‘Puffy-head bird-leg syndrome’: What space travel does to the body
Weird things can happen to the body in space – not least from abrupt changes in gravity as well as weightlessness, radiation ...
NASA astronauts 'Butch and Suni' return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space
Their return caps a protracted space mission that was fraught with uncertainty and technical troubles and turned a rare ...
SpaceX Dragon undocks from ISS in mission to get NASA astronauts back to Earth
NASA and SpaceX made another attempt on Friday to send a crew up to the International Space Station (ISS) and begin the ...
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How NASA's Starliner mission went from 10 days to 9 months: A timeline
Wilmore and Williams, both former U.S. Navy test pilots, expected to remain in orbit for about 10 days on the mission, which was called Crew Flight Test (CFT). The main goal was to show that Starliner ...
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After Nine Months in Space, the Starliner Astronauts Are Finally Coming Home. Here’s How to Watch Live
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are making a 17-hour journey from the International Space Station and will splash down near ...
Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth block the Sun from an unexplored location on the Moon, but the lander fell ...
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Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander nails lunar mission
Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.