As NASA prepares to double the number of astronauts living aboard the International Space Station, nothing may do more for crew bonding than a machine being launched aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on Friday.

It's a water-recycling device that will process the crew's urine for communal consumption. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Astronauts may feel a tad apprehensive during a rocket launch, with up to one million gallons of fuel exploding under their seats during take-off.
Now they might breathe a little easier after NASA successfully tested an escape pod that would parachute them to safety should a catastrophe occur. picked by kakana 5 months ago

Last week astronauts aboard the International Space Station hustled themselves into a Russian space capsule as protection from some errant space junk. Orbiting the Earth at approximately 17,500 mph nearly any object can cause catastrophic damage. Tonight another alert! A cloud of 300 odd pieces of debris from an ill-fated 1981 Russian satellite will be in the neighborhood. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Would-be astronauts competing for China's next space programme must comply with 100 rules - excluding those with bad breath or a runny nose. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Researchers are developing a force field to protect astronauts on their way to mars. picked by tontodiablo 1 year ago

A pair of spacewalking astronauts stepped outside Thursday to begin demanding repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope, a job made all the more dangerous because of the high, debris-ridden orbit. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

NASA introduced the idea of female astronauts much earlier than you might realize. After all, the Soviets had launched a female cosmonaut!

In the late 1950s, the United States government contemplated training women as astronauts, and newly released medical test results show that they were just as cool and tough as the men who went to the moon. picked by bingo 1 month ago

The latest spacewalk was to do some minor work on the shuttle before making their trip back home. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

"While a pen always falls when you drop it on Earth, it would just float away if you let go of it on the Moon." My jaw dropped a little. I blurted "What?! A pen would fall if you dropped it on the Moon, just more slowly." I protested. "No it wouldn't." the TA explained calmly, "because you're too far away from the Earth's gravity." picked by nikneven 7 months ago

In a survey, which reveals "deeply worrying" levels of ignorance about the Apollo space program,
~11 out of 1009 people surveyed thought Buzz Lightyear was the first person to step onto the moon.
~A further 8 people thought it was Louis Armstrong.
~Over a quarter of all people do not believe the astronauts actually landed on the moon. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

No they just floated around in a daze... picked by buddha 2 years ago

"The biggest problem is how to conceive, because liquid cannot be spilt under the condition of weightlessness. But they do not need a bed in space. They can love each other in the air." Boy howdy, PRAVDA sure ain't what it used to be! picked by Mitzuzake 2 years ago

The presidential speechwriter William Safire drafted this speech, intended to be read if astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were stranded on the moon, for President Nixon: picked by Turtle 2 years ago

NASA has awarded 1.2 million US dollars to an Ohio State University research team over the next three years to develop a navigation system that will feel a lot like GPS to the astronauts that use it. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

We all know that in space there is no gravity, thus things don’t fall down as they do on earth, they just float. Ok but what do you do when you need to go to the toilet, you don’t want your “things” to float all over the place do you? picked by niceplime 2 years ago

Molecular biologist Robert Ferl of the University of Florida and colleagues studied wheat seeds descended from plants that flew on the Russian Mir space station. The progenitor plants were in space for 167 days in 1991. When they were brought back to Earth, the plants gave rise to viable offspring seeds.

*Just keep it away from the Tribbles. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Mr. Aldrin described the UFO as a cylinder, while Armstrong said it was "...really two rings. Two connected rings". Collins also said it appeared to be a hollow, tumbling cylinder. He added, "It was a hollow cylinder. But then you could change the focus on the sextant and it would be replaced by this open-book shape. It was really weird." picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Ancient astronauts landed at Uluru and proceeded to create humankind, according to UFO enthusiasts in America.

The UFO Area website says the astronauts are represented in rock paintings in Central Australia. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Read on about the history of astronaut food and the future! picked by wickedsmart 3 years ago

The tragedies that killed three Apollo astronauts and two space shuttle crews have anniversaries during less than one week's time: Apollo 1 on Jan. 27, 1967; Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986; and Columbia on Feb. 1, 2003. picked by tigertony 10 months ago