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CIMON will verbally communicate step-by-step instructions to Gerst during three planned science experiments on the space stations European module. (Photo: AP)

CIMON, first robot hardwired to assist astronauts launches from...

Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, English-speaking droid, will help astronaut Alexander Gerst conduct experiments on...

29 Jun 2018 1:53 PM GMT

The test will use a dried and vacuum-sealed version of the fruit, which packs much less of an odour. (Photo: AFP)

Thailand sends smelly durian into space

Different kinds of Thai rice will also make the daring journey.

2 Jun 2018 12:43 PM GMT

Astronauts, left to right, Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Robert Behnken, Douglas Hurley, Nicole Mann, Christopher Ferguson, Eric Boe, Josh Cassada and Sunita Williams give a thumbs up to the crowd after NASA announced them as astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Sunita Williams, 8 others to fly on Boeing, SpaceX spacecraft: NASA

The space agency announced that the nine astronauts will launch on the first crewed test flights and missions of new...

4 Aug 2018 2:45 AM GMT

(Photo credit: ANI/ Image: Astronaut Rakesh Sharma)

Russia offers to train Indian astronauts

The Russian state space corporation made a proposal for participation of Russian specialists in the training of Indian...

16 Sep 2018 6:34 AM GMT

Astronauts-designate Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan, Angad Prathap and Shubanshu Shukla for the Gaganyaan Mission, Indias first crewed mission to the space. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Indian astronauts set for space adventure

Four Air Force test pilots shortlisted to embark on a historic journey in India's indigenous spacecraft, marking a...

28 Feb 2024 6:30 PM GMT

Boeing is also working to get US astronauts flying again from home soil. Boeing is going blue for spacesuits for its Starliner capsules.

SpaceX unveils sleek, white spacesuit for astronaut travel

SpaceX is developing a crew version of its Dragon cargo capsule for NASA astronauts.

24 Aug 2017 7:46 AM GMT

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, with NASAs Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-M aboard, in a NASA handout photo obtained on August 18, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

NASA launches satellite to help astronauts communicate with Earth

The satellite will "support critical space communication into the mid-2020s," NASA said in a statement.

19 Aug 2017 2:32 AM GMT

From left, astronauts Virgil Grissom , Edward White II, and Roger Chaffee

NASA displays Apollo capsule hatch 50 years after fatal fire

A flash fire erupted inside the capsule during a countdown rehearsal, with the astronauts atop the rocket.

26 Jan 2017 3:53 AM GMT

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet in the International Space Stations Cupola observatory, one of ESAs contributions to the orbital outpost, on November 22, 2016 (Photo: AFP)

Spacewalk a success for French, US astronauts

The goal for Friday's outing was to prepare for the installation of the second of two parking spots for space taxis

25 March 2017 7:24 AM GMT

SpaceX Dragon capsule

Spacewalking astronauts prep station for new parking spot

The 250-mile-high complex already has one docking port in place for the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing Starliner

25 March 2017 2:38 AM GMT

Thirty astronauts, three of them moonwalkers, took part in the outdoor ceremony, including two who had extra reason to celebrate.

New exhibit stars NASA's earliest, greatest astronauts

Thirty astronauts, three of them moonwalkers, took part in the outdoor ceremony, including two who had extra reason to...

12 Nov 2016 4:19 AM GMT

The astronauts space suits are tested before the launch. (Photo: AFP)

Astronauts gear up for space with tough Russian training

Astronaut Randy Bresnik, astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Russian cosmonaut commander Sergei Ryazansky are due to blast off...

27 July 2017 6:56 AM GMT