Tag Archives: Astronauts

NASA has revealed what space sushi looks like with a picture of the dish aboard the International Space Station. The image of pale meats atop the beloved Japanese dish’s nori and asteroids of rice appears features famously non-perishable spam. Astronauts cooped up for months aboard the ISS also get to chow down on alarmingly orange “shrimp cocktail” as well as …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A photo of the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit. | Credit: NASA Spaceflight may make certain types of human stem cells age faster, a study suggests — but at least some of the damage may be reversible. Spending time aboard the International …

Spaceflight may make certain types of human stem cells age faster, a study suggests — but at least some of the damage may be reversible. Spending time aboard the International Space Station (ISS) induced aging-like changes in a group of cells key for the health of blood and the immune system, known as hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), a …

Artemis 2 astronauts will be studied for how sleep, stress and radiation shape human health in deep space during their moon mission next year. The second installment of NASA’s Artemis program to return to the moon and establish a sustained human presence in deep space is set to be the first crewed flight test of its Orion spacecraft and Space …

Cameras have also slipped free in the vacuum of space. In 2007, astronaut Sunita Williams lost her digital camera during a spacewalk near the ISS solar arrays. Earlier, Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins misplaced a Hasselblad camera inside the cramped Columbia command module, jokingly reporting the incident to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Williams’s camera, like most lost items, eventually …

Image by Getty / NASA / Futurism Researchers have found that human stem cells are constantly under stress in the microgravity of space — activating hidden, ancient sections of DNA called the “dark genome.” In a study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell last week, a team of researchers led by Sanford Stem Cell Institute director Catriona Jamieson used …

NASA is asking citizen scientists, space industry employees and other volunteers to help them track the first human mission to the moon in more than 50 years. The agency put out a call for volunteers to passively track the Artemis 2 mission’s Orion spacecraft when it launches in April 2026 or thereabouts, to keep an eye as the four astronauts …

“Artificial astronauts” could fly as actual crew members on human missions to Mars, and elsewhere in space. These rugged, space-rated artificial humans offer great advantages, advocates say. For example, they would not require the large amounts of consumables needed to support humans. They could also perform spacewalks without a life-support system. While not everyone will agree on the predicted rate …

We just got some great birds-eye views of this past weekend’s total lunar eclipse, thanks to astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The eclipse occurred overnight from Sunday to Monday (Sept. 7 to Sept. 8). It was visible from much of the Eastern Hemisphere, thrilling countless people across western Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe. It was also visible from …

Both the United States and China are working to put their astronauts on the moon in the next few years, with NASA’s acting administrator claiming that America will win the “race.” But what happens if China prevails? NASA plans to launch its Artemis 2 mission to send astronauts around the moon and back early next year, and follow this up …