Two Chinese astronauts have completed a space walk which lasted several hours outside a future space station, with 41-year-old Wang Yaping becoming the first woman astronaut from China to perform the move. Teamed with mission commander Zhai Zhigang, the duo disembarked from the main module of the Tiangong station on a space walk that lasted […]
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China’s Shenzhou-13 craft successfully docks to Tiangong space station & 3 astronauts enter core module
China’s second manned mission reached the Tiangong space station, which is still under construction, on Saturday. The three astronauts left the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft and entered the station’s core module. The Shenzhou-13 (Divine Vessel) successfully docked to the port of the space station at 6:56am (21:56 GMT). #Shenzhou13 successfully arrived at China’s #Tiangong space station, docking […]
NASA asked for a new bus to drive astronauts to their Moon rocket… but agency might not like the suggestions
NASA’s attempt to find a replacement for its iconic Astrovan to drive astronauts to a new Moon rocket has opened a Pandora’s box as people began suggesting the most bizarre vehicles, and added Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to the mix. Astronaut transfer van, or Astrovan, was used to drive astronauts to and from the […]
Astronauts on the moon and Mars may grow their homes there out of mushrooms, says NASA
Astronauts on the moon or Mars may be growing their homes, rather than building them, according to NASA. sursa