Astronaut
Two rookie astronauts, cosmonaut blast off to International Space Station
A three-man space crew featuring American and Japanese rookie astronauts as well as an experienced Russian cosmonaut blasted off on Dec. 17 for a six-month mission at the International Space Station (ISS).
Cosmonaut Found Extraterrestrial Bacteria on the International Space Station
Russian astronaut Anton Shkplelerov told the Tass news agency that he found extraterrestrial bacteria on the outer shell of the International Space Station (ISS) a few years ago. He claims to have discovered the bacteria during the sampling of the station's body.
Turkey working on launching first astronaut into space
The Turkish government is working on sending the country’s first ever astronaut into space and establishing a space agency, Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Özlü has said.
NASA Live – Earth From Space (video)
The International Space Station – ISS – circles the earth at 240 miles above the planet, on the edge of space in low earth orbit. The station is crewed by NASA astronauts as well as Russian Cosmonauts and a mixture of Japanese, Canadian and European astronauts as well.
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Astronaut reveals what space smells like – It isn’t good (VIDEOS)
In 2015, Scott Kelly set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space – 350.4 to be precise – the longest space mission by a US astronaut.
So when he did a Twitter Q&A, people paid attention.
Three Crew Members of the International Space Station have Returned to Earth
The Soyuz MS-04 deployable three-member crew of the International Space Station landed today in Kazakhstan, the Coroley Flight Management Center, Podoskowie reported.
Former Woman Astronaut to Be the Next Candian Governor
A former astronaut will be the next governor general of Canada. Julie Payette was nominated for the position by the prime minister Justin Trudeau.
53-year-old Payette will become the 29th governor general of the North American country and the fourth woman to take the position. She will be a representative of the queen of Britain and will mainly have ceremonial functions.
Japan plans to send astronaut to the Moon by 2030
Japan has revealed ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the Moon around 2030 in new proposals from the country’s space agency.
This is the first time the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has said it aims to send an astronaut beyond the International Space Station, an agency spokeswoman told AFP on Friday.
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The high flyers chosen as Nasa’s apprentice astronauts
Meet the high flyers who soared above a record number of rivals to be chosen as Nasa’s new apprentice astronauts.
The seven men and five women saw off around 18,300 other applicants to earn a place on the two-year elite space training programme.
French astronaut shares photo of Istanbul from space
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has posted a photo showing Istanbul from space on his official social media accounts, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Pesquet, an astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA), took the photo from the International Space Station on May 17.