Do you know how often do astronauts wash their clothes in space? Think about it for a bit, take a guess and then watch the video above. … Read the rest of this article
Do you know how often do astronauts wash their clothes in space? Think about it for a bit, take a guess and then watch the video above. … Read the rest of this article
NASA has named the site where twin agency spacecraft impacted the moon Monday in honor of the late astronaut Sally K. Ride, who was America’s first woman in space and a member of the probes’ mission team. Last Friday (Dec. 14), Ebb and Flow, the two spacecraft comprising NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, were commanded to … Read the rest of this article
ESA astronaut André Kuipers has installed ‘NightPod’ on the International Space Station, an aid for taking night-time pictures of Earth. The first batch of pictures offer stunning images of cities at night.
Melbourne, Australia, at night taken by ESA astronaut André Kuipers from the International Space Station with the NightPod camera aid. Credits: ESA/NASA
Any amateur photographer knows the problems … Read the rest of this article
As they soar above Planet Earth on the International Space Station, astronauts regularly point their cameras toward home, and their images are stored on a massive archive of astronaut photos. Science educator James Drake took 600 such images and stitched them together into a movie, which you can see below.
The movie starts in the Pacific Ocean and flies over … Read the rest of this article
50 years ago, for the first time in history, a human travelled into space. Who was Yuri Gagarin? How did this flight change his life and the future of humankind?
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The Space Store is the #1 online NASA and space souvenir retailer in the world. With a wide selection of products ranging from party supplies and back to school items to memorabilia and authentic flown-in-space collectibles, it’s the one stop shopping location for space and NASA related merchandise.
And now, they are featuring their End of Summer Clearance Event, … Read the rest of this article
The era of Space Tourism began on April 28, 2001 when Denis Tito was launched into space in a Russian Soyuz capsule. Tito, a multi-millionaire reputed to have paid $20 million for the trip, proved that traveling beyond Earth’s gravity was not just the province of a select few, but that anyone with drive, determination – and at that point … Read the rest of this article