The next astronaut crew to visit the moon talked space policy with U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, according to various posts on Tuesday (Dec. 19). New details about the Dec. 14 White House meetings for the four Artemis 2 astronauts, slated for a round-the-moon mission in […]
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China’s Shenzhou 17 astronauts have been taking care of grooming alongside their on-orbit obligations. Mission commander Tang Hongbo and rookie crewmates Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin recently helped each other get haircuts aboard the Tiangong space station. Video released by CMSA, China’s human spaceflight agency, shows Tang Shengjie cutting the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House, where he showed off an moon rock on display in the Oval Office that was collected in the Apollo era. […]
NASA is gearing up for an exciting return to the Moon, marking over 50 years since the last Apollo mission. The United States has set the stage for this cosmic endeavour, scheduling the launch of the Peregrine lander this month. Developed by the American company Astrobotic, Peregrine is anticipated to […]
Being in space may take its toll on astronauts’ health Shutterstock Extended bouts in space could raise men’s risk of erectile dysfunction due to the effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation, according to experiments in rats. The coming decades may see the return of crewed missions beyond Earth orbit. The US, […]
The new era of human spaceflight is upon us with a crewed flight to the moon, on the Orion space capsule, scheduled for next year as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission. This endeavor will only see astronauts reach lunar orbit, but is expected to pave the way for Artemis […]
Space travel throws up a slew of problems regarding sex, including what would happen to a baby if it was conceived in space. But even if they remain sexually abstinent during a stint away from Earth, male astronauts may encounter trouble in the bedroom after they return home. In experiments […]
NASA personnel believe a toolbag lost by astronauts working aboard the International Space Station will be visible above the UK this week. Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara lost a bag packed with vital tools they needed to fix a solar array on the ISS earlier this month, which has […]