-
It's time to clean up space junk before orbits become 'unusable,' according to new ESA reportA new report released April 1 by the European Space Agency sheds light on space pollution surrounding our planet — how bad the problem is, and what we need to do to keep Earth orbits clean enough to use.
-
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were carried away on stretchers after return from space. Here's why that's normal.When astronauts return from a prolonged visit to space, they are often carried out of their capsules and placed on stretchers. The 'stranded' astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were no exception. Here's why.
10 Comments -
Finally! NASA and SpaceX launch Crew-10 mission to bring 'stranded' ISS astronauts back to EarthButch Wilmore and Sunni Williams have spent nine months aboard the International Space Station following the failure of Boeing’s Starliner mission. Their rescue rocket has finally been launched.
-
Spectacular photo taken from ISS shows 'gigantic jet' of upward-shooting lightning towering 50 miles over New OrleansA newly unveiled astronaut photo shows a "gigantic jet" shooting upward from a thunderstorm above Louisiana in November 2024.
-
Giant, pyramid-like 'star dunes' slowly wander across Moroccan desertEarth from space This 2023 astronaut photo shows a series of slowly moving "star dunes" in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco. Most of these massive structures are likely several centuries old.
Earth from space -
'Hugely proud': UK Paralympian becomes 1st disabled astronaut to be cleared for ISS missionProspective ESA astronaut and former British Paralympian John McFall has passed the medical assessment needed for a long-term stay on the ISS. If selected for a future mission, he will become the first physically disabled person in space.
-
'Stranded' NASA astronaut Suni Williams photographed from Earth during record-breaking spacewalk. Can you spot her?A photographer on Earth has captured an incredible telescope image of NASA astronaut Suni Williams outside of the International Space Station, as it passed by roughly 250 miles overhead.
-
'Totally amazing' astronaut photo captures comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS shooting past Earth from the ISSNASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in 160,000 years, as it lit up the night skies across the globe.
-
'Lake of clouds' appears between volcanic nesting dolls in Russia via rare mirror-like phenomenonEarth from space A 2023 astronaut photo captured a rare effect, known as sunglint, transforming the surface of one of Russia's deepest lakes into a sea of swirling clouds. The crater lake is sandwiched between a pair of unusual volcanic "nesting dolls" on a Pacific island.
Earth from space
