Aug 25 Missing tape discovery solves 40-year lunar mystery By Nola Taylor Redd, Scientific American Traces of the Apollo astronauts’ presence lingered long after they left. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch 7:20 Can humans cope with long space travel? Astronaut Scott Kelly spent a year as a guinea pig By Miles O'Brien A year in space isn’t for the faint of heart. Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, author of a new book, “Endurance,” sits down with science correspondent Miles O’Brien to discuss the physical effects of a long space mission and what… Continue watching
Feb 20 Record number of Americans apply to be astronauts, NASA says By Michael D. Regan A record number of potential astronauts applied for NASA's space program, eclipsing a number that had been set nearly 40 years ago. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 2:25 What NASA’s twin tests will teach us about life in space By PBS News Hour What are the long-term effects of living in space? Astronaut Scott Kelly is now halfway through a year-long mission. In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, NASA offers a progress report, comparing Scott with his twin brother, retired astronaut… Continue watching
Apr 13 GoPros go on a space walk By Sarah McHaney NASA has released an hour long stunning sequence of footage from two GoPros accompanying astronauts on a February spacewalk. The two astronauts, Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts, were reconfiguring the external port on the International Space Station in preparation for… Continue reading
Nov 20 How does space affect men and women differently? By Justin Scuiletti On Earth, human bodies share many similarities, yet also possess many differences -- including factors influenced by both sex and gender. However, what happens to those factors when you put the human body in space?… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch Congress Honors 4 Astronauts With Highest Civilian Honor Four astronauts were awarded the nation's highest civilian honor on Wednesday: the Congressional Gold Medal. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Mock Mission to Mars Tests Psychological Rigors of Long-Distance Space Travel Mock Mission to Mars Tests Rigors of Long-Distance Space Travel… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch ScienceNow Looks at Rescuing the Hubble The NewsHour airs an excerpt from a NOVA ScienceNow report on efforts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Continue watching
Aug 13 Astronauts Install Gyroscope on Space Station; Engineers Inspect Tile Gash By PBS News Hour Two astronauts performed a spacewalk Monday to replace one of the International Space Station's gyroscopes, as engineers on Earth studied a 3-inch tear on the shuttle's underbelly left by a wayward piece of foam during liftoff. Continue reading