Sixty years after NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space, his oldest daughter plans to blast off Saturday on a sub-orbital flight of her own, joining former NFL star and TV host Michael Strahan, two entrepreneurs and a father-and-son duo aboard a Blue Origin New Shepard spacecraft. […]
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Alan Shepard became the first American to fly in space when he blasted off in May 1961 — then went on to walk on the moon as commander of the Apollo 14 mission in 1971, famously hitting a golf ball during a moonwalk. Now, more than half a century later, […]
A sleeping bag could stop astronauts’ eyeballs squashing in space, per a study reported by the BBC.Getty Images A new sleeping bag may stop astronauts’ eyeballs squashing in zero-gravity, per a study reported by the BBC. The bags created a vacuum which sucked body fluids from the head towards the […]
Space was hard to avoid thinking about in 2021. We entered a new era of star treks, with the long-promised era of space tourism finally upon us — at least for those who are extremely well-funded. The rest of us terrestrial plebes made do with video clips and telescopes, watching […]
Russia’s anti-satellite missile test has raised calls for the United States and its allies to push for international norms to ban such tests. But reaching an agreement on space arms control could take years or even decades. And until that happens, there is no guarantee Russia or another country won’t […]
SAN FRANCISCO – South Australia’s Oculus Observatory, which opened Dec. 9, houses the first in a planned global network of passive radars to track objects in orbit. Located near the River Murray Dark Sky Reserve, the Oculus Observatory is designed to host multiple, complementary space surveillance sensors, said James Palmer […]
Long spells in microgravity can alter eyeball shape, but a sleeping bag that applies suction to the lower body could prevent such problems Space 9 December 2021 By Jason Arunn Murugesu Volunteers spent 72 hours in the high-tech sleeping bag UT Southwestern Medical Center A sleeping bag that mimics the […]
But this appears not to be the case in b Centauri and the new discovery indicates planets can form in pretty inhospitable environments. Gayathri Viswanath, a PhD student at Stockholm University and study co-author, said: “The planet in b Centauri is an alien world in an environment that is completely […]