Science news articles about 'astronauts'

South Korea's first astronaut says she will do her best to help her country develop its own space technology.

ESA PR 21-2008. With ESA astronauts working in the Columbus laboratory onboard the International Space ... ESA to seek out new talent to bolster its Astronaut Corps for future manned missions to the ISS, ...

ESA faces a nightmare if a British citizen is the best astronaut candidate.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 30 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it will provide live TV coverage of the 2008 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Astronauts Suffer Agonizing, High-Pitched Death After Helium Leak

Gadget blog GearCrave, in their "first of a series 'Dream Job' Interviews," has a great back-and-forth with International Space Station astronaut and all-around-good-guy Clayton Anderson. read more

Discovery shuttle astronauts prepare for a launch dress rehearsal.

UK government opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, Esa says.

... is presently testing a Swedish space gym. The gym was developed by Per Tesch, a professor at Mid Sweden University in Sweden. The aim is to counteract muscle atrophy and osteoporosis in astronauts...

The human race will find life elsewhere in the universe as it pushes ahead with space exploration, astronauts back from the latest US space mission said Monday.

... lunar lander following moonwalks. The amount of dust inside the vehicle was so great some astronauts reported they could smell it. Even though there were no known illnesses due to exposure, lunar ...

A science official says South Korea's first astronaut has left a hospital after recovering from neck and back pain apparently caused by her Russian spacecraft's unexpectedly steep descent to Earth ...

... high motivation, flexibility, team competence, empathy with others and emotional stability. “As a former astronaut I have been looking forward to the start of the selection procedure with a great ...

WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it plans to honor the late U.S. astronaut John Swigert Jr. with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award.

... of the left and right otolith contributes to susceptibility to sickness among astronauts. If this is the case, this should also apply after lengthy rotation. Nooij tested this otolith asymmetry ...