How do astronauts carry out spacewalks?
Astronauts can only survive in space wearing special suits. A rucksack supplies them with air to breathe, and removes exhaled carbon dioxide.…
Are two NASA astronauts stuck in space and how can they come home?
Are the two NASA astronauts who arrived aboard the ISS on a Boeing Starliner on June 16th stuck in space? Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are currently working to identify and repair…
SpaceX-NASA crewed mission postponed due to bad weather
Images of the moment NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are told that SpaceX's landmark launch to the International Space Station is postponed due to poor weather. The decision was made…
ISS astronauts conduct spacewalk for repairs
Astronauts perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. This spacewalk is a third in the series of spacewalks aimed at repairing the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a cosmic ray detector.…
Astronauts reflect on holiday memories from space
With Christmas and New Years just days away, astronauts working on the International Space Station (ISS) reflect on some of their fondest memories of the holidays back down on Earth.…
ISS astronauts take another walk in space
NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Randy Bresnik perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to make some minor repairs and install a HD camera and replacing a light.…
Three-man crew launches to space station
A trio of astronauts from the United States, Russia and Italy headed for the International Space Station on Friday (July 28), a step toward boosting U.S. research projects aboard the orbiting laboratory.…
Thanksgiving in space
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station join in Thanksgiving celebrations with a special meal of their own.…