Astronauts’ plight piles pressure on Boeing’s struggling space unit
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home without astronauts follows years of missteps by the planemaker in its space business and raises doubts over the future of the unit, analysts and industry sources said. Taking
Stuck in Space: Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams case
In a surprising twist of fate, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who were originally scheduled for a brief eight-day mission on the International Space Station (ISS), now find themselves facing an extended stay that could last until 2025.
NASA accidentally broadcasts simulation of distressed astronauts on space station
By Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) - NASA accidentally broadcast a simulation of astronauts being treated for decompression sickness on the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, prompting speculation of an emergency in posts on social media. About 5:28 p.m. U.S. Central Time
Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ photo, dead in plane crash
By Peter Cooney and Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, capturing the famed "Earthrise" photo during NASA's Apollo 8 mission in 1968, died on Friday in the
Boeing sending first astronaut crew to space after years of delay
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing is poised to send the first Starliner space capsule with a crew of humans into orbit next week, giving it a long-delayed chance to score a badly needed win as it struggles to compete
Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space – more than 878 days
By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko on Sunday set a world record for total time spent in space, surpassing his compatriot Gennady Padalka who logged more than 878 days in orbit, Russia's space corporation
China’s youngest-ever crew of astronauts heads to space station
By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - The youngest-ever crew of Chinese astronauts departed for China's space station on Thursday, paving the way for a new generation of "taikonauts" to advance the country's space ambitions in the future. The spacecraft Shenzhou-17, or "Divine
Study reveals how immune system of astronauts breaks down
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Evidence is growing about the many ways that traveling in the microgravity environment of space tampers with the human body, with new research showing how it dials down the activity of genes in white blood