A Dutch teenager is set to make history today by becoming the youngest astronaut in space after snagging a spot on Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard rocket. Physics student Oliver Daemen, 18, credits Thunderbirds with sparking his fascination with space and rockets at a young age. In an Instagram post a day before the launch, Oliver wrote: ‘Ready to … Read more
A Dutch teenager who credits Thunderbirds for sparking his interest in rockets, is set to become the youngest astronaut in space ever today after snagging a spot on Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard rocket. Oliver Daemen, 18, had originally secured a spot on the second New Shepard flight after his millionaire equity boss father came second … Read more
Retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is returning to space, but this time as a tourist. She and racecar driver John Shoffer have purchased a private SpaceX flight set to launch next year.
ESA’s Thomas Pesquet shared images of a region in the Sahara Desert that look very similar to the landscape on Mars. The astronaut snapped the pictures while aboard the ISS.
A petition is calling on NASA to name its planned 2024 Lunar Gateway the ‘Collins Lunar Gateway’ in honor of astronaut Michael Collins who died on April 28. Collins was part of the three-man crew that made history with the lunar landing in 1969, but unlike Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, he never walked on the … Read more
NASA has officially named first-astronaut Kayla Barron to be the fourth and final member of its upcoming SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), slated to launch in mid-October. Barron, 33, who entered astronaut candidate school in 2017, will join fellow NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn on the flight. The three NASA astronauts … Read more
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins has died at the age of 90 after a battle with cancer, his family confirmed Wednesday morning. Collins was part of the three-man crew that made history with a lunar landing in 1969, but unlike Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, he never walked on the moon. However, Collins was tasked … Read more
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies aged 90: NASA pilot who flew command module Columbia during the Moon landing passes away after ‘valiant’ battle with cancer Astronaut Michael Collins has passed away at the age of 90 Collins had been battling cancer for years, his family said in a statement Collins was part of the … Read more
‘I didn’t think the views could get any better!’ Astronaut shares mesmerising timelapse video of the Milky Way from the Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi captured the timelapse video from space He was in the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience capsule when he took the video The video was shared by NASA astronaut … Read more
Blue Origin successful launched its New Shepard suborbital craft for its 15th test flight during the final stage of an ‘astronaut rehearsal’ – brining it one step closer to actual space tourism. ‘God speed New Shepard,’ Arian Cornell, director of astronauts and orbital sales, said over the livestream moments before the massive rocket ignited its … Read more