NASA astronaut in a space station cannot ever take the risk of having their computer fail due to system crashes, component breakdowns and sluggish performance. Some have undergone hundreds of thousands of hours of extensive testing under extreme conditions, where frequency, voltage and ...
Formerly married to fellow astronaut Bill Fisher, and the mother of two children, in 1984 she became the first mother in space. During her career at NASA, she has been involved with three major programs: the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station and the Orion...
When Scott's application to the NASA astronaut training program was turned down, he was naturally upset...as any 6-year-old boy would be. He chose instead to write as much as he possibly could about science, technology and space exploration. He graduated from The University of Coventry and...
Astronauttaste test Apollo11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, who with his fellow astronauts Sandra Magnus andLeland Melvin were invited to taste the dishes, hinted at the challenge NASAwould face adapting Sosa's creation. "Verytasty and then when I got the pickled mushroom ... what a surprise!"Aldrin...
In September 1992, NASA astronautMae Jemisonbecame the first African American women to travel into space as a mission specialist aboardSpace ShuttleEndeavour. Pay tribute to Jemison's achievement and her contribution to human spaceflight with a pair of these bright and colourful socks. ...