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Astronauts know how to handle isolation: Here are tips from Scott Kelly, Peggy Whitson and more. "[Isolation is] actually very doable, but it's very important to be able to interact well with the people you're staying with, living with." Shares. Comments (0). Retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson floats in the cupola on board the International Space Station, ...
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Mobile astronomy: Put the Milky Way in your pocket with 'Our Galaxy' smartphone app From time to time at star parties, I encountered someone who isn't very impressed with the dim, fuzzy object I'm showing them through my telescope. But once I explain what the object is, how far away it is, and how it connects to our place in the galaxy and the ...
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NASA confirms work stoppage on James Webb Space Telescope If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further.
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While we were stockpiling, here's what astronauts were up to in space last week (CNN) For astronauts living on the International Space Station, their life is a type of quarantine. They can't go outside unless it's on a planned spacewalk in very specific gear and they remain in the same confined space for six months or longer. While many of ...
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NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars just climbed its steepest slope yet (and snapped a selfie) NASA's Mars rover Curiosity just climbed its steepest Red Planet slope to date, after snapping a nice selfie that gives us a better appreciation of the achievement. Curiosity crested a promontory called the Greenheugh Pediment on March 6, showing ...
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Scientists just discovered a massive new vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet Scientists have found a new point of major vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet, in a region that already appears to be changing as the climate warms and has the potential to raise sea levels by nearly five feet over the long term. Denman glacier, in East ...
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Researchers demonstrate the missing link for a quantum internet A quantum internet could be used to send unhackable messages, improve the accuracy of GPS, and enable cloud-based quantum computing. For more than twenty years, dreams of creating such a quantum network have remained out of reach in large part ...
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NASA supercomputers join fight against coronavirus As the U.S. scrambles to respond to the spreading COVID-19 pandemic, NASA supercomputers are joining the effort to look for potential treatment and vaccine candidates. A new initiative brings together NASA and the National Science Foundation as well as ...
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The growth of an organism rides on a pattern of waves When an egg cell of almost any sexually reproducing species is fertilized, it sets off a series of waves that ripple across the egg's surface. These waves are produced by billions of activated proteins that surge through the egg's membrane like streams of tiny ...
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Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shares isolation tips from spending a year in space Retired NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days on the International Space Station (ISS) where he experienced what Americans are collectively taking part in now: isolation. At least 11 states across the U.S. have implemented or announced statewide ...
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