NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei landed in Kazakhstan with two Russian colleagues on Wednesday after spending 355 days in space. Mr. Vande Hei and his Russian crewmates Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov flew home together in a Russian spacecraft under the guidance of their Russian flight controllers. Mr. Vande Hei was greeted at the landing …
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Three Russian astronauts were launched to the International Space Station early Friday. A few hours later, the Soyuz spacecraft docked at the space station, and when they boarded the orbiting outpost, they were wearing flight suits in striking colors of yellow and blue, similar to the colors of the Ukrainian flag. The Russian astronauts said …
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NASA on Monday unveiled 10 new astronaut candidates who will be able to walk on the moon or probe on the International Space Station in the next decade. The new class of astronaut candidates is the 23rd since 1959, when seven astronauts were selected by the military for Project Mercury, NASA’s first American manned spaceflight …
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NASA officials canceled the Tuesday spacewalk of the agency’s two astronauts late Monday night after receiving warnings that nearby space debris could endanger the crew. This was the latest sudden change in the operations of the International Space Station since Russia blew up one of its former satellites in space earlier this month. “Due to …
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NASA officials canceled the Tuesday spacewalk of the agency’s two astronauts late Monday night after receiving warnings that nearby space debris could endanger the crew. This was the latest sudden change in the operations of the International Space Station since Russia blew up one of its former satellites in space earlier this month. “Due to …
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Russia tested an anti-satellite missile on Monday, destroying one of its own satellites in orbit. The test created a vast cloud of debris that continued to orbit the Earth, and some of the material dangerously approached the International Space Station, forcing the astronauts to take shelter for hours in a pair of spacecraft that could …
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The four astronauts boarded the International Space Station on Thursday after a day’s tour inside a spacecraft built by Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX. The quad pushed the number of people flying into space to more than 600, marking another milestone in 2021, the busiest year for manned spaceflight in more than a decade. SpaceX’s …
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Exit Crew Dragon. Enter another Crew Dragon. On Wednesday night, SpaceX will carry another team of astronauts to the International Space Station for about six months. The mission is called Crew-3 and its astronauts will replace Crew-2, a quartet of European and Japanese astronauts NASA completed Monday night in a water landing in the Gulf …
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But the toilet stalemate did not end there. Another Crew Dragon capsule, which docked with four astronauts to the space station in April, has the same plumbing system as the Inspiration4 capsule. SpaceX engineers feared that the same “contamination” might have occurred on that spacecraft. The engineers’ suspicions were correct. Mr Gerstenmaier said NASA astronauts …
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Eric Ingram often travels the world in his wheelchair. The 31-year-old CEO of SCOUT Inc., a smart satellite components company, was born with Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome, a rare condition that affects his joints and keeps him from dreaming of becoming an astronaut. He applied twice and was rejected. But on a private plane flight this week, …
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When astronauts return to Earth from space, they may experience a host of health and physical problems after landing as a result of living without gravity. During flights of up to six months, astronauts may experience difficulties with balance, muscle weakness, and cardiovascular deconditioning. NASA. Although the Inspiration4 flight only lasted three days, all four …
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Maverick called space. The Inspiration4 team spoke to actor Tom Cruise: Maverick was the call sign for his fighter pilot character in the 1986 movie “Top Gun.” Like the Top Gun character, the four astronauts in Earth orbit have their own call signs. Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who took the post, flew warplanes and already had …
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