astronauts

NASA is looking for new astronauts

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

If you fancy yourself as the next Neil Armstrong, NASA is now taking applications for new astronauts.  Potential space farers have less than ...

NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launch, Docking

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission with astronauts to the International ...

Martians wanted! NASA is seeking four aspiring astronauts to live in a 1,700 square-foot Mars Simulation for a year

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA wants four volunteers to live in its futuristic Mars Dune Alpha building  However, the volunteers won’t actually be blasting off towards the ...

NASA Remembers Trailblazing Astronaut, Scientist Mary Cleave

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Retired NASA astronaut Mary Cleave, a veteran of two NASA spaceflights, died Nov. 27. She was 76. A scientist with training in ...

Experts raise fears Paralympian John McFall’s artificial limb will give off toxic gases in space

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

John McFall, 42, was recently selected for ESA’s astronaut programme He is set to visit the ISS, but will now have to ...