The Mental Toll of Unexpectedly Spending Months in Space
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore's and Suni Williams's eight-day mission lasted nine months. How did they adjust?
How NASA outsourcing the space program helped enrich Elon Musk
After the end of the space shuttle program, NASA turned to private companies to fill the gap. That isn't working out for the ...
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space
Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ...
Blue Origin rocket engine gives a boost to Museum of Flight’s Simonyi Space Gallery
Seattle's Museum of Flight brings its collection of space artifacts up to the present day with a Blue Origin BE-3U rocket ...
Boeing Starliner astronauts back on Earth after SpaceX ride home
The two Boeing Starliner astronauts left behind on the International Space Station are back on Earth, ending an odyssey that ...
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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Two Trailblazing Spacewalks in 1965 Opened the Door to Decades of Astronauts Pushing the Limits of Their Capabilities
Since those early steps, extravehicular activity has helped provide the solutions to many problems that astronauts face in ...
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'Apollo 1' director surprised by details of ill-fated mission in new documentary
The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.
Boeing Starliner astronauts taking SpaceX ride home for Florida splashdown
The pair of Boeing Starliner astronauts left behind on the International Space Station are finally on their way back to Earth ...
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Why Astronaut Sunita Williams Will Splash Down Instead of Landing on Solid Ground?
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore return to Earth after 9 months aboard the ISS, with a planned splashdown ...
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NASA's stuck astronauts finally on their way back to Earth after 9 months in space
NASA’s two stuck astronauts headed back to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to close out a dramatic marathon mission that began with a bungled Boeing test flight more than nine ...