space travel

Take a Trip to Space on a Tiny Balloon

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

This summer,Luke Geissbuhler, the cinematographer behind the mokumentary-style movieBrunoand the upcoming filmThe Virginity Hit,masterminded a very different kind of movie. With nothing more than a weather balloon, an HD camera and a GPS device, Gessbuhler and his 9-year old son created a homemade spacecraft and set out to capture its journey on video. The duo […]

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Explorers Tom and Tina Sjogren stand in front of a blackboard at a makers space.

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Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy is pictured during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in support of assembly and maintenance on the International Space Station.

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The crew and back-up team for Ahad Momand's mission. Momand is third from the left.

The only Afghan to ever fly in space almost didn’t make it back to Earth

October 24, 2014Science

Ahad Momand is the first — and only — Afghan to have gone into space. He was a national hero after his flight in 1988, but it nearly ended in tragedy after a computer malfunction stranded him in orbit without food or water.