Space Toilets: The History and Technology Behind Human Waste Disposal in Outer Space

Space Toilets: The History and Technology Behind Human Waste Disposal in Outer Space

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Even though they are beyond the numbers, astronauts still have the same basic needs as humans on earth to use the toilet. Reported by the page Space on Tuesday (5/3/2024), American astronaut Alan Shepherd, on May 5 1961, told the launch pad team that he needed to urinate. Shepherd did as instructed, … Read more

Record Breaking Number of Humans in Space – 20 Cosmonauts and Tourists on the International Space Station and Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity

Record Breaking Number of Humans in Space – 20 Cosmonauts and Tourists on the International Space Station and Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity

In the next one to two decades, the number of humans in space is predicted to double that number. The 20 cosmonauts were both in space on Friday, January 26 2024. A total of 11 people were on the International Space Station (ISS), consisting of seven cosmonauts from the Expedition 70 mission and four private … Read more

Russian Astronaut Oleg Kononenko Breaks Record for Longest Time in Space

Russian Astronaut Oleg Kononenko Breaks Record for Longest Time in Space

AFPOleg Kononenko NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 16:23 Russian astronaut Oleg Kononenko has broken the record for the longest time in space (cumulatively). That record stood at 878 days, 11 hours, 29 minutes and 48 seconds. He crossed it this morning, during his fifth space mission. The 59-year-old cosmonaut is on the International Space Station (ISS), where he … Read more

NASA Astronauts’ Incident on Spacewalk: Accidentally Dropping Equipment

NASA Astronauts’ Incident on Spacewalk: Accidentally Dropping Equipment

KOMPAS.com – There was an interesting incident when NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara did this spacewalk or walking outside the International Space Station (ISS) on November 1. While doing maintenance work outside the ISS, they accidentally dropped a bag of equipment in space. Also read: Photographer on Earth Portrait of Two Astronauts Doing … Read more

Chinese Tiangong Space Station Conducts Groundbreaking Plant Growth Experiment

Chinese Tiangong Space Station Conducts Groundbreaking Plant Growth Experiment

Some researchers on board the Chinese Tiangong space station started an exciting research, because they started growing lettuce, cherry tomatoes and spring onions this summer, which is part of a long-term plan that will help deep space research in the future. It is not the first time that astronauts have tried to grow plants in … Read more

Groundbreaking Study: Successfully Cultivated Mouse Embryos on the International Space Station Pave Way for Reproduction in Space

Groundbreaking Study: Successfully Cultivated Mouse Embryos on the International Space Station Pave Way for Reproduction in Space

Japanese research: Successfully cultivated mouse embryos on the space station, the first in the world (AFP, Tokyo, 29th) Japanese scientists said they successfully cultured mouse embryos on the International Space Station and developed normally. This first-of-its-kind research shows that it is possible for humans to reproduce in space. Researchers such as Professor Teruhiko Wakayama from … Read more

Three Astronauts from Shenzhou 17 Successfully Enter the China Space Station

Three astronauts from Shenzhou 17 successfully entered the China Space Station – Xinhuanet Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 26 (Cai Linlin, Han Qiyang) According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, after the manned spacecraft and space station combination successfully achieved autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking, the Shenzhou 17 astronaut crew returned from the spacecraft. … Read more

The International Space Station (ISS): History, Research, and Retirement in 2030

The International Space Station (ISS): History, Research, and Retirement in 2030

Thursday, October 5 2023 | 12:06 WIB Ani Nur Iqrimah / TCE Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – The International Space Station (ISS) is a residence and space laboratory. This spacecraft is controlled by space agencies from various countries, with the main countries being the United States Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Russian Aeronautics and Space Agency … Read more

Astronauts from SpaceX and International Space Station Crew-6 Return to Earth after Four Months in Orbit

Astronauts from SpaceX and International Space Station Crew-6 Return to Earth after Four Months in Orbit

Written by Samah Labib Friday, September 01, 2023 02:00 AM Astronauts leave SpaceX The four of the International Space Station (ISS) Crew-6 team on Saturday after four months of living and working in the orbiting laboratory. Bringing home aboard the Crew Dragon capsule will be NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Emirati astronaut Sultan … Read more

SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft Successfully Launches Four Astronauts to the International Space Station

SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft Successfully Launches Four Astronauts to the International Space Station

New York: Four people on board SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft T launched to the International Space Station. US citizen Jasmine Mogbeli and Danish citizen Andreas Mogensen , Satoshi Furukawa from Japan and Konstantin Bo from Russia Rizov left. The SpaceX spacecraft was launched by the Falcon 9 rocket. Travel time is about 30 hours. NASA’s Kennedy … Read more