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 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
Welcome to the pandemic! Mask-wearing medics greet the International Space Station crew as they return to Earth after 200 days orbiting the planet The international crew touched down in Kazahkstan after returning from the ISS Their Soyuz capsule landed at 06:15 BST and they were met by masked doctors Doctors meeting them have all been … Read more
Incredible high definition snaps show the famous International Space Station as a tiny speck as it passes in front of the Sun. The ISS, which is the largest object ever put into space by humanity at 357 feet, looks like a pesky fly as it zooms in front of the perfectly round orange star. The … Read more
Billions of people are under lockdown orders to limit the spread of coronavirus, forcing them to find creative ways to stay in shape at home -and a group who spends months in isolation has come to their aid. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) posted a video on Twitter sharing their workout routine from … Read more
With at least 164 countries around the world battling coronavirus, there seems to be only one place that has not been infected –the International Space Station (ISS). NASA has a strategy in place to prevent astronauts from carrying potentially dangerous viruses and pathogens to the ISS known as ‘health stabilization.’ Crews heading to the ISS … Read more
NASA astronauts have started growing human cells aboard the International Space Station to help understand the production of human tissue in low gravity. 250 test tubes containing adult human stem cells were sent aboard the SpaceX CRS-20 resupply mission that arrived at the ISS this week. Scientists say that due to the weightlessness on board … Read more
It has been 18 years in the making, but SpaceX may finally send its first manned mission into space. The firm’s president and COO Gwynne Shotwell revealed the California company is ‘gunning for May’ to fly astronauts aboard its Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Shotwell noted that NASA astronauts set to take the … Read more
A NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station shared stunning images of a few major cities as the ship traveled across US east coast. Jessica Meir posted photos on Twitter and Instagram of Boston, New York City and Philadelphia as she and the rest of the crew passed over them more than 250 miles above … Read more
Astronauts discovered that lettuces grown on board the International Space Station hold more nutritional value than ones grown on Earth. This is a major breakthrough for future deep space missions according to microbiologists at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida who lead the experiment. The successful cultivation of the edible plant brings the colonisation of Mars … Read more