Can a Moon Base Be Safe for Astronauts?
Creating a sustainable human presence beyond low-Earth orbit requires a clear-eyed view of the risks—and rewards—inherent in spaceflight
Tag: Astronauts
Dynetics has built a full-scale mock-up of the lander it hopes will soon be carrying NASA astronauts to the moon. Read More
Space launch services provider Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) are currently working together to bring the former’s Dragon 2… Read More
The roads of human spaceflight all seem to lead to Mars. For decades now, it’s been the logical next step after the moon. Read More
NASANASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are about to star in the biggest spaceflight event of the decade: launching on the inaugural flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon… Read More
Prominent Russians: Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. In 1963, she spent three days in orbit as the pilot of the Vostok 6.
Fresh from a six-month space expedition, NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor shares how her bioscience experiments in microgravity could improve medicine on Earth. Read More
Alexei Leonov, who performed the world’s first spacewalk in 1965 and co-led the first joint mission between the U.S. and Russia, died on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019… Read More
Humans may not be able to burp properly in space, but we can now edit a genome. For the first time, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS)… Read More
Going to space changes your brain. Astronauts who have spent months in microgravity have more liquid in their brains, which may affect their vision even after they… Read More