... raises the question of what life will look like 250 years after the famous flight of Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961. This flight, which was part of a Cold War “space race” between two governments...
... that navigates zero gravity, similar to a performance. Other payloads include TESSERAE: Self Assembling Space Architecture, Floral Cosmonauts: Crystal Electro-Nucleation and Queen Bee Maiden Flight.
... vital supplies to help keep the station crew going, Skybot F-850 is making its debut at the ISS. Cosmonauts plan to perform a number of tests on the robot including movement tests and how well it can communicate with...
... “first reported alcohol consumption” by Russian spacefarers was during the 1971 Salyut-7 mission when one of the cosmonaut’s birthdays was celebrated with a small bottle of Armenian Cognac; apparently, Cognac was regularly smuggled on board the...
... to the station, were welcomed as crew members of Expedition 63 by fellow NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner. “It’s been a real honor to be be just a small part of this nine-year endeavor...
... space station, López-Alegría amassed 67 hours, 40 minutes on 10 spacewalks, a record for NASA surpassed only by Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev at 82 hours, 22 minutes during 16 spacewalks. NASA and Russia cooperated on the space station project...