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Do NASA Astronauts Carry Cyanide Capsules Just In Case? No, But One Cosmonaut Did
The short answer to the question is no: NASA does not issue suicide capsules. However, the first cosmonaut to conduct a ...
The Tragic Story Of Laika, The Soviet ‘Canine Cosmonaut’ Who Made Space History In 1957
On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union made history by launching the first living creature into Earth’s orbit: not a human, ...
Elon Musk voices renewed hope for first crewed Mars mission
With Donald Trump now back in the White House, SpaceX's Elon Musk is more excited than ever about the prospect of his company ...
Space on MSN4 天
OTD In Space – January 16: 1st Docking Of 2 Crewed Spacecraft
On January 16, 1969, two crewed spacecraft docked in orbit for the first time. When the Soviet Union launched the Soyuz 4 ...
AL DA News7 天
Cuba’s Only Cosmonaut: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
It’s one American textbooks only mention briefly in favor of a famous landing that took place eight years later, but history nonetheless. That day, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the ...
Stranded astronaut Suni Williams performs spacewalk at ISS
NASA astronaut Sunni Williams, one-half Boeing Starliner crew who have been stuck on the International Space Station for ...
Will Sunita Williams spend more time in space? 7 months on, NASA astronaut will return only ...
NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 cannot return unless Crew 10 — its replacement — is launched into space. Here’s all you need to know ...
Sunita Williams' return to Earth further pushed by one month to March. Here's why
NASA has delayed the return of Crew 9 astronauts and the launch of SpaceX Crew 10 mission to late March 2025. The delay is ...
TASS28 天
First space flight of prospective female cosmonaut may be on new orbital station
TASS/. Prospective cosmonaut Anastasiya Burchuladze could embark on her first space mission aboard Russia’s new orbital station, Roscosmos CEO Yury Borisov revealed. "We <...> opened enrollment ...