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Astronaut Luca Parmitano on NASA’s return to the moon: ‘It’s no longer a dream’ (exclusive)
News Spaceflight Luca Parmitano preparing for flight. (Image credit: ESA/NASA) Helping to inject enthusiastic support for the Italian space industry, distinguished European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano recently appeared as the keynote speaker at the "Space It Up" conference in Houston, Texas to promote six innovative startups from his homeland entering the global space
Record-Setting NASA Astronaut and Two Cosmonauts Return From International Space Station
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is seen outside the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after he landed with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of…
US astronaut to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensions
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tensions between the countries.NASA insists Vande Hei’s homecoming plans at the end of the month…
Astronaut captures magical shot of the moon and Earth
By Trevor Mogg February 16, 2022 6:40PM NASAAstronaut Mark Vande Hei has shared a sublime shot (above) of the moon and Earth captured from the International Space Station. “Shockingly bright as I opened our shades, the moon lingered, strutting by,” Vande Hei wrote in a tweet alongside the photo. “Lots of time to find good…
Chinese astronaut pair complete six-hour spacewalk
by Andrew Jones — December 26, 2021 Outside view from the Tianhe space station module during the second Shenzhou-13 EVA, Dec. 26, 2021. Credit: CMSA HELSINKI — Two Shenzhou-13 astronauts embarked on a six-hour extravehicular activity Sunday to install equipment outside China’s Tianhe space station module. Astronaut Ye Guangfu, wearing a Fetian EVA suit with…