Two NASA astronauts are in space weeks longer than expected as Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft continues to undergo repairs. But the interstellar duo, flight commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams, managed to stay positive, according to a press conference on Wednesday. “We’re having a great time here on the ISS,” Williams said Wednesday. […]
Space changes the way the human body works, but one still has to relieve oneself regardless of the spatial conditions. While everything Astronauts fascinates us, we have all wondered how astronauts toilet in space. Microgravity makes human waste disposal difficult. Without gravity, waste can float around, which is both gross and harmful to astronauts’ health. […]
On June 5, 2024, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams boarded the Boeing Starliner and launched into space. They are the first crew to use this new spacecraft. The plan was to dock with the International Space Station and return to Earth after about two weeks. More than two months have now passed and the […]
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shared this view of the moon and an aurora from the ISS in August … (+) 11. NASA/Matthew Dominick Our fickle sun is spitting out bursts of light, gifting Earth with spectacular auroras. Observers on Earth are enjoying the light show, but astronauts on the International Space Station are in for […]
The first archaeological excavations were carried out on the International Space Station. Of course, no one dug with a shovel, but astronauts, under the guidance of experts from Earth, studied the “cultural layers” that had accumulated over 30 years in the orbit of this artificial facility. Place where the “excavations” were carried out. Source: phys.org […]
It has been more than two months since astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical problems with their Boeing Starliner spacecraft. However, their families seem less concerned and claim that both astronauts must really enjoy their work in space. Michael, the husband of Indian-born Sunita […]
ORANGE, CALIFORNIA—According to a Gizmodo A new archaeological survey of the International Space Station (ISS) is reportedly underway, known as the Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment, or SQuARE. Researchers are examining photographs taken over a 60-day period of six square study areas aboard the ISS. The first phase of this survey focused on two of […]
