The commander of Boeing’s first astronaut flight has stepped down from the crew because he wants to be on earth – not at the International Space Station – for his daughter’s wedding next year. Former NASA astronaut Christopher Ferguson, 59, made the shock announcement that he was pulling himself off the crew for the troubled CST-100 … Read more
Diary Of An Apprentice Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Allen Lane £25 Rating: Thanks to Covid-19, many of us are dreaming of an … Read more
A group of Canadian students used ham radio technology to have a once-in-a-lifetime conversation with a crew member aboard the International Space Station. Young members of the Airdrie Space Science Club in Alberta connected with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, who was conducting experiments aboard the ISS some 240 miles above Earth’s surface. The students, who … Read more
NASA astronaut will make history as the first black woman to go on extended mission to the International Space Station next year NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps will become the first black woman to go on an extended trip to the International Space Station She will be joining astronauts Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada for the six-month … Read more
Hilary Swank unveiled the official trailer for her upcoming Netflix series, Away, where she portrays an astronaut on a journey to Mars. ‘Good morning everyone and happy Monday! I am SO EXCITED to be one of the first to share with you the trailer for my new show,’ the two-time Oscar winner captioned a suspenseful clip … Read more
NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, whose husband Bob Behnken was aboard SpaceX’s historic Crew Dragon mission to ISS, will pilot spacecraft’s second launch next spring NASA announced on Tuesday that Megan McArthur will pilot mission in spring She is wife of Bob Behnken, joint ops commander of first Crew Dragon mission Astronaut Shane Kimbrough will command … Read more
Hilary Swank plays an astronaut leading a mission to Mars in first teaser for new Netflix series Away By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 18:12 BST, 7 July 2020 | Updated: 18:12 BST, 7 July 2020 As a two time Oscar winner, she’s one of America’s finest actresses. And Hilary Swank, 45, is turning her … Read more
There are an estimated 170 million pieces of so-called ‘space junk’ – left behind after missions that can be as big as spent rocket stages or as small as paint flakes – in orbit alongside some US$700 billion (£555bn) of space infrastructure. But only 22,000 are tracked, and with the fragments able to travel at … Read more
SpaceX have created a Crew Dragon simulator that lets you play at being an astronaut and practise manually docking with the International Space Station. The free-to-play browser based tool presents users with a digital copy of the real-life controls astronauts would use if they needed to manually dock with the ISS. The real Crew Dragon … Read more