“For All Mankind” shows an amusing twist in its latest episode airing Friday (March 5): a zipper “malfunction” that stops famed astronaut Gordo Stevens from getting to a meeting on…
Continue readingUsing virtual reality, you could explore the surface of Mars from the safety of planet Earth. The Mars Society, a space advocacy group supporting the human exploration of Mars, has…
Continue readingNovember 6, 2017 The contrast of the bright lights against the dark landscape makes this a favorite astronaut photo. This photograph, taken by astronaut Randy “Komrade” Bresnik from the International…
Continue readingU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris made a cosmic call to the International Space Station last week to celebrate the milestone spaceflight of NASA astronaut Victor Glover in orbit. The call,…
Continue readingMost golfers really want to avoid sand traps, but NASA astronaut Alan Shepard had no choice but to deal with one when wielding a six-iron head on the moon’s dusty…
Continue readingGarrett Reisman was reviewing the script for an episode of “For All Mankind” when he came across a familiar name. A veteran NASA astronaut who has served as a technical…
Continue readingRichard Garriott thought he would have been there and back by now. The son of a NASA astronaut and a video game pioneer who funded his own trip to the…
Continue readingOfficial portrait of NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the…
Continue readingNicole Aunapu Mann. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Nicole Mann is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts…
Continue readingAnne McClain. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Anne McClain is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for…
Continue readingNASA Portrait of astronaut Jonny Kim. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development…
Continue readingIn the six decades or so of human space exploration, depending on whose definition you take, only 562 people have flown in to space. We haven’t quite reached the state…
Continue readingIn the six decades or so of human space exploration, depending on whose definition you take, only 562 people have flown in to space. We haven’t quite reached the state…
Continue readingHumans have unfortunately not yet evolved the ability to photosynthesize or recharge from an electricity source, which is why astronauts well into the future of spaceflight will need to have…
Continue readingOut Astronaut (Image credit: Out Astronaut Project) The Out Astronaut Contest is now accepting submissions until Jan. 31. Out Astronaut is an annual competition hosted by the Out Astronaut Project…
Continue readingShannon Walker is a NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon mission in 2020 — the first operational, commercial crew to travel to…
Continue readingFormer NASA astronaut William “Bill” Thornton, who used his own inventions to measure and combat the ill-effects of microgravity while on board two space shuttle missions, has died at the…
Continue readingBy NASA January 14, 2021 Victor J. Glover, NASA astronaut candidate class of 2013. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Victor Glover is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group…
Continue reading