“These are just the difficulties of designing a spacesuit for the lunar environment.” NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara kneels down to […]
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The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff
After a remarkably smooth launch campaign, Artemis II reached its last stop before the Moon. NASA’s Space Launch System rocket […]
Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission
“Putting crew on the rocket and taking the crew around the Moon, this is going be our first step toward […]
NASA’s first-ever medical evacuation from space ends with on-target splashdown
Two Americans, a Japanese astronaut, and a Russian cosmonaut returned to Earth early Thursday after 167 days in orbit, cutting […]
NASA orders “controlled medical evacuation” from the International Space Station
“The crew is highly trained, and they came to the aid of their colleague right away.” The International Space Station […]
A crew member’s “medical concern” foils a planned spacewalk outside the ISS
A planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station has been postponed due to a “medical concern” with one of the […]
Safety panel says NASA should have taken Starliner incident more seriously
Invoking the designation also ensures an independent investigation detached from the teams involved in the incident itself, according to retired […]
China launches an emergency lifeboat to bring three astronauts back to Earth
And then, last year, Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule suffered a series of helium leaks and propulsion problems that made NASA […]
Space junk may have struck a Chinese crew ship in low-Earth orbit
Three Chinese astronauts were due to depart the Tiangong space station, reenter the atmosphere, and land in the remote desert […]
NASA races to keep Artemis II on schedule, even when workers aren’t being paid
Thousands of workers across the country, primarily in Florida, Texas, and Alabama, are still reporting for duty to keep Artemis […]