That 8-day Starliner space mission is now 233 days in
Just before NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams headed to the Starliner spacecraft on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral in Florida in June last year, they will have probably…
Elon Musk voices renewed hope for first crewed Mars mission
With his new buddy Donald Trump now back in the White House, SpaceX boss Elon Musk has renewed hope of getting the first humans to Mars before the end of…
Astronaut’s ‘glowing fingernail clipping’ is actually the moon
Don Pettit is on a roll. Just days after sharing a breathtaking shot of Earth, the American astronaut has followed up with an equally stunning shot of a waning crescent…
With 16 sunrises a day, when does it become 2025 on the space station?
Life on the International Space Station (ISS) is anything but ordinary. The microgravity conditions mean you spend most of your time floating around the place, and the views from the…
NASA’s skywatching tips for January include a parade of planets
What’s Up: January 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA has just shared its recommendations on what to look out for in the night sky during the first month of 2025.…
NASA’s exciting 2024 began with a crash that ended a historic mission
NASA had a busy 2024, overseeing space station operations, monitoring a slew of ongoing missions, preparing for upcoming Artemis lunar flights, and much more besides. It also began the year…
It survived! NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just phoned home
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has phoned home, providing the eagerly anticipated confirmation that it managed to survive its close pass of the sun earlier this week. “Following its record-breaking closest…
This astronaut took an astonishing number of photos during his 2024 mission
If Matthew Dominick ever offers to show you his travel photos, just confirm with him first that he’s edited them down from the half a million pictures that he took…
When will we know if NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived ‘touching’ the sun?
On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe attempted to “touch” the sun and emerge unscathed. The closest approach ever made by a human-made object to our nearest star saw the…
ISS astronauts enjoy a microgravity holiday with Brussels sprouts and more
Holiday celebrations for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are pretty similar to how they are on Earth, except for two main factors: the absence of gravity, and a…