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Astronauts took thousands of photographs of Earth, and the Earth Resources Experiment Package (EREP) viewed Earth with sensors that recorded data in the visible, infrared, and microwave spectral regions. The record for human time spent in orbit was extended beyond the 23 days set by the Soyuz 11 crew aboard Salyut 1 to 84 days by the Skylab 4 crew.
NASA astronauts who were part of the SpaceX Crew-8 team discussed their 235-day mission on the International Space Station that ended in hospitalizations.
The space station is whizzing around Earth at about five miles per second (18,000 mph), according to NASA. That means time moves slower for the astronauts relative to people on the surface. Now ...
The astronauts also described witnessing Earth from about 250 miles above as a profound experience – one that lends a new outlook on the commonalities all humans share.
In March 1977, Gibson returned to the Astronaut Office astronaut candidate selection and training as Chief of the Scientist-Astronaut Candidates. During his second tenure at NASA, Gibson had hoped to fly on another space station mission due to his experience on Skylab, but at the same time was not keen on flying a Space Shuttle mission. He ...
STS-131 and Expedition 23 crew members gather for a group portrait of 13 in 2010, which set the record of four women at the same time in space. [49] Beyond Earth the Moon has been the only astronomical object which so far has seen direct human presence through the week long Apollo missions between 1968 and 1972, beginning with the first orbit ...
Four astronauts have returned to Earth with Elon Musk's SpaceX after issues with Boeing's Starliner delayed their mission. SpaceX Crew-8 splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida at 3:29 a ...
Victor Jerome Glover (born April 30, 1976) is a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013 [1] [2] and pilot on the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. and F/A-18 pilot in the U.S. Navy and is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. [3]