Astronauts have identified some unusual smells in space; This is not surprising, considering the chemistry here is very different from that on Earth. So what does space smell like and what are the cosmic sources of these smells? Space is an airless vacuum, so technically you can’t smell anything in space; If you tried you’d… Read More »
Screenshot of SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket on the launch pad. This photo was taken from SpaceX’s live broadcast on X.SpaceX This year, the world has achieved many great successes in the space race. These included SpaceX sending its most powerful rocket into space and India reaching the moon. Here’s everything you need to know to… Read More »
Of all the freeze-dried, heat-stabilized and ready-to-use foods she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris’ personal favorite was cherry-blueberry cobbler. Kloeris, who has been a food scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for 34 years, not only enjoyed the cobbler but also helped develop it. “We weren’t actually doing any product development during… Read More »
The astronaut, who died due to injuries he suffered in a plane crash before being launched to the International Space Station (ISS), is named after the first cargo spacecraft to fly on Northrop Grumman’s SpaceX rocket. SS Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson is targeted to lift off atop a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral… Read More »
Twenty-five years ago, Bob Cabana was at the rear flight deck controls of the space shuttle Endeavor when he fired the orbiter’s thrusters to attach a U.S.-built node to a Russian module in Earth orbit. The explosion closed the short distance between “Unity” and “Zarya”, giving birth to the International Space Station (ISS). “I can’t… Read More »
Axiom Space and its partners, including the European Space Agency (ESA), have announced some of the pioneering scientific research that will be conducted during the Axiom-3 mission. Ready to explode on a hill in January 2024 SpaceX hawk 9 Axiom-3’s crew consists of Commander Michael López-Alegría, Pilot Walter Villadei, and Mission Specialists Alper Gezeravci and… Read More »
How will we handle medical issues so far from home when astronauts fly to the moon or Mars? Finalists in the Canadian Space Agency and Impact Canada technology competition aim to redirect medical knowledge from working with remote communities, such as Indigenous groups in Canada’s far north, to help astronauts in deep space. Five finalists… Read More »