Nasa astronaut Matt Dominick aboard the space station captured this waxing lunar crescent illuminated by sunlight. The Moon’s dim glow, caused by earthshine, occurs when sunlight reflects off Earth onto the Moon. Scientists study Earth’s brightness, or albedo, using this phenomenon. The photo also reveals Earth’s atmospheric layers, including the orange troposphere near the surface…
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been in space for an extended mission, marked six months aboard the International Space Station on Thursday, with two months remaining. The duo launched on June 5 aboard Boeing’s new Starliner crew capsule, originally intended for a week-long test flight.Their arrival at the International Space Station occurred the…
On November 23, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), led by Commander Sunita Williams, responded swiftly after Russian cosmonauts detected a strange “toxic” smell when opening the hatch of the Progress MS-29 cargo spacecraft. The Progress MS-29 spacecraft, which was uncrewed, had docked with the ISS’s Poisk module earlier that day, bringing essential supplies…
Aboard the International Space Station, crew members are consuming soup prepared from their purified urine. Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who have been isolated in space since June, are sustaining themselves with recycled pee soup. The stranded astronauts on the ISS have expressed worries about their declining weight who are relying on soup…
Nasa’s Crew-8 mission has safely returned to Earth after 236 days in space. The team, consisting of Nasa astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, successfully splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, marking the end of their extensive mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft,…
US Navy test pilot and NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is busy having fun in zero gravity. The astronaut launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 3, 2024, and is serving as a flight engineer aboard the orbiting laboratory. While residing in the ISS, the astronaut has developed an interesting way of eating foods,…
NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson is set to share insights from her recent six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) during a news conference scheduled for Friday, Oct. 4, at 11 a.m. EDT. This event will take place at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and will be streamed live on NASA+ and the…
SpaceX capsule Dragon approaches the ISS (Photo: AP) After months of uncertainty, two astronauts stuck aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June finally received their transport that will bring them home next year, thanks to the arrival of a SpaceX capsule on Sunday, as per the Associated Press.SpaceX launched the rescue mission on Saturday,…
Rocket set to launch Nasa Space X Crew-9 spacecraft (left), and Nick Hague and Alexander Gorbunov (right) (Picture credit: Space X/ AP) Nasa is set to launch the SpaceX Crew-9 mission on Saturday, which will bring astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore back to Earth after their extended stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS)…
In a remarkable display of international cooperation, Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gorbunov is set to lead a high-stakes mission to rescue NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical failures with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.Gorbunov’s rescue mission is scheduled for February 2025, marking a…
