Tag: OUTERSPACE

For the last-ever Space Shuttle mission, NASA has decided to let civilians vote on the astronauts' "wake up songs." Voters can choose from a list of past tunes (which includes ironic hits like "Free Fallin'" and "Rocket Man"), or upload a composition of their own. To our NASA friends: we have your solution. We've already rounded up some pretty sweet, spacey jams. Use them, and thank us later. ...

Nearly forty years after Yuri Gagarin became the first person in outer space, Denmark is set to become the fourth nation ever to put a man into orbit (following Russia, the U.S., and China). More importantly, however, they are doing it without government funding, and, if successful, will be the first nation in history to do so. The team, the Copenhagen Suborbitals, is made up of Danish ...

After four months in space, Koichi Wakata is returning to Earth -- and bringing his astronaut underwear with him. According to the Associated Press, scientists will be examining these experimental anti-bacterial, flame retardant, antistatic, and water-absorbent briefs. More importantly, the underwear (dubbed "J-Wear") is designed to be odor-free. Designed in Japan, the undies are made of a ...

Astronauts risk their lives every time they venture into the great beyond. Space flight is perilous and they know it. What they may not know is that a new danger awaits them upon their return to earth. University of California scientists have found that prolonged tours in space lead to an alarming loss of bone strength, reports the Daily Mail. Of the 13 astronauts tested (all spent up to six ...

Landing on another world seems like an equally exhilarating and terrifying proposition. Exactly 38 years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were probably shaking in their space boots saying to themselves "I hope this works," as they descended to the surface of the moon. Well if an article in Universe Today is to be believed, landing on Mars may be an even more terrifying endeavor. It ...