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How the heck does an astronaut wash their hair in space? Here’s how
Water droplets can't be allowed to drift off, so washing your hair in microgravity is a little different to how you do it on Earth.
NASA astronaut shares surreal photo of Earth, 3 galaxies
NASA astronaut Don Pettit shares a long-exposure photograph that captured the curve of Earth, the glow of the planet's ...
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NASA Astronaut José Hernández Reveals How His Life Perspective Changed After Seeing Earth From Space
Flying on the STS-128 mission aboard Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS), Hernández felt like ...
Second Lady Usha Vance hosts reading event at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
US Second Lady Usha Vance was in Houston on Monday, hosting an event for her Summer Reading Challenge at NASA’s Johnson Space ...
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Astronauts who missed out last year finally get chance in space
Four astronauts have blasted off from Cape Canaveral ahead of a six-month stay at the International Space Station.
Astronauts set for launch to ISS as US, Russian space chiefs plan rare meeting
The heads of NASA and Russia's space agency will watch American, Russian, and Japanese astronauts launch to the International ...
Former astronaut twin brothers Mark and Scott Kelly on NASA cuts and challenges of being on ISS
Mark and Scott Kelly, twin brothers and former NASA astronauts, spoke to "CBS Mornings" about how the agency is set to lose ...
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Kate Rubins, 1st astronaut to sequence DNA in space, leaves NASA
NASA astronaut Kathleen “Kate” Rubins has retired from the space agency after 16 years, two missions on the International ...