Bruce McCandless II. Photo: NASA NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II stepped away from the Space Shuttle Challenger on Feb. 7, 1984, using a jet-powered backpack called the Manned Manoeuvring Unit ...

There has been very few moments in NASA’s history that have been as nail-biting as when astronauts flew untethered in the dark abyss of space. One such moment occurred in 1 Read More ...

New Delhi: Space exploration has always had its fair share of risks and dangers, never been a child's play. There has been very few moments in NASA’s history that have been as nail-biting as when ...

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Due to technical reasons, both the astronauts were stranded in space. After repeated failures ... making it difficult for astronauts to walk properly upon returning to Earth.

Barry 'Butch' Wilmore Health: NASA Astronaut Struggles To Stand, Walk After Space Mission NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore recently returned to Earth after an extended stay in space ...

In December of last year, Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, part of the Shenzhou 19 mission, spent a record-breaking nine hours on a space walk outside of the Tiangong space station ...

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"The last FAA guidelines under the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program were clear: Crewmembers who travel into space must have 'demonstrated activities during flight that were essential to ...