A British novel about astronauts on a space station won the Booker Prize

A British novel about astronauts on a space station won the Booker Prize

The novel Orbital tells about the astronauts’ stay on the International Space Station, for which the English writer Samantha Harvey won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction this Tuesday night. The book tells about 24 hours on board the space station. In addition to the usual tasks and duties of the six astronauts, two men … Read more

Mind-Blowing Simulation Reveals What Happens to Your Body in Space: Survival Tips from NASA Astronauts’ Near Miss

Mind-Blowing Simulation Reveals What Happens to Your Body in Space: Survival Tips from NASA Astronauts’ Near Miss

Jakarta – A simulation shows exactly what would happen to a human body if it were trapped in space. This scenario may just be wishful thinking, but it could happen, as an astronaut was almost stuck in space recently. Two NASA astronauts, Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore and Sunita Williams, have been stuck on the International Space … Read more

NASA astronaut photos of Hurricane Milton from space, amazing but scary

NASA astronaut photos of Hurricane Milton from space, amazing but scary

Jakarta – Hurricane Milton that hit Florida, United States, has captured the world’s attention. NASA astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) managed to capture the moment, showing a scene that was both amazing and scary. The photo was uploaded by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominik. He said the photo was taken through the window … Read more

NASA hires SpaceX for $30 billion to convey the Worldwide Area Station again to Earth

NASA hires SpaceX for  billion to convey the Worldwide Area Station again to Earth

NASA plans to decommission the Worldwide Area Station (ISS), hiring SpaceX for $30 billion to convey it again to Earth. NASA is getting ready to retire the Worldwide Area Station (ISS), which has been in operation for nearly 30 years, by providing a contract value as much as $ 843 million to the Chinese language … Read more

Sierra Area Progress Replace: Dream Chaser Passes Essential Check for Future Area Freight Transport

Sierra Area Progress Replace: Dream Chaser Passes Essential Check for Future Area Freight Transport

Sierra Area, a personal aerospace firm from america. Exhibiting the progress of the mission to construct the house airplane Dream Chaser – Tenacity and the cargo mannequin Taking pictures Star, the corporate just lately revealed Handed an vital check Making ready to enter house To check on the longer term use of freight transport Image … Read more

Space Toilets: The History and Technology Behind Human Waste Disposal in Outer Space

Space Toilets: The History and Technology Behind Human Waste Disposal in Outer Space

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Even though they are beyond the numbers, astronauts still have the same basic needs as humans on earth to use the toilet. Reported by the page Space on Tuesday (5/3/2024), American astronaut Alan Shepherd, on May 5 1961, told the launch pad team that he needed to urinate. Shepherd did as instructed, … Read more

Record Breaking Number of Humans in Space – 20 Cosmonauts and Tourists on the International Space Station and Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity

Record Breaking Number of Humans in Space – 20 Cosmonauts and Tourists on the International Space Station and Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity

In the next one to two decades, the number of humans in space is predicted to double that number. The 20 cosmonauts were both in space on Friday, January 26 2024. A total of 11 people were on the International Space Station (ISS), consisting of seven cosmonauts from the Expedition 70 mission and four private … Read more

Russian Astronaut Oleg Kononenko Breaks Record for Longest Time in Space

Russian Astronaut Oleg Kononenko Breaks Record for Longest Time in Space

AFPOleg Kononenko NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 16:23 Russian astronaut Oleg Kononenko has broken the record for the longest time in space (cumulatively). That record stood at 878 days, 11 hours, 29 minutes and 48 seconds. He crossed it this morning, during his fifth space mission. The 59-year-old cosmonaut is on the International Space Station (ISS), where he … Read more

NASA Astronauts’ Incident on Spacewalk: Accidentally Dropping Equipment

NASA Astronauts’ Incident on Spacewalk: Accidentally Dropping Equipment

KOMPAS.com – There was an interesting incident when NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara did this spacewalk or walking outside the International Space Station (ISS) on November 1. While doing maintenance work outside the ISS, they accidentally dropped a bag of equipment in space. Also read: Photographer on Earth Portrait of Two Astronauts Doing … Read more

Chinese Tiangong Space Station Conducts Groundbreaking Plant Growth Experiment

Chinese Tiangong Space Station Conducts Groundbreaking Plant Growth Experiment

Some researchers on board the Chinese Tiangong space station started an exciting research, because they started growing lettuce, cherry tomatoes and spring onions this summer, which is part of a long-term plan that will help deep space research in the future. It is not the first time that astronauts have tried to grow plants in … Read more