Coffee lovers understand that taste isn't just about flavour, it's an experience that engages all the senses, with smell ...

A Crew Dragon called Freedom brought back to Earth the stranded astronauts of the Boing Starliner and the crew of the ninth SpaceX mission to the ISS ...

One moment occurred in 1984 when NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II became the first human to spacewalk or float free from ...

Water floats in space, which can be problematic, so astronauts avoid using too much liquid. This floating water can interfere with equipment and cause damage if not handled properly.

On her first visit to orbit, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has just met three robots stationed aboard the International Space ...

Getting to outer space is tough, but living there presents a whole new slew if issues. Check out how astronauts accomplish ...

In space, microgravity means that astronauts like Sunita Williams and others face obstacles in all their daily routines on ...

Astronauts' hair care in space, as illustrated by Sunita Williams and Karen Nyberg, adapts to microgravity. Loose hair is common since gravity isn't a concern. Shower routines involve no-rinse ...

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth - but what has nine months in space done to them?

which is roughly 238,855 miles away - where astronauts experience much higher radiation doses. Effects of microgravity - Floating around the space station may look like a lot of fun, but gravity ...

File pic: Reuters Mr Krikalev, who passed away in 2022, headed up to the Mir space station on 18 May 1991, along with Britain's first astronaut Helen Sharman ... order to warm up the antennae - but ...