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Astronauts on the International Space Station Do Not Shower for Six Months. Instead, They Use Damp Towels and Waterless Shampoo to Keep Themselves Clean.

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An astronaut is a person who has been trained, equipped, and deployed as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft by a human spaceflight program. Although the phrase is typically reserved for professional space travelers, it is occasionally applied to anybody who journeys into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists. But do you […]

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Neil Armstrong Visited Langholm

Neil Armstrong Visited Langholm, Scotland in 1972. He Read a 400-Year Old Law Declaring That Any “Armstrong” Caught in the Town Should be Hanged.

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Langholm, the traditional seat of Clan Armstrong, presented the spaceman with an extraordinary honor, which he accepted. Onlookers gathered in awe to see the greatest hero in space exploration strolling through their cobblestone streets. But did you know there is a peculiar law in Langholm, Scotland? Neil Armstrong visited the Scottish town of Langholm in

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Isabella Payne

The International Space Station has an Amateur Radio Station Aboard Used by Astronauts to Contact Schools While They are in Orbit. During Their Downtime, They Call Other Amateur Operators on Earth.

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On August 2, 2022, an eight-year-old girl from Kent, England, used her father’s amateur radio station, M0LMK, to communicate with the radio station aboard the International Space Station (ISS). NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, commander of NASA SpaceX Crew-4, who launched on April 27 for a six-month mission, responded to Isabella Payne’s call.  The ISS has

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Planet Mercury

Mercury Sometimes Has a Double Sunrise Due to its Slow Rotation Around its Own Axis and its Uneven Orbital Path Around the Sun.

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Mercury’s highly eccentric egg-shaped orbit is as close to the Sun as 29 million miles and as far as 43 million miles. It travels around the Sun every 88 days at nearly 29 miles per second, faster than any other planet. But did you know that this created double sunrises? Due to Mercury’s slow rotation

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Countdown

What Inspired NASA to Use a Countdown for Rocket Launches?

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NASA retired a historic piece of equipment on December 1, 2014, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It wasn’t a rocket or even a deep space nine-iron. It was the original countdown clock, a large analog display the size of a titan’s wristwatch that stood across the river from the rocket launch site and

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Spaceflight

What is the Effect of Spaceflight on the Human Body?

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For several decades, NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) has researched extensively about the human body’s response to the conditions in outer space. With the knowledge they have and the data gathered the department was able to design devices, create protocols and develop strategies to keep all the astronauts safe whenever they go on missions.  Due

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Katherine-Johnson

Who Verified the Computation of John Glenn’s Orbit Around Earth?

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John Herschel Glenn Jr. was an American aviator in the United States Marine Corps before joining NASA to become one of the first men in space. Glenn was also the first man to go around the earth, but did you ever wonder who verified the computation of that particular mission? When NASA employed electronic computers

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Moon landing

Was Neil Armstrong Nervous About the Moon Landing?

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Environmental factors in space are dramatically different from Earth, because of these differences the daily rhythms of activity and heart rate of astronauts while they were in space were noted. Did you know, that on the infamous moon landing Neil Armstrong experienced an anxiety attack?  Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, experienced a

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How Did Diana Trujillo Become A NASA Engineer?

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Diana Trujillo works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as an aeronautical engineer from Colombia. She is currently in charge of the engineering team at JPL that is in charge of the Perseverance Rover’s robotic arm. Trujillo hosted the first-ever Spanish-language NASA webcast of a planetary landing, the Perseverance rover landing on Mars, on February

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