MYSTERIOUS: 2 - What They Never Told You

Meet the SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts launching to the ISS on March 2

Four new astronauts are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on March 2 as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission.

Space · Feb 28, 2024

Ex-NASA scientist dishes on space food in new memoir 'Space Bites'

Of all of the food items she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris' favorite was the cherry-blueberry cobbler. A NASA food scientist for 34 years, Kloeris has published her memoir 'Space Bites.'

Space · Dec 8, 2023

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Stymied In Opening Bennu Sample Capsule

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission faces challenge as scientists struggle to access precious asteroid sample

Zenger · Oct 26, 2023

1 year on 'Mars:' NASA analog astronauts begin mock Red Planet mission today and you can watch it live

The next time the CHAPEA crew will see blue sky, a year will have passed on Earth. Not that the analog astronauts are leaving the planet, but for the next 12 months they will live in a mock Mars base.

Space · Jun 25, 2023

NASA squeezed oxygen from mock moon dust. It could help astronauts breathe easy one day.

Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center have successfully harvested oxygen from simulated lunar soil using a special high-temperature reactor.

Space · May 3, 2023

Canada's Artemis 2 astronaut was named after a 14-year-wait for space

The Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen is a trusted voice in the astronaut office, a key player in training an astronaut class, and now a member of the first moon mission in 50 years.

Space · Apr 4, 2023

NASA’s New Moon Spacesuits are Straight Out of Sci-Fi — Literally

Axiom Space built the new suits for Artemis III, the first moon landing since 1972. But the costumes were designed by the people behind "For All Mankind."

Inverse · Mar 15, 2023

NASA to Design New Suits for Astronauts

NASA has selected two companies, Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace, to make spacesuits for its moon program and future International Space Station (ISS) missions. They will replace the current suits that were made 40 years ago, reported Agence France Press (AFP). "History will be made with the suits when we…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 4, 2022