US delays planned return of astronauts to Moon until 2026
- 10-Jan-2024
WASHINGTON: The United States (US) is pushing back its planned return of astronauts to the surface of the Moon from 2025 to 2026, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday amid technical challenges and delays. Artemis, named after the sister of Apollo in Greek mythology, was officially announced in 2017 as part of the US space […]
US astronauts enter space station in milestone mission
- 01-Jun-2020
NASA astronauts entered the International Space Station on Sunday after a landmark 19-hour journey on the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade
US astronauts make spacewalk to perform ISS repairs
- 30-Mar-2018
WASHINGTON: Two American astronauts on Thursday completed a lengthy spacewalk to replace old hoses on the the International Space Station’s cooling system and make other equipment upgrades, footage from the US space agency NASA showed. The walk — which lasted six hours and 10 minutes — by flight engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold got […]
US astronauts perform seven-hour spacewalk outside station
- 02-Sep-2016
WASHINGTON: Two U.S. astronauts sailed through a seven-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday to pack up a spare cooling radiator and tackle other maintenance, a NASA TV broadcast showed.