Astronauts depend on oxygen tanks while in space, with backup systems in place to prevent emergencies. In the event of an oxygen supply failure, emergency tanks and portable cylinders provide a ...

Early on March 19 (IST), a SpaceX capsule bearing astronauts Sunita Williams, Barry Wilmore, Aleksandr Gorbunov, and Nick Hague splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. The four were returning from ...

The strangest space odyssey has finally come to an end. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have come home. Their planned eight-day mission to the International Space Station became a nine ...

The pair of NASA astronauts only received an extra $1,430 for the nine-month ordeal, but at least a pod of dolphins gave them a warm welcome home. The paltry sum is a reminder that they are still ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are plagued by persistent rashes, unusual allergies and a variety of infections, including fungi, cold sores and shingles. Researchers now think ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - After months of uncertainty, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth after an extended stay in space. Wilmore is a University of Tennessee and ...

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NASA astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs-up after being helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, ...

US President Donald Trump on Friday pledged to personally pay overtime wages for NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were stranded in space for 286 days. Trump made the promise ...

NASA declared a “huge win for the Trump administration” with a key point about President Donald Trump’s “intervention” in the successful return of two stranded astronauts. (Video Credit ...

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Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore had returned. On the Nasa website it states that the word “astronaut” is derived from the Greek words “star sailor” and now, finally, they were home after ...