Chinese astronauts have performed the country’s first ‘tandem spacewalk’ that involved them working for seven hours outside the Tiangong space station. Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo stepped outside the Tianhe core module of the station on Sunday to position a camera and test a robotic arm. In a clip of Liu leaving the cabin, he … Read more
China rolled out its Long March-2F Y12 rocket to its launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday in preparation of sending astronauts to the nations’ new orbiting modular space station. The three-person crew is set to board the Shebzhou-12 spacecraft next week and blast off to the main section of the Tianhe, or … Read more
Nine astronauts were scanned before heading to the ISS and upon return, scientists take a second scan to compare how their spines have been affected while spending six months in space.
The International Space Station will be crowded a little longer after NASA and SpaceX announced a delayed return for the Crew-1 mission. Astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi were set undock from the orbiting laboratory April 28, but poor weather has pushed it to April 30. This means the Crew Dragon … Read more
The four astronauts on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft were told that they could possibly be on a collision course with an ‘unknown’ object before docking at the International Space Station, NASA has revealed. The space junk encounter, known as a conjunction, was reported at 1:43pm ET Friday while the crew was preparing to … Read more
A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts from across the world has safely docked at the International Space Station. The Dragon capsule docked with the orbiting outpost more than 260 miles above the Indian Ocean, a day after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The new arrivals, representing the U.S, France and Japan, will now spend … Read more
SpaceX will launch four astronauts from three different space agencies for the International Space Station this morning using a recycled capsule and rocket. The astronauts from the US, Japan and France, are scheduled to blast off from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 10:49 BST. It will carry NASA astronauts … Read more
As a crewed mission to Mars becomes closer to reality, scientists are examining the possible effects of extended space travel on astronauts’ well-being—including on their mental health. A new study attempts to predict that psychological toll by looking at scientists stationed in remote research stations in Antarctica. The isolated researchers reported feeling symptoms of anxiety … Read more
As a crewed mission to Mars becomes closer to reality, scientists are examining the possible effects of extended space travel on astronauts’ well-being—including on their mental health. A new study attempts to predict that psychological toll by looking at scientists stationed in remote research stations in Antarctica. The isolated researchers reported feeling symptoms of anxiety … Read more
Looking for something cosmic for your next holiday? Then try a simulated space mission inside a former nuclear bunker near the Polish city of Pila that has been repurposed to mimic the International Space Station – and the surface of the Moon. The ex-military airport installation, once used to store SU-22 fighter-bombers, has been transformed into … Read more