Life on ISS: What it’s like to live on the space station
5 years, 5 months ago

Life on ISS: What it’s like to live on the space station

CNN  

CNN — When it comes to business travel, astronauts take the cake. The six space scientists and engineers who live and work in the International Space Station are traveling at a speed of five miles per second – orbiting Earth once every 92 minutes. “We’ve had continuous human presence on the space station for 19 years now,” said NASA spokeswoman Stephanie Schierholz. “The astronauts themselves are an investigation,” said Schierholz, explaining that space station research helps scientists understand radiation exposure and develop new materials that could one day help astronauts safely explore the moon and even Mars. What’s next for the International Space Station The most recent crew – part of Expedition 61 – includes astronauts and cosmonauts from the US, Russia and Italy.

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International Space Station Is About To Get Crowded, And It's Running Out Of Beds
3 years, 11 months ago

International Space Station Is About To Get Crowded, And It's Running Out Of Beds

NPR  

International Space Station Is About To Get Crowded, And It's Running Out Of Beds Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy NASA Courtesy NASA The International Space Station might be bigger than a football field, but it's equipped with just seven permanent sleeping pods, each about the size of a phone booth. SpaceX is launching NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan …

How does it feel to live on the International Space Station? Ask an astronaut
4 years, 4 months ago

How does it feel to live on the International Space Station? Ask an astronaut

Live Mint  

How does it feel to live in microgravity? Over the years, astronauts who have been part of expeditions to the International Space Station have recorded their experiences in memorable books. Diary Of An Apprentice Astronaut by Samantha Cristoforetti Diary Of An Apprentice Astronaut by Samantha Cristoforetti: Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti documents the 200 days she spent on the ISS in …

International Space Station welcomed its first crew 20 years ago
4 years, 4 months ago

International Space Station welcomed its first crew 20 years ago

Daily Mail  

The first astronauts arrived on the International Space Station 20 years ago today, marking the start of two decades of continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit. The first astronauts arrived on the International Space Station 20 years ago today, marking the start of two decades of continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit Previous British astronauts who have headed to the …

Fastest Space Odyssey Ever? Three Astronauts Reached ISS From Earth In Just 3 Hours
4 years, 5 months ago

Fastest Space Odyssey Ever? Three Astronauts Reached ISS From Earth In Just 3 Hours

News 18  

A three-person crew successfully reached the International Space Station on Wednesday aboard a Russian rocket after the fastest ever journey from Earth of just over three hours. The mission of the Soyuz space craft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut was of immense importance to Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, coming as the SpaceX programme relaunches manned spaceflight from …

Why NASA wants woman to stay on International Space Station for 11 months
5 years, 10 months ago

Why NASA wants woman to stay on International Space Station for 11 months

India TV News  

Astronaut Christina Koch will set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman when she completes her 11-month-long mission aboard the International Space Station in February 2020. NASA last month accepted a challenge from the Donald Trump administration to return humans to the Moon by 2024, four years ahead of the US space agency's earlier set target. Koch's …

Christina Koch aims for record for longest spaceflight by a woman
5 years, 11 months ago

Christina Koch aims for record for longest spaceflight by a woman

CNN  

CNN — NASA astronaut Christina Koch was scheduled to take part in the first all-female spacewalk alongside Anne McClain on March 29, but it was scrapped due to spacesuit availability. Koch’s mission will surpass that of Peggy Whitson, who spent 288 consecutive days in space, and end up just shy of the longest single spaceflight by a NASA astronaut: 340 …

ISS crew return to Earth after a year in space, making a world record for human space travel
9 years ago

ISS crew return to Earth after a year in space, making a world record for human space travel

Firstpost  

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth on Wednesday after nearly a year on the International Space Station, the longest U.S. space mission on record, intended to pave the way for human travel to Mars. Their flight sets a record for the space station and for the longest U.S. space mission. Kelly’s 340-day mission eclipses …

International Space Station to stay open until 'at least 2024', NASA says
11 years, 2 months ago

International Space Station to stay open until 'at least 2024', NASA says

ABC  

The International Space Station will operate for an additional four years, until 2024, the US space agency NASA has announced. "This is a tremendous announcement for us here in the space station world," said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. The ISS is the largest space lab ever built, about four times bigger than …

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