Tag: Nasa Astronauts

Washington: Tupperware, a household name when it comes to keeping food fresh, is now helping NASA improve astronauts’ diet with its airtight plastic containers at the International Space Station (ISS). Since 2015, NASA astronauts have supplemented their space diet with fresh greens grown in the Vegetable Production System known as “Veggie” on the ISS. One […]

New York: Six Nasa scientists, who were living in isolation on a Mars-like habitat in Hawaii since January to determine astronauts’ psychology and requirements during manned space missions, will return to civilization on Sunday. In January, the crew of four men and two women were quarantined on a vast plain below the summit of the […]

Washington: Two NASA astronauts are scheduled to carry out the first ever all female spacewalk in history on March 29. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will share the credit of performing the spacewalk at the International Space Station, CNN reported. The two will receive support on the ground by Canadian Space Agency flight controller […]

Washington: The US space agency has awarded a total of $254 million to three companies to land their machines on the lunar surface, paving the way for NASA astronauts to land on the Moon by 2024. The three companies are: Astrobotic of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Intuitive Machines of Houston, Texas; and Orbit Beyond of Edison, New […]

Washington: In the third spacewalk of the year outside the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover concluded their spacewalk after 7 hours and 4 minutes. The two NASA astronauts began work on Monday to install modification kits required for the upcoming solar array upgrades, the US space agency said in a […]