Tagged With Astronaut

Read the 40-word letter astronaut Sally Ride wrote to NASA that led to her becoming the 1st American woman in space

Sinéad Baker

NASA's 4-year twin experiment gets us closer to Mars than ever before

Nathaniel Lee, Benji Jones

Here's why NASA spacesuits are white

Shira Polan, Clancy Morgan

NASA canceled the first all-female spacewalk in history because it didn't have enough spacesuits in the right size — and people are baffled

Susanna Heller

An astronaut accidentally called 911 from space

Kelly McLaughlin

Over half a million chunks of space trash could jeopardise space travel — but Europe has a plan to save it

Nathaniel Lee

What it takes to become an astronaut

Nathaniel Lee, Jessica Orwig

Meet the 'Everyday Astronaut' -- a photographer with a spacesuit and a knack for the surreal

Kim Renfro

What it's really like to be a NASA astronaut

Natalie Walters, Jacquelyn Smith

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly thinks we should never have all humans on Earth at the same time ever again

Kevin Loria

What would happen if humans tried to land on Jupiter

Gene Kim, Jessica Orwig

This NASA propaganda will make you want to go to Mars

Kif Leswing

A former NASA flight director who worked with Russian scientists after the Cold War says making people trust you comes down to 3 things

Áine Cain

Lockheed Martin reveals its plan to send humans to Mars

Gene Kim, Jessica Orwig

Ice mined on Mars could provide water for humans exploring space

Sophia Casanova, Andrew Dempster Andrew Dempster, UNSW

Astronaut Scott Kelly was a mediocre student who made a complete transformation thanks to a book he found by accident and a call from his twin brother

Richard Feloni, Matthew Michaels

Here's how long humans could survive in space without a spacesuit

Rob Ludacer, David Anderson

How going to space affects men and women differently

Skye Gould

French researchers will pay young men $21,000 to lie in bed and do nothing for 2 months

Lindsay Dodgson

These $900 stilettos were invented by a former SpaceX exec -- and they're the most comfortable high heels I've ever worn

Avery Hartmans