astronauts

Space station astronauts welcome civilian space travel as billionaires prepare to launch - CBS News As two billionaires prepare for launch this month on milestone space flights, professional astronauts aboard the International Space Station said Friday they fully support commercialization and...

Space-grown lettuce might be more nutritious than its earth-grown equivalent - Universal Sci Currently, astronauts aboard the international space station live on sterilized processed food supplies. The main reason behind this is that rations have to last for a long time as it is not possible to...

Apollo 13: Enhanced images reveal life on stricken spacecraft - BBC Image enhancement techniques have been used to reveal life aboard Nasa's stricken Apollo 13 spacecraft in unprecedented detail. Fifty years ago, the craft suffered an explosion that jeopardised the lives of the three...

NASA to send humans to the moon once again - 'but this time we'll stay' - Sky News The space agency says it wants astronauts to spend more time on the lunar surface as it looks to send them within the next decade. NASA is planning to take the "next giant leap in deep space exploration" as it...