On the morning of May 5th, 1961, 37-year-old Alan Shepard woke up, ate a breakfast (consisting of a filet mignon wrapped in ...
Almost seven decades of humans in space, plus over 25 years of continuous habitation, have shown us how incredibly adaptable our bodies are to microgravity. Still, space takes a toll on the body. In ...
Texas A&M University is preparing for a new era of space research with the launch of a research centrifuge at the Anthony Wood '87 Artificial Gravity Lab. Set to become one of the most advanced human ...
Anil Menon discusses his upcoming ISS mission, commercial space stations, and the unanswered medical questions of life in ...
But Kennedy sold the space program instrumentally as well, in a more familiar politician’s register. Sometimes he used the strategic language of the Cold War, promising to achieve “a position of ...
People may know Artemis as NASA’s return-to-the-Moon program. However, it is much more than a rerun of Project Apollo. Amanda Laughead The Orion spacecraft (silver) and European Service Module (white) ...
The STS-51L mission clears the tower at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 28, 1986. Credit: NASA / Courtesy Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for ...