Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you use a hole in the ground or a fancy gold-plated toilet, on Earth, gravity pulls your waste down and away from you. For ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. How do astronauts go to the bathroom in space? – ...

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti delivered video - Technique shows how to dispose trash on the International Space Station. Credit: ESA / mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Falling Bits ...

"We are giving our crews the tools to capture special moments for their families and share inspiring images and video with the world," Isaacman said in a Feb. 4 post on X. The new guidelines from NASA ...

Crew members traveling to the lunar surface on NASA’s Artemis missions should be gearing up for a grind. They will wear heavier spacesuits than those worn by the Apollo astronauts, and NASA will ask ...

AKRON, Ohio — This week marks 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, a tragedy that stunned the nation, halted America’s space program, and forever changed the lives of families, ...

Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned from his 220-day mission on board the International Space Station in April 2025, the day of his 70th birthday, making him the oldest active astronaut on the ...

It is possible to see the station from Earth with the naked eye, appearing as a bright, fast-moving light. The best times to spot the ISS are a few hours before sunrise or after sunset. NASA's "Spot ...

A group of four NASA astronauts are set to blast off on a historic mission, dubbed Artemis II, as soon as February 6 MARTIN LELIEVRE/AFP via Getty; CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Astronauts could be ...

It's just, it just numbed me. I was kept hoping that the vehicle could turn around and land in the emergency landing site here at Kennedy Space Center, but Unfortunately it couldn't. 7 people, 7 human ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Blue Origin are planning to launch the ESCAPADE mission, where a pair of satellites will study Mars' magnetosphere. ESCAPADE will eventually help future ...

NASA's Artemis II rocket is scheduled to blast off this spring, taking humans back to the moon's orbit for the first time in more than 50 years. A nuclear reactor at UC Davis in Northern California is ...