Tag: ASTRONAUT

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 ...

It's got to be really embarrassing to be Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper right now. Piper is the astronaut who turned Tuesday's spacewalk to repair a solar panel on the International Space Station into a slapstick comedy. After she and Steve Bowen, another astronaut, did some prep work, Piper reached into her tool bag only to find her grease gun had sprung a leak, coating everything inside in a slick ...

Do aliens exist? Most scientists will tell you that it's hard to imagine there not being life somewhere out there, given the vastness of the universe. The more controversial question is whether that alien life is coming to visit us here. According to Dr. Edgar Mitchell, astronaut aboard the Apollo 14 mission to the Moon, not only has alien life been here to Earth, but our government is covering it ...