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In 1988, NASA started making MAGs — Maximum Absorbency Garments — for all its astronauts, said Kiona N. Smith, author of Peeing and Pooping in Space. The MAG uses a highly absorbent polymer compound ...
"These proposed cuts will result in the loss of American leadership in science." — AAS American As-tronomical Society Board ...
Sixty-four years after the first American to fly into space sought permission to pee in his suit, a new campaign is pairing ...
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers emerged around 9 a.m. Thursday, May 1 for the fifth-ever all-female spacewalk.
Two NASA astronauts plan to participate in a 6-hour, 35-minute spacewalk Thursday to upgrade the International Space ...
"We're opening the door to new countries, institutions and individuals that can bring new ideas that can really fuel an ...
Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) presents unique challenges and experiences for astronauts. They follow a strict schedule of scientific experiments, exercise, and station ...
President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first ...
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers emerged around 9 a.m. Thursday, May 1 for the fifth-ever all-female spacewalk.
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, currently aboard the International Space Station, captured footage of a meteor burning up in ...