Astronauts
Individuals trained for space flight
A One-Way Ticket
Now there is no way home, at least by the usual route. Only up—into the frontier.
December 15, 2011 |
By Don Pettit
D’oh! Ten Goofs in Space
There are some situations even astronauts can't train for.
November 2011 |
By Paul Hoversten
One Small Step for Boeing
The next pilots to fly a U.S. spacecraft may work for a private company.
August 05, 2011 |
By Paul Hoversten
In the Museum: My Vostok Is Bigger Than Your Mercury
Launching two very different capsules—and a space race.
August 2011 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Poster Boys (and Girls)
Astronauts show a lighter side in their unofficial crew posters.
July 08, 2011 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Circling the Moon
In a new autobiography, an Apollo 15 pilot tells what it was like to fly solo.
July 2011 |
By Al Worden With Francis French
Ground Effect
Landing a shuttle while re-adapting to gravity can be disorienting. Now there's a way to simulate it on the ground.
May 31, 2011 |
By Mark Betancourt
Hairstyles of the Astronauts
Weightlessness does wonders for your 'do. Vote on your favorite zero-g look.
May 19, 2011 |
By Rebecca Maksel and Tony Reichhardt
Shepard’s Shot
The first American spaceflight was a triumph—for an astronaut and for a nation.
May 05, 2011 |
By Tony Reichhardt
What Were They Doing at 25?
Some were already heroes. Others were nowhere near where you would have expected them to be.
May 2011 |
By Michael Klesius
The Family He Left Behind
Fifty years ago, Yuri Gagarin left earth. When he came back, everything changed.
May 2011 |
By Allen Abel
What Made Yuri Fall?
Igor Kuznetsov reopened the Gagarin inquest to find out.
September 2010 |
By Andrew Osborn
Live From the Moon!
The picture may have been grainy, but it was some of the most riveting TV of the 1960s.
July 19, 2010 |
By Mary McKillop
No Stimulus Plan for Astronauts
For NASA's flying corps, it looks like 1975 all over again.
February 05, 2010 |
By Matthew Hersch
Feoktistov's Starship
The pioneering cosmonaut who dreamed of interstellar flight.
December 18, 2009 |
By Tony Reichhardt
The Art of a Moonwalker
Alan Bean’s moonscapes show what photographs can’t.
August 2009 |
By The Editors
Secret Space Shuttles
When you’re 200 miles up, it’s easy to hide what you’re up to.
August 2009 |
By Michael Cassutt
