From pureed meals to fresh greens: how space food is advancing to keep astronauts healthy

It has also revived our fascination with space food. As space missions become longer and more ambitious, food in space has ...
Smithsonian Magazine

America’s First Space Station Proved Humans Could Live and Work in Orbit for Months. Now, the Public Can See What It Looked Like in Person for the First Time i…

A backup version of Skylab was displayed when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened 50 years ago. After ...

NASA's lunar ambitions grow as moon base plans take shape

Could the moon become humanity's next home? NASA has a detailed plan to build a first-of-its kind lunar outpost where ...

Spacewalkers successfully replace broken "wrist" joint in space station's robot arm

The orbital surgery on the International Space Station returned the Canadian-built robot arm to full health after its "wrist" ...

Do you want to be an astronaut? Career routes that can take you to space

In 2024, I flew on a microgravity, or zero G, parabolic flight with the European Space Agency (ESA). The aeroplane flew big arcs up and down in the sky. At the top of the arc I experienced 22 seconds ...
Stars and Stripes

US, NATO sailors train to counter swarm surface drone threats

BALTIC SEA — These northerly waters recently served to show Navy sailors how to spot and destroy deadly surface drones, whose devastating consequences for ships have been demonstrated from the Middle ...