International Space Station

spacesuit

NASA’s short on spacesuits — and new ones may not be ready for upcoming missions

May 12, 2017
Technology

Despite hundreds of millions of dollars in recent investments, NASA is still years away from new spacesuits, auditors say.

NASA’s short on spacesuits — and new ones may not be ready for upcoming missions
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet on his first spacewalk on Jan. 13.

French and US astronauts spacewalk for space station repairs

January 13, 2017
Science
French and US astronauts spacewalk for space station repairs
Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational space junk removal system. Just maybe not this exact one.

Astronauts could soon be blasting space junk with lasers

May 19, 2015
Science
Astronauts could soon be blasting space junk with lasers

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