Following three days of advanced bone repair studies while getting ready for an upcoming spacewalk,…
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Astronauts are highly trained professionals who travel beyond Earth’s atmosphere to conduct missions in space. Their work involves everything from piloting spacecraft and performing scientific experiments to assembling structures in orbit and exploring other celestial bodies. Astronauts are at the forefront of human space exploration, helping to advance our understanding of space, technology, and the effects of microgravity on the human body. This page highlights the latest news about astronaut missions, training, discoveries aboard space stations, and the expanding role of humans in the new era of space travel.
Four Expedition 68 astronauts are midway through their bone research activities this week helping doctors…
Space medicine was the top research priority aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday…
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata concluded their…
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata began a spacewalk…
NASA and Roscosmos are adjusting the International Space Station (ISS) flight plan after completing an…
Walter Cunningham was an American astronaut who served as the lunar module pilot on the…
Human research, space botany, and tiny satellites filled the research schedule aboard the International Space…
The Expedition 68 crew kicked off the new year with an array of microgravity research…
During preparations for yesterday’s planned spacewalk by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, ground…
NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio concluded their spacewalk at 2:21 p.m. EST after…
Launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on November 26, the Dragon resupply ship is…
Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin were scheduled to conduct a spacewalk outside the…
On Thanksgiving day, four Expedition 68 astronauts will relax as three cosmonauts continue preparing for…
Check in with NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, and JAXA astronaut Koichi…
On the International Space Station on Monday, November 21, the Expedition 68 crew continued gearing…
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, both of Roscosmos, concluded their spacewalk at 4:07 p.m.…
Two Roscosmos cosmonauts are finalizing their preparations for a spacewalk on Thursday, November 17. They…