This Thanksgiving, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) will enjoy a special holiday meal far beyond the traditional turkey salad once used during the Apollo era. Alongside turkey, they will have clams, oysters, crab meat, quail, smoked salmon, and other sides and treats.Mark Marquette, director of the American Space Museum in Titusville, said such […]
A long-running and highly publicised legal saga once promoted as the world’s first “space crime” has reached a definitive conclusion after Summer Heather Worden, the estranged partner of NASA astronaut Anne McClain, pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal investigators. Worden admitted fabricating claims that McClain accessed her bank account from the International Space […]
Long-duration space missions to the Moon or Mars present one of humanity’s greatest scientific and logistical challenges: how to ensure astronauts receive a sustainable and nutritious food supply without relying on resupply missions from Earth. Traditional storage-based solutions are not viable for journeys spanning years, while cultivating food in microgravity has yet to prove efficient […]
This image provided by NASA shows, from left, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members JAXA Four astronauts have safely returned to Earth after spending five months aboard the International space station (ISS). Their SpaceX capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California on Saturday, a day after leaving the orbiting laboratory.Nasa’s Anne […]
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore (File Image) The American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who extended their stay on the International Space Station due to Boeing’s Starliner capsule complications, have completed their return to Earth in March and finished physical therapy whilst increasing their involvement with Boeing and Nasa initiatives.“Right now, we’re just coming […]
