Astronaut

Earth's thin blue atmosphere and ocean horizon viewed from the International Space Station.

October 9, 2026

Astronaut Ocean Stewardship Training: Why Space Crews Dive

Before astronauts practice spacewalks, they practice scuba diving. The training environments share more than buoyancy — both require careful management of limited resources, acute attention to systems that fail without warning, and

International Space Station image used for first Greek astronaut mission story.

Science·Space

First Greek Astronaut Mission Moves From Symbol to Contract With ESA-Vast Deal

Greece’s first astronaut story moved from political announcement to signed mission framework at the International Space Summit in Paris. ESA, acting on behalf of Greece, signed an agreement with Vast for a private astronaut mission to the International Space Station

September 10, 2026

NASA Astronaut Returns Safely After 241 Days in Orbit—Three-Person Crew Completes ISS Mission

Discovery·Science·Space

NASA's Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts landed in Kazakhstan on July 26 after 241 days on the ISS. 3,856 orbits and 102 million

Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell Dies at 97: Astronaut Who Set 248,655-Mile Space Distance Record

News·Space

Jim Lovell, the astronaut who led the nearly doomed Apollo 13 mission back to Earth safely, died on August 7, 2025, in Lake Forest,

Astronaut Don Pettit. Photo Credits = Ivan Timoshenko

News·Space

Astronaut Don Pettit Returns After 590 Days in Space: Post-Landing Health Check

NASA astronaut Don Pettit landed on Earth April 20, 2025, exactly on his 70th birthday. Pettit, America’s oldest active astronaut, touched down in Kazakhstan with Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner

Rahul Somvanshi

April 22, 2025

Science·Space·Technology

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is Newer, Faster & Far Better To The Hubble Telescope

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, also known as Roman, would be able to look at vast areas of space to help cosmologists analyze the universe on a large scale. Roman will

Rahul Somvanshi

March 6, 2023

Space·World

ESA Won’t Allow One-Way Ticket To Mars Says Tim Peake

Tim Peake was the first British astronaut working with the European Space Agency (ESA). Tim stated recently that the ESA abstains from hiring people who want a one-way trip to Mars and

Rahul Somvanshi

March 1, 2023

Space·World

Breaking Barriers: The First UAE Long-Duration Astronaut Aboard SpaceX’s Endeavour

The Crew-6 mission will launch on February 26 with four astronauts on board a Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission, dubbed Endeavour, is the sixth crew rotation

Rahul Somvanshi

February 21, 2023