NASA Astronaut

• Astronauts continue work to install solar panels outside International Space Station

  Although smaller than the originals, the new solar panels can generate considerably more power.

  World

  Jun 20, 2021
  
• What happens when you commit a crime in outer space?

  A legal dispute between a NASA astronaut and her estranged wife has raised questions about which laws apply if a person is charged with committing a crime in space.

  Science

  Aug 31, 2019
  
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• Astronaut candidate quits NASA training, a first in 50 years

  The last time astronauts-in-training resigned from NASA was in 1968.

  Science

  Aug 28, 2018
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• Pope Francis phones space station, asks astronauts big questions about the universe

  Pope Francis posed several questions about humanity's place in the universe to six astronauts hailing from the U.S., Italy and Russia. 

  Science

  Oct 26, 2017
• Astronauts return to earth after 115-day mission aboard International Space Station

  A Russian Soyuz space capsule has landed in Kazakhstan, bringing back three astronauts from the United States, Japan and Russia back to Earth from a 115-day mission.

  Science

  Oct 30, 2016