Astronauts

NASA seeks astronauts for deeper space missions

From pilots and engineers to scientists and medical doctors, NASA selects qualified astronaut candidates from a diverse pool of US citizens with a wide variety of backgrounds.

Nov 05, 2015, 16:06 PM IST

Ready for space flight? Don't forget your sleeping pills

The medications they used, the reasons they used them and how well they said the medicines worked were analysed. 

Nov 03, 2015, 16:21 PM IST

Scott Kelly completes first spacewalk, sets US flight record

Kelly and Lindgren returned to the space station's airlock where repressurization began about 3:19 p.m ET, marking the official end of the spacewalk.

Oct 29, 2015, 09:41 AM IST

NASA astronauts kick off spacewalk for upgrades at ISS

Spaceflight veteran Scott Kelly, who is in the midst of a year-long stint at the ISS, began the first spacewalk of his career at 8:03 AM (1733 IST), according to a live broadcast on NASA television.

Oct 28, 2015, 21:45 PM IST

Ten incredible facts about spacewalks!

A spacewalk is also called an EVA. EVA stands for extravehicular activity.

Oct 28, 2015, 10:13 AM IST

NASA prepares 'real Martians' to land and stand on Red Planet

As NASA is planning to send humans on Mars by 2030, its researchers back on the Earth are experimenting with astronauts for whom readapting to gravity and walking through the obstacle course after a deep space travel will not be an easy task.

Oct 01, 2015, 13:18 PM IST

Astronauts aboard space station watch 'The Martian'

The astronauts were able to watch the movie using the space station's HD projector which they use for conferences, tech software, etc.

Sep 21, 2015, 16:26 PM IST