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As a bonus, the moon is at its closest point to Earth right now, so it will appear slightly larger than most full moons.

In an attempt to keep experts on the space ship entertained, NASA has provided ISS astronauts with Matt Damon’s latest movie, “Martian“.

This was the special screening of the movie for the astronauts aboard ISS as the movie has not been released in theaters yet.

“Though SDO sees dozens of Earth eclipses and several lunar transits each year, this is the first time ever that the two have coincided”, NASA stated in a press release of the event. Petro works at the NASA-funded space flight center which is at Greenbelt, Maryland....

During his year in space, Kelly is participating in a twin study with his former astronaut identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, who is still on Earth.

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, twin brother of Tucsonan Mark Kelly (a retired astronaut and husband of Gabby Giffords), has made it through the first six months of his year in space.

“Dragon made history in 2012 when it became the first commercial uncrewed spacecraft to deliver cargo to the space station”, SpaceX wrote on its website. Left to right: actors Mackenzie Davis and Sebastian Stan, astronaut and JSC director Ellen Ochoa, astronaut Mike...

2017 could be the year when private companies would, for the very first time, ferry astronauts to and from the ISS (international space station).

So in the evening on September 27th in the USA, people will be able to view a total lunar eclipse of the largest moon we can see for over an hour. “On September 27, we’re going to have a perigee full moon – the closest full moon of the year”, commented...

NASA astronauts on the worldwide Space Station (ISS) have grown the first ever vegetables in space-and are about to eat them.

If this succeeds, the astronauts will be able to go on a longer space expeditions. A certain algae, created out of carbon, can also be used to feed the yeast.

NASA astronauts on the worldwide Space Station (ISS) have grown the first ever vegetables in space-and are about to eat them.

Although they may be floating up the Earth incredibly high above the planet, they are not entirely out of reach, in fact, they can be quite easily reached with a simple home radio set-up.

But it might be easier if instead of using a laptop or tablet, they had a good smartwatch app – or at least NASA thinks so.

In space, food is freeze-dried, prepackaged, and frankly not always very tasty.