astronauts
Russia offers to train Indian astronauts
The Russian state space corporation made a proposal for participation of Russian specialists in the training of Indian astronauts.
Sunita Williams, 8 others to fly on Boeing, SpaceX spacecraft: NASA
The space agency announced that the nine astronauts will launch on the first crewed test flights and missions of new commercial spacecraft.
CIMON, first robot hardwired to assist astronauts launches from Florida
Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, English-speaking droid, will help astronaut Alexander Gerst conduct experiments on Intnl Space Station.
Thailand sends smelly durian into space
Different kinds of Thai rice will also make the daring journey.
The fourth moonwalker, Alan Bean, dies at 86,
Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969.
Spacewalking astronauts tackle pump work at space station
Mission Control warned the spacewalkers to be careful of possible leaks of the toxic ammonia coolant.
US-Russian crew returns from space station
The Soyuz spacecraft brought back Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei, from the NASA, and Alexander Misurkin, from Russian space agency Roscosmos.
Astronauts will now eat their own excreta
Even though it may sound weird, it definitely will save a lot of space and effort to take edibles along on the journey.
Recording-setting spacewalk ends with antenna in wrong spot
The trouble arose toward the end of the more than 8-hour spacewalk.
Microbes used to convert human waste into space food
The team found that methane was readily produced during anaerobic digestion of human waste and could be used to grow a different microb.