Astronaut Suni Williams, 59, has been in space since June, and her return home has been delayed twice. Recently, NASA shared a photo of Williams and her colleague, astronaut Don Pettit, wearing Santa hats during the holidays. Many people expressed concern about their well-being, as Williams and her
Two NASA astronauts, Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, are living on the International Space Station longer than planned. They were supposed to stay for just eight days, but now it's been five months! People on Earth started to worry about their diet, especially Williams' appearance in photos. But
Did you know that some Americans are voting from space this year? That's right – NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are participating in the 2024 election. They use special procedures to cast their votes, just like any other American citizen. Four astronauts are currently
In 1995, director Ron Howard brought the 1970 Apollo 13 mission to the big screen, starring Tom Hanks. This space drama tells the story of a spacecraft explosion that nearly ended the lives of three astronauts. But how accurate is the movie? Retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott watched the film and s
Early Monday morning, three astronauts from China safely returned to Earth after spending half a year on their country's Tiangong space station. Their capsule, slowed by a parachute, touched down in Inner Mongolia at around 1:24 a. m. The landing site was marked by a waving Chinese flag. China's Ti
NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the moon is making significant progress. The core stage of the Space Launch System rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, July 23. This massive rocket stage, measuring 212 feet (65 meters), was transported by NASA's Pegasus barge from New Orleans ov
Late on a Friday morning, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, marking the end of a seven-month stay on the International Space Station (ISS) for a group of American and Russian astronauts. This mission, known as Crew-8, included NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael B
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, named "Endeavour, " splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida on Oct. 25, 2024, successfully ending the Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission lasted 235 days, just a bit longer than the typical six-month stay. After the splashdown
An astronaut from NASA was briefly hospitalized after returning to Earth from a space mission that lasted nearly eight months. This astronaut, along with others from NASA and Russia, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida aboard a SpaceX capsule on Friday. Most of the team was quickly
After a mission in space, one NASA astronaut ended up in the hospital. No one knows who it is or why they're there, but NASA says they're just being careful. Remember when astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper got dizzy after a mission in 2006? Space travel can be tough on the body. The astronauts
