Moment International Space Station glides past the moon six hours after two NASA astronauts docked

Moment the International Space Station glides across the face of the moon just six hours after the historic arrival of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley arrived at ISS at 3.16pm BST on Sunday Italian photographer Alberto Panizza was ready to capture their moon pass Pair will stay … Read more

Elon Musk breathes a huge sigh of relief after two astronauts were blasted into space

Elon Musk said he was ‘overcome with emotion’ after two NASA astronauts were blasted into space in the Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center yesterday. Astronauts Robert Behnken, 49, and Douglas Hurley, 53, took off from Launch Complex 39A at 3.22pm in Florida on Saturday – the first time an American crew launched from US … Read more

NASA calls off SpaceX launch over lightning risk to astronauts

The Launch America mission has been canceled due to on-and-off rain and a tornado warning hanging over Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. ‘Launched scrubbed’ officials said during the live stream, with just 16 minutes left before Falcon 9 was set to launch towards the International Space Station.  NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley … Read more

Astronauts on NASA and SpaceX mission are best friends

The two astronauts blasting off today to the International Space Station in the first such voyage since 2011 are best friends who both married fellow astronauts. Bob Behnken, 49, from Saint Ann, Missouri, and Doug Hurley, 53, from Apalachin, New York, are at the helm of SpaceX’s first ever crewed spaceflight.  The pair are due … Read more

ASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley arrive at Kennedy Space Center in white Tesla

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, bringing them one-step closer to making history. The pair were chauffeured into the facility by a white Tesla Model X with NASA stickers placed on the front doors and decals on the windshield form each of the space … Read more

Does Elon Musk have the right stuff? Billionaire will blast two astronauts into space TODAY

Internet mogul Elon Musk today prepares to blast two astronauts into space in SpaceX’s $4 billion touch-screen spaceship, beginning a new era of privatised exploration. Veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will take a Tesla ride across Kennedy Space Center in their Hollywood-inspired ‘Starman’ suits and tap into their Falcon 9 rocket ship … Read more

Houston we have a slime blob! Astronauts release Nickelodeons’ iconic green slime on the ISS

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have received a range of items to test in microgravity, but the most bizarre may be a package of green slime. Nickelodeon, a children’s television network, launched its iconic green slime to the craft last year and recently shared footage of the crew releasing it inside. The astronauts played … Read more

NASA and SpaceX set May 27 to send astronauts to the ISS on an American rocket since 2011

NASA and SpaceX target May 27 to send astronauts to the ISS aboard an American rocket the first time in nearly a decade NASA and SpaceX will launch two astronauts aboard an American rocket May 27 This will be the first mission to leave from US to the ISS since 2011  The crew will board … Read more

Astronauts could wear a space glove fitted with a range-finding laser

ESA reveals a concept space glove for future astronauts that would allow them to control rovers with a flick of the wrist – and it also comes with a laser range-finder Concept glove was created to show the potential of future spacesuit material Includes an in-built laser range-finder for objects on the moon or other planets   Gesture … Read more

Astronauts who spend too long in space suffer brain damage that may lead to dementia

Spending months in space changes the brain and can increase the risk of developing brain damage and dementia, a new study revealed. Researchers from the University of Texas studied brain scans of astronauts a year after they returned from the International Space Station for signs of damage.  The lack of gravity experienced by humans in … Read more