NASA’s KNaCK lidar system generates real-time 3D maps, aiding astronaut navigation on the Moon. It’s…
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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.
At the conclusion of a weather briefing ahead of today’s planned undocking, NASA, Axiom Space,…
The Expedition 67 crew is preparing for the first private astronaut mission’s departure and another…
NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 1…
The four private astronauts from Axiom Space are now due to depart the International Space…
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with Crew Dragon atop, rolled out to the launch pad…
NASA tests astronaut performance post-landing in simulated extraterrestrial environments to refine future mission protocols and…
On Tuesday morning, NASA Commander Tom Marshburn and his six Expedition 67 flight engineers held…
The astronauts who will launch this week (Saturday, April 23, 2022) to the International Space…
Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos concluded their spacewalk at 5:37…
The Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station has concluded,…
SpaceX’s brand-new Dragon spacecraft – named “Freedom” by the Crew-4 astronauts – arrived at Kennedy…
When astronauts leave their crew quarters at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for their…
NASA and SpaceX are preparing for a Commercial Crew swap taking place this month at…
It was a very busy day aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday, April 13,…
NASA’s holoportation technology allowed live 3D communication between Earth and the ISS, offering a new…
The 11 astronauts and cosmonauts living aboard the International Space Station today worked on a…
It was very busy on the International Space Station on Monday with the orbiting lab…