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Incredible photo shows an astronaut celebrating Hanukkah from space

Meir, who is of Swedish-Israeli descent and grew up in the US, posted the awe-inspiring photo to In…

Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper   


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NASA kicks off attempt to set spacewalk record — and here’s what’s in store

NASA’s success will mark a pace that hasn’t been seen since the ISS, was first constructed bac…

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There was no toilet on the Apollo moon missions - here's how the astronauts went to the bathroom

NASA engineers were so busy figuring out how to get astronauts to and from the moon that they didn'…

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The US Navy announced its first Black female fighter pilot in its history

Madeline Swegle will receive her "wings of gold" this month, 40 years after Brenda Robinson became …

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NASA names HQ after Mary Jackson, its first black female engineer

Washington, June 25 (IANS) NASA has decided to name its headquarters building in Washington, DC, af…

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NASA is offering up to $20,000 to anyone who can design a better space toilet for astronauts sent to the moon

"The astronauts were adamant that they do not want to go back to the Apollo bags," a NASA engineer …

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An astronaut may have committed the first space crime while aboard the International Space Station

Worden, a former Air Force intelligence officer, became suspicious when McClain had mentioned speci…

Ellen Cranley,Ellen Cranley   


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SpaceX just successfully launched the first commercial spaceship made for NASA astronauts

"This is a critically important event in American history," Jim Bridenstine, NASA's administrator, …

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India wants to send a legless, female humanoid robot called 'Vyommitra' into space

The ISRO failed in an attempt to place a lunar lander on the moon earlier in January, with the grou…

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An astronaut is urging NASA to form a new spacesuit program now if it hopes to get back to the moon in 2024

"In order to produce a safe and reliable lunar suit to meet the Artemis program's 2024 deadline, an…

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How astronauts go to the bathroom in space

"Using a fish metaphor, there was a very rare occasion when, sometimes, product gets away, and the …

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NASA has named its Washington, DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black female engineer at the agency

Mary Jackson "was part of a group of very important women who helped NASA succeed in getting Americ…

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NASA's first all-female spacewalk is finally happening on Thursday or Friday - here's how to watch it live

"Looking at the workload that we have going forward, this was the right crew to send out to do this…

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NASA astronaut Christina Koch said she 'felt like a baby' - and was craving chips and salsa - after her record 11-month trip to space

The 41-year-old also couldn't wait to be reunited with her rescue puppy, LBD, which stands for Litt…

Sophia Ankel,Sophia Ankel   


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After a narrow escape from a doomed rocket, an astronaut and cosmonaut are trying again to launch into space today

As they were gaining speed 1 minute and 24 seconds into the flight, one of the Russian-built Soyuz …

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Read the 40-word letter astronaut Sally Ride wrote to NASA that led to her becoming the 1st American woman in space

She became an expert in NASA's robotic arm system, and was appointed into the commission investigat…

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SpaceX just docked the first commercial spaceship built for astronauts to the International Space Station - what NASA calls a 'historic achievement'

She continued: "These events remind us that we are more alike than different, that we can be united…

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A Russian rocket just successfully launched 3 astronauts into space

The astronauts will be riding in an upgraded version of Russia's Soyuz rocket. The rocket has new r…

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