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China may allow foreign astronauts aboard space station

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 19:41

China on Friday said it plans to open its experimental space station to foreign astronauts to achieve peaceful use of space resources.

China says aims to train astronauts from other countries

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 11:35

China aims to train astronauts from other countries who will conduct missions with their Chinese counterparts, state news agency Xinhua cited a senior official as saying on Monday.

Soon, Robotic Exoskeletons to give astronauts superhuman-like strength

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 19:01

Astronauts could soon get a power surge from hi-tech robotic suits, just like Iron Man with the new Robotic Exoskeleton.

Astronauts learn to live and cook in Mars-like environment on volcano slope

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 19:02

A 1 million-dollar NASA research mission is nearing completion, as six astronauts prepare to come back down to ground level from the slope of a Hawaiian volcano after spending four months there.

1,00,000 people apply for `one-way ticket` to Mars to never return to Earth

Last Updated: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 19:56

The Mars One project by NASA which aims to colonize Mars beginning in 2022 has reportedly revealed that more than 1, 00,000 people are eager to join the project in a bid to visit the red planet but do not want to come back.

How astronauts urinate in space

Last Updated: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 21:01

When American astronaut Alan Shepard couldn`t hold his pee any longer on their space mission in 1961, he was directed to do it in his suit, a new book has revealed.

New `Star Trek-style` magnetic space shield for astronauts

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 13:31

Scientists are developing a Star Trek-style magnetic space shield that could be used to protect astronauts from harmful radiation given off by the Sun.

China space crew returns after setting new record

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 17:56

Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to the Earth on Wednesday after a record 14-day rendezvous in space.

What clothes astronauts would need to survive decades-long space missions

Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 09:48

A University of Rhode Island professor has said that we should start thinking about what kinds of clothes astronauts will need for decades-long space missions, considered the next phase of exploration to infinity and beyond.

NASA plans for asteroids and a trip to Mars

Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013, 19:04

Planned space adventures over the next few decades for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) read like a science fiction thriller with a touch of the wild west thrown in.

Apollo 10 Moon mission astronauts had poop problem

Last Updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 18:09

Poop in space! Astronauts onboard NASA`s Apollo 10 Moon mission had to face toilet-related issues, with human waste floating in the cockpit in one incident, it has emerged.

Why astronauts are susceptible to common infections

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 21:09

Researchers have found that living in space weakens astronauts` immune systems.