How to Survive for a Whole Day on Mars?
Regardless of how much we may like “The Martian” movie that had Matt Daemon in the main role, we all need to be realistic and say that surviving on the Red Planet, even for a single day, is an extremely…
Being a NASA Astronaut: How Your Resume Needs to Look to Apply for a Job
If you’ve always wanted to be an astronaut when you were a kid and you’ve abandoned the idea long ago, well, maybe it’s time to reconsider. You may never know how unpredictable life can be, especially if you put all…
Astronauts Will Grow Dwarf Tomatoes in Space
If you don’t prefer tomatoes on your tables, maybe you’ll like to devour them hundreds of kilometers above the Earth’s surface. That’s what astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) seem to have had in mind when they decided to…
The International Space Station Will Have a Surgical Robot On Board
While most boys dreamed of becoming astronauts when they were little, even those cool and smart guys who put on spacesuits can get sick. This is especially available when space missions last long periods of time, such as a few…
Space Missions Cause Significant Bone Loss, New Study Claims
Perhaps you’ve already heard about astronauts feeling a bit under the weather after engaging in a space mission, not to mention that they have trouble readapting to Earth’s gravity. A new study confirms that space travel is far from being…
NASA Presents Its Next-Generation Spacesuits
NASA’s upcoming Artemis mission that’s scheduled to start in 2025 to return humans to the Moon requires a lot of work. This is somewhat surprising, considering that technology had evolved tremendously since 50 years ago when the space agency last…
New Report Offers Horrific Solutions for How to Deal with Astronauts Dying on Mars
It should be only a matter of time until humanity will arrive on Mars, but scientists are constantly analyzing the scenario as it could be a lot more dangerous than anybody thought possible. There are a lot of risks once…
NASA Astronauts Return Home After More Than Half a Year on the ISS
As their mission is almost accomplished, two NASA astronauts are ready to return home after more than a half a year at the ISS. How hard will it be for them to see the changing world due to the COVID-19…
Astronauts are Revealing Their Secrets of Surviving Isolation along other People
With the COVID-19 disease infecting people from all across the globe, space seems like the perfect refuge. But even so, some astronauts decided to isolate themselves as thousands of normal people are doing. This seems like the wisest decision in…
SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule To Fly Two Astronauts To The ISS In May
SpaceX and Boeing competed for NASA’s plan to put astronauts again in space. It’s been nine years since the last human mission in space via an American rocket. SpaceX got $2.6 billion to have the Crew Dragon capsule ready to…
Astronauts Returning Home Experience High Heart Rate, But Low Blood Pressure
It is a little disorienting for astronauts to come back to the force of Earth’s gravity from a spaceflight were there was no gravity. When that happens, they faint. What happens to astronauts when they return home? There is a…
Heavy Physical Impact on Astronauts Returning to Earth From Space, Explained
This Monday saw Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jaques return home after an extended mission on the ISS. We take a look at his equally grand task of readjusting his body to the conditions on Earth. The astronaut’s mission has put him…
Space Travel Triggers Herpes In Astronauts, NASA Study Revealed
Some recent test showed that space travel does something to the human body and reactivates dormant herpes virus in more than half of the astronauts. That is the result of the latest NASA research conducted on astronauts who travel on…
What Happens if Astronauts Get Sick in Space?
As you can probably imagine, in the unfortunate situation of an astronaut getting sick, they cannot just come back to Earth to see a doctor. So what happens instead? It seems that NASA, along with other space agencies are ready…
Scientists Are Developing A Device That Will Combat Depression In Astronauts
Researchers are now struggling to develop a new spacesuits gadget with the purpose to monitor the astronauts’ depression level and to offer improvements and increase the astronauts’ well-being. It has been observed since the first human flights in the space…