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Author Samantha Harvey Wins 2024 Booker Award (with Help From 6 Astronauts) –A First for Space Fiction
British novelist Samantha Harvey has been awarded the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital. Described as a "space pastoral," it was written through the...
Four Astronauts Returned to Earth After Unexpected 8 Months Stuck in Space
The astronauts who were stranded aboard the International Space Station have splashed down on Earth following their unexpected 8-month stay.
It wasn't quite Lost in Space—they...
Astronaut’s Jaw-dropping Photos of Powerful Aurora was Also Captured by Airplane Pilot From Another Angle
Two weeks ago, NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) alerted the media of a huge geomagnetic solar storm that had begun on August...
Astronaut Training Pays Off at 90: Ed Dwight Finally Reaches Space, Making History as Oldest to Ever Do it
60 years after passing Air Force selection as a candidate to be the first African-American astronaut, Edward Dwight fulfilled that dream by blasting off...
Astronauts Watched the Eclipse From ISS Space Station And Grabbed Some Cool Pictures and Video
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station orbited right past the solar eclipse Monday and grabbed some intriguing photos.
The path of totality in the Moon's...
Priceless Video Shows US-Russian Group Hug in Microgravity When Astronauts Arrive at the ISS
NASA's Crew-8 spacecraft recently docked with the International Space Station on its mission to deposit three US astronauts for a sixth-month stay, and their...
Astronauts ‘Shoot’ For the Moon, Trying Out New Camera Made For Space in the Lunar-Like Terrain of Spain
Astronauts are ‘shooting’ for the Moon as they try out a new hi-tech space camera here on Earth.
The scientists from the European Space Agency...
NASA Astronaut Thrilled by His ‘Absolutely Unreal’ Photo of Aurora From Space
An astronaut snapped a jaw-dropping picture of this week's aurora borealis from space.
NASA's Josh Cassada captured the light display aboard the International Space Station...
Astronauts Could 3D-Print Tools on Mars Made From Martian Dust, Says Exciting New Study
We could 3D-print tools on Mars made from the planet itself—and the exciting experiment could change the future of space travel, according to engineers.
The...
8-Year-old Girl Gets to Chat with Orbiting Astronaut Using Dad’s Ham Radio
Some old tech was able to make a new connection for a little English girl who got to speak with an orbiting astronaut after...
What Wintering Squirrels Can Teach Astronauts
When bears and ground squirrels hibernate in winter, they stop eating, lasting until spring simply on the fat reserves they've stored up in their...
Astronaut Brings Ashes and Photos of 9/11 Victim to Space to Fulfill His Lifelong Dream of Orbiting For NASA
At age 6, Chad Keller already knew he wanted to be an astronaut, but his vision wasn’t sharp enough to pass the military requirements...
Watch This Historic First: Astronauts Successfully Launched Using Recycled Rocket – to International Space Station
A four-astronaut team launched by NASA and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX made history by becoming the first humans propelled into space by an...
SpaceX Launches Historic Flight for NASA, Shuttling Astronauts via First Class to International Space Station
At 7:30 in the evening, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), reopening the pathway to regular...
Iconic Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Have Been Joined in the History Books… By a Chicken Nugget
Iconic astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have been joined in the history books... by a chicken nugget.
These pictures show what is believed to...
Amazing Fungus Discovered at Chernobyl Could Be Grown On Rockets to Protect Astronauts from Toxic Space Radiation
Fungus found in the destroyed reactors of Chernobyl could be used as a protective radiation shield for astronauts, as it consumes radiation.
Astronaut is First to Specifically Contribute to Wikipedia From Space
Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli contributed a piece of content specifically for the online encyclopedia – all while he was aboard the ISS.
Earthlings Tweet Questions in Cyberspace, Astronaut Answers From Orbit
Here’s what we know so far about astronaut Scott Kelly’s “Year in Space” based on the Twitter questions he’s gotten from earth: He can...
Astronauts Grow Salad Greens, Eat Fresh Food in Space, a NASA First
Astronaut cuisine has always consisted mainly of freeze-dried foods, but now a freshly grown vegetable garden is taking off.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station tweeted their excitement...
Astronaut Reveals His 1969 Customs Form: Places Visited – “Moon”
46 years after men first walked on the moon, we are reminded that while rocket fuel powered the Apollo 11 spacecraft, governments still run...