The International Space Station is abuzz with the return of one of NASA’s Astrobee smart robots. The yellow Honey Astrobee, one of three free-flying robots, was unboxed in space after spending nearly a year at its home base, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Honey returned to Earth in September 2022 for maintenance … Read more
Taco Night on the International Space Station had a little kick to it on Nov. 26, 2021. In this image taken by NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, fellow NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 flight engineer Raja Chari smiles as he shows off a taco that includes fresh chile peppers. The peppers were harvested from inside the … Read more
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio landed in Kazakhstan on Sept. 27, 2023, after spending 371 days in space aboard the International Space Station. Rubio’s mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. While on the space station, Rubio completed 5,963 orbits of the Earth. See the highlights of his year in space. … Read more
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth safely on Saturday after spending a record six months aboard China’s new space station, doubling the previous stay of the country’s longest single flight in space. The Shenzhou-13 capsule carrying astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu touched down successfully at 9:56 am local time in the Dongfeng … Read more
On Earth, gravity pulls fluids down into the body each time a person gets out of bed – something known as “unloading”. But in space, the low gravity allows more than half a gallon of body fluids to gather in the head, applying pressure to the eyeball. Source link
He said that he was excited, overjoyed and happy to get the opportunity. (Image: Twitter/US Embassy India) NASA’s Indian-origin astronaut candidate Dr Anil Menon: New recruits for NASA’s 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class are set to report for duty in January 2022, and among them is the Indian-origin candidate Dr Anil Menon. Dr Menon, SpaceX’s first … Read more
Indian-American aerospace engineer Swati Mohan who has been associated with NASA’s Perseverance Mars Mission since its inception When NASA’s Perseverance rover gently touched down on the surface of Mars last week after seven months in space, the news was first confirmed by Indian-American Swati Mohan. What’s important here is that this NASA female scientist made … Read more