Artemis II astronaut Reid Wiseman on spacewalking: “I used to think I was scared of heights — now I know I was just scared of gravity”
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<p>The quote has a clean, precise quality that most observations about fear do not
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Artemis II astronaut Reid Wiseman on spacewalking: “I used to think I was scared of heights — now I know I was just scared of gravity”

The quote has a clean, precise quality that most observations about fear do not. Reid Wiseman posted it to Twitter in October 2014, a few days after completing the first spacewalk of Expedition 41 abo...

4h stream sketch for Cait! Fun to doodle some spacesuits :3

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💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦵👩‍🚀 British surgeon and #Paralympics sprinter John McFall, an #ESA #astronaut, explains why having two legs matters less in #microgravity.

On his upcoming #Haven1 mission, his above-knee amputation may reduce fluid shift and kidney stone risk, while engineers adapt #prosthetics for the #spacestation’s handrails.

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'Is having two legs useful' in space?: Astronaut John McFall explains what life in orbit might be like for the first physically disabled person in space

ESA astronaut John McFall tells Live Science what it would mean to become the first physically disabled person in space — if he travels to the first-ever commercial space station next year — and how life in orbit might affect him differently than everyone else.

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@MichaelWhelan I remember well when I saw this great painting for the first time in some media because it shows my childhood's dream. When watching the 1969 moon landing live, my biggest wish was becoming an astronaut, of course. But everbody only told me that they would never accept girls.
Your painting came too late for my profession but I was so impressed and loved it.

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What It’s Like to Interview For the Job of “Astronaut”
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<p>The following is from Leroy Chiao’s Dinner with an Astronaut
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What It’s Like to Interview For the Job of “Astronaut”

The following is from Leroy Chiao’s Dinner with an Astronaut, and describes one step in Chiao’s late 1980s journey to becoming astronaut. * What was the astronaut interview like? I flew to Houston the...

Astronaut Jessica Meir Assists With Hardware Updates for NASA’s Cold Atom Lab
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<p>Description NASA astronaut Jessica Meir inspects optical fibers while installing hardware updates to
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Astronaut Jessica Meir Assists With Hardware Updates for NASA’s Cold Atom Lab

Description NASA astronaut Jessica Meir inspects optical fibers while installing hardware updates to the agency’s Cold Atom Lab, or CAL, aboard the International Space Station on May 8, 2026. About th...

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦵👩‍🚀 British surgeon and #Paralympics sprinter John McFall, an #ESA #astronaut, explains why having two legs matters less in #microgravity.

On his upcoming #Haven1 mission, his above-knee amputation may reduce fluid shift and kidney stone risk, while engineers adapt #prosthetics for the #spacestation’s handrails.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/is-having-two-legs-useful-in-space-astronaut-john-mcfall-explains-what-life-in-orbit-might-be-like-for-the-first-physically-disabled-person-in-space

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'Is having two legs useful' in space?: Astronaut John McFall explains what life in orbit might be like for the first physically disabled person in space

ESA astronaut John McFall tells Live Science what it would mean to become the first physically disabled person in space — if he travels to the first-ever commercial space station next year — and how life in orbit might affect him differently than everyone else.

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On June 9, 2026, NASA named Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano as pilot of Artemis 3, making him the first European ever assigned to an Artemis crew — and within hours ESA’s director general framed the seat not as a courtesy but as the opening move in a negotiation to put a European on the surface of the Moon
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Artemis Hub — NASA Artemis mission tracker, lunar exploration news, and 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet coverage

San Francisco’s Patchwork Streets
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<p>An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this picture of downtown San Francisco and
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San Francisco’s Patchwork Streets

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this picture of downtown San Francisco and nearby communities&#160;on May 27, 2026. The image captures two of the region&#8217;s iconic...