Being weightless affects everything from the way food tastes to getting a good night’s sleep. Here’s what it’s like to spend months in space. Ask any astronaut who has spent extended periods in the International Space Station what the most challenging part was, and they will probably say missing friends and family. While there are…
Note to Self: Astronaut Peggy Whitson – CBS News Watch CBS News Record-setting NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson returned from the International Space Station in September after a 288-day mission. She has spent more time in space than any other American. While in orbit, the 57-year-old biochemist started writing a letter to her 9-year-old self. She…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Monday that they hold themselves partly responsible for what went wrong on their space sprint-turned-marathon and would fly on Boeing’s Starliner again. SpaceX recently ferried the duo home after more than nine months at the International Space Station, filling in for…
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, whose planned eight-day Starliner test flight turned into a nine-and-a-half-month stay stuck aboard the International Space Station, are speaking out today at a news conference for the first time since returning to Earth almost two weeks ago. They are still adapting to Earth’s gravity after splashing down aboard a SpaceX…
The first details of C949, a supersonic airliner project, have been quietly unveiled by Chinese state-owned aerospace giant Comac, signalling its ambitions to dominate the skies with the radical new jet that could redefine global air travel. In a recent academic paper, Comac engineers revealed the blueprint of a 1.6-Mach airliner designed to fly further…
A period of peak magnetic storms on the sun could lead to another show of northern lights on Earth on Saturday and Sunday, forecasters say. Make sure you don’t miss them. Unforgettable northern lights display recorded before lunar eclipse Spectators took stunning videos of a green aurora glowing overhead in Fairbanks, Alaska. Anybody interested in…
Home to astronauts conducting experiments as they orbit around the Earth, the International Space Station is almost at the end of its lifespan. And when the huge project, which was first launched in 1998, is finally sent tumbling back to Earth by Elon Musk’s SpaceX for a spectacular splashdown, it’s time for another billionaire to…
Chinese experts said that Beijing would not let its space crew be stranded for so long as two United States astronauts finally returned to Earth after being stuck for nine months. Newsweek has contacted the China National Space Administration for comment by email. Why It Matters NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned from…
A lunar lander has completed its two-week mission and sent spectacular sunset images as a “final goodbye” back to Earth. The Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander was launched by Firefly Aerospace in mid-January and landed on the moon on March 2. It was the first successful commercial moon landing. The lander delivered 10 NASA…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump says Xi to visit Washington in ‘not too distant future’ US President Donald Trump on Monday said his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would visit Washington in the “not…