Astronaut

Netflix to stream live NASA launches and missions

NASA hopes the partnership will help bring excitement to space exploration through live streams of launches and astronaut activities.

 Smoke and steam billow across Launch Complex 39B as the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Nick Hague, undocks from the ISS to begin a journey to return to Earth March 18, 2025.

NASA astronauts head home on SpaceX capsule after drawn-out space station stay

 A full size model of China's space station is on display during the 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition.

Chinese astronauts achieve artificial photosynthesis in space, producing oxygen and fuel

 Leroy Chiao at the world premiere of "The Astronaut Farmer."

Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao recalls sighting mysterious metallic spheres over Texas


Chinese crew completes unprecedented 9-hour mission outside space station

During the spacewalk, Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong installed a debris protection system with support from the station's robotic arm.

 A full size model of China's space station is on display during the 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition.

Emily Calandreilli, the 100th woman in space, receives hate from internet trolls

Shortly after her reaction video was posted, trolls reacted with hateful and sexualized comments.

 Emily Calandrelli's reaction to seeing Earth from space

Space or stress? Astronauts in orbit are a little bit dumber, study shows

Processing speed, working memory, and attention, slowed down during the astronauts’ time in orbit.

 Astronaut in orbit. Illustration.