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SpaceX Dragon ship `smells like a brand new car`: NASA astronaut

NASA astronaut has said that the interiors of a Dragon ship of California SpaceX smell like of a bra...

Nasa `space drink` can reverse signs of ageing?

A `space drink` developed by NASA to protect astronauts from radiation can also reduce wrinkles and ...

Astronauts to land on `planet killer` asteroid

NASA is training a team of astronauts to land on asteroids, which are three million miles from the E...

Soyuz spaceship blasts off for ISS

Three astronauts, two Russians and an American blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS)...

NASA trains astronauts `for asteroid mission`

NASA is reportedly training a team of astronauts for a mission to land on an asteroid by the end of ...

`US spends more on pizza than on space’

With the US government cutting the budget for space missions, former NASA astronaut Marsha S. Ivins ...

Former NASA astronaut favours more Moon missions

Former NASA astronaut Marsha S Ivnis on Thursday said there should be more lunar missions in future ...

Mars astronauts may be risking DNA damage

Future astronauts working on the Red Planet`s surface risk general changes in health at the DNA leve...

China launches space drug laboratory

China has set up a laboratory to conduct research on medicines for astronauts during space missions,...

Soon, dead stars `may guide astronauts across the Universe`

These dense, burnt-out stars rotate rapidly, sweeping their emission across the cosmos at rates that...

`Russia can help ISS astronauts with rehabilitation`

Russia is ready to offer its medical expertise in the post-flight rehabilitation of astronauts from ...

Tests identify Earth as moon`s sole parent

A giant collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object resulted in the moon`s formation.

Joining Chinese space mission doesn`t come easy!

China has selected its first two women astronauts for its next manned space mission to be launched b...

Space travel impacts eyes, brain

A study of astronauts` eyes and brains shows that they are affected after a long space stint.

Chinese female astronauts may catch flight

The manned spacecraft Shenzhou-9 will take its crew members to board the Tiangong-1 space module lab...

Astronaut Glenn calls historic flight "best day" of his life

Glenn, 90, told an audience in Columbus, Ohio that the flight was the result of "more than two years...

More people now want to be astronauts: NASA

NASA has received 6,372 applications for its 2013 class of astronauts, double the usual number.

Rare moon rock found on earth

Scientists have stumbled upon tranquillityite, a mineral considered unique to the moon.

Ice on Mars a source of water for astronauts?

Huge volumes of ice, buried under the Phlegra Montes mountain range on Mars could be a source of wat...

China mulls sending female astronauts into space

China is considering sending women astronauts into space during its space docking missions next year...

NASA unveils new plan to buy rides for astronauts

NASA plans to spend $1.6 billion over the next two years bolstering industry efforts to develop spac...

NASA needs to keep more astronauts on hand: Report

Many astronauts have retired or quit with this year`s end of the space shuttle program.

Astronauts to grow `kitchen garden` on Mars?

Astronauts on the first manned mission to Mars are considering to grow their own food in a hi-tech "...

Prince Harry wants to be an astronaut: Report

Britain`s Prince Harry wants to be the first Royal in space and wants to undergo NASA training, acco...

Spacewalking astronauts release mini-satellite

Spacewalking astronauts released a ham radio satellite outside the International Space Station despi...

Space shuttle Atlantis crew almost done packing up

The 10 space travelers spent the day putting some final items in Raffaello, the Italian-made cargo c...

Atlantis astronauts getting off time, finally

After a hectic week in orbit, the astronauts on NASA`s last space shuttle flight got some time off t...

Astronauts make last spacewalk of shuttle era

Two US astronauts stepped out on the last spacewalk of the shuttle era at the International Space St...

`Atlantis Shuttle to stay one extra day in space`

NASA has decided to extend its final space shuttle mission by one day and provided a bonus day to it...

Atlantis astronauts enter Cargo module

US space shuttle Atlantis` astronauts entered the newly-installed Raffaello cargo module today as NA...

Space shuttle astronauts will check for damage

Atlantis astronauts will spend most of their first full day in orbit checking the space shuttle`s de...

Japanese astronaut plans to grow space cucumbers

Japanese astronaut Furukawa said he would be growing cucumbers in space as part of ongoing study.

Space shuttle Endeavour leaves International Space Station

The astronauts on NASA`s next-to-last shuttle flight floated out of the International Space Station.

Astronauts make history on 4th, final spacewalk

Spacewalkers teamed up with robot arm operator Johnson to attach 50-foot boom to the orbiting lab.

Endeavour astronauts wrap up third spacewalk

Two US astronauts wrapped up their third spacewalk outside the ISS on Wednesday.

Pope phones astronauts in 1st papal call to space

Pope Benedict XVI blessed shuttle Endeavour`s astronauts in first ever papal call to space.

Endeavour astronauts take first space walk

Two astronauts embarked on first space walk of Endeavour`s final mission to ISS.

Astronauts install big magnet on space station

Endeavour`s astronauts accomplished their mission installing a $2 billion cosmic ray detector on ISS...

China may send women to space in 2012

China plans to fly two more spacecraft next year to improve the rendezvous and docking technologies.

Are manned missions a waste of space?

It is being argued that they sapped funds and put lives at risk.

Astronauts head to ISS on spaceship Gagarin

Three astronauts blasted off for ISS in a spaceship named after the first man in space Yuri Gagarin.

NASA, Russian astronauts land in Kazakh steppe

NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts has landed safely in snowy expanses of central Kazakhstan.

Discovery leaves space station for the last time

Discovery, the world`s most travelled spaceship, left the ISS today for the last time.

Obama to astronauts: Unpack robot in space soon

Discovery`s commander explained that the astronauts had pulled the robot out of the newly installed ...

US Discovery astronauts step out on last spacewalk

Two US astronauts has stepped out on the 2nd and final spacewalk of Discovery shuttle mission at ISS...

Space Station getting extra storage room

Space shuttle Discovery delivered the new compartment over the weekend.

Discovery astronauts complete `textbook` spacewalk

Space shuttle Discovery astronauts moved a failed ammonia cooling pump during a spacewalk outside IS...

Injured astronaut aboard space shuttle `in spirit`

Timothy Kopra hobbled on crutches into Mission Control and called Discovery`s six astronauts.

NASA astronaut hopes to stage `out of this world` concert

Catherine Coleman hopes to stage her own live "out of this world" concert on board the ISS.

New low cost rocket to lift astronauts set to soar by 2013

The 90m-high Liberty rocket is likely to fly by 2013 & operational with astronauts on board by 2015.

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