That sad trombone you hear is the sound of NASA’s attempt at a history-making spacewalk falling apart. On Friday, NASA was planning to conduct its first all-female spacewalk, but realized it doesn’t have enough spacesuits that are the right size for its female astronauts. After conducting the first spacewalk this week, astronaut Anne McClain noted that […]
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Meet Shuttle, the company that’s building a booking agent for spaceflight
Avery Haskell says he first knew he wanted to be an astronaut ever since he was a boy growing up in Houston near NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The 24 year-old Stanford graduate who counts Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan as his heroes, grew up in an entrepreneurial family. In the early days of the Internet […]
View More Meet Shuttle, the company that’s building a booking agent for spaceflightGrim space photo shows the horror of demolishing forests
While orbiting some 250 miles above Madagascar this week, International Space Station astronaut Ricky Arnold captured a grim picture of the island’s decimated land.
Madagascar’s forests have been nearly logged to death, with nearly 90 percent o…
8 perfect astronaut selfies for when you just need some space
Earth selfies are so two centuries ago.
If you want to impress us, you’ve got to take your picture from space.
Whether they’re outside performing maintenance on the International Space Station during a spacewalk or hanging out inside the …
As UK fires-up private space industry, Space Camp Accelerator launches
The UK government recently passed the Space Industry Bill, covering the basics like spaceflight licensing, insurance requirements and safety commitments. It didn’t make much of a splash when it was announced, but it’s a huge move for the UK as it laid the regulatory groundwork that will be needed to create an operational spaceport, potentially […]
View More As UK fires-up private space industry, Space Camp Accelerator launchesNASA to screen ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ on the International Space Station
Being an astronaut living and working aboard the International Space Station shouldn’t mean that you have to miss out on much-anticipated movie releases like Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In fact, it should probably mean the opposite, which is why it’s great news that NASA will work with Disney to arrange a screening for ISS crew of the new movie, which is arriving in theatres in the U.S. Read More