When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. A flywheel design for the Artemis 2 mission is tested during the microgravity phase of a Falcon 20 parabolic flight near Montreal, Canada. The person operating the device is Yannick Laflamme, a Canadian Space Agency exercise specialist at the… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. European Space Agency reserve astronaut John McFall participates in a parabolic flight supported by the agency and Novespace in Bordeaux, France, on April 6, 2023. McFall is the first reserve astronaut with a disability. | Credit: ESA/Novespace Just days… Read More »
Not many people encounter weightlessness in their day-to-day work, but for the UK’s newest astronaut Rosemary Coogan, it was an “extremely exciting” experience where she had to overcome the urge to “swim” in microgravity and perform CPR while anchored upside down. Just a week before earning their astronaut wings, Ms Coogan and her colleagues were… Read More »