The pair live-stream the spacewalk from their helmets
Astronauts
Earthrise on Christmas Eve: The Picture That Changed the World
The first men to orbit the moon knew they were on an epic journey, but they never imagined the impact of a single image
Astronaut Scott Carpenter Dies: An Appreciation of a Life
One of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, Carpenter flew a strange and harrowing mission
Astronaut Scott Carpenter Is Dead at 88
The second American to orbit Earth was also one of two remaining astronauts from NASA’s Mercury program
Running in Space!
While in space, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg demonstrates how to run on a treadmill
Twins in Space: An Unlikely Cosmic Experiment
NASA’s Kelly brothers offer science a rare chance to study how space affects the body
NASA’s Proposed Asteroid Capture Mission Animation
The best two things you can say about this video NASA just posted of its proposed asteroid capture mission is that it’s insanely cool to watch and it will cost you only 4 minutes and 42 seconds of your life. The worst you can say is that it will cost taxpayers billions of dollars in development costs before it is ultimately discarded as …
NASA’s Astronaut Day of Remembrance
Too many men and woman have died in the effort to explore space—and too many of them are unknown. NASA has set aside a day to honor them all. What follows is a remembrance the Russians and Americans who lost their lives during …
A Room With a View: Scenes From the International Space Station
The world is a decidedly different place from 250 miles up—one too few of us get to see
Last Man On the Moon: A Talk With Gene Cernan
Four decades after flying to the moon, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan still has a lot to say.