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From trying on spacesuits to preparing for potential emergencies, see how astronauts are getting ready to fly on the test flights and first missions of Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.

Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, speaking from the European Astronaut Centre near Cologne in Germany, has a message of thanks to all those who’ve entered our Lunar 3D printing competition so far. A new lunar analogue test facility, called Luna for short, is currently being set up at EAC to test the technologies and techniques needed for any future Moon base – with 3D printing high on the list. And a team ESA’s technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, is overseeing a project to research in detail how 3D printing could be used in such a Moon base. We’re also interested in the human factor: what would you 3D print to make the Moon feel like home? That’s why we’re crowdsourcing your ideas through this competition. The closing date is 23 September 2018. ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Learn more about the Lunar printing competition here: http://bit.ly/WhatsYourIdeaTo3DPrintOnTheMoon Learn more about Samantha here: http://bit.ly/SamanthaCristoforettiESA Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow ESA on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr ESA is Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions

2018-09-05 - David Saint-Jacques has done years of training to be ready for a space mission. Since his assignment to the crew of Expedition 58/59, he has taken customized training on the International Space Station and its various modules, the Soyuz spacecraft, Canadian and international science, and a variety of mission-specific tasks. His training has taken him to Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States. David Saint-Jacques will fly to the International Space Station in December 2018. (Credit: Canadian Space Agency, NASA, European Space Agency, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.) Useful Links Canadian Astronaut David Saint-Jacques - Mission: http://asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/missions/expedition58-59/ Expedition 58/59 : http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/missions/expedition58-59/default.asp Find out more about this video: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/search/video/watch.asp?v=1_mq221s3m

What If You Floated Away Into Space Forever? ► Subscribe: https://goo.gl/GmtyPv For more such images and videos visit www.gettyimages.com While most of us have daydreamed about being an astronaut, the thought of being lost in space is nightmare number one! What would happen if you became separated from your crew and the safety of you space station or ship? How would your body react? And how much time would you have? Not a lot! What do you think? Let us know in the comments, and tell us more questions you'd like us to explore! Find more mind bending videos to satisfy your curiosity here: What Would Happen if Gravity Failed? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NlJDTM9OFY What Do Black Holes Actually Feel Like? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GtEpfGAAxc

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor commanded the International Space Station’s 16-m robotic arm to release a #Cygnus supply spacecraft to burn up harmlessly over Earth. The duo set up the robotic workstation in the European-built Cupola module to follow operations from the observatory. You can see Alexander opening the protective shutters from a window at the start of the video. The spacecraft was released at 14:17 GMT on 15 July 2018 as the International Space Station flew over Colombia. Cygnus spent two weeks orbiting Earth on its own allowing engineers to conduct tests as well as releasing a series of miniature satellites before ending its mission. Watch the release of Dragon here: https://youtu.be/0_TxRN8OnCA ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Follow Alexander and the Horizons mission on social media via http://bit.ly/AlexanderGerstESA and on http://bit.ly/HorizonsBlogESA. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow ESA on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr ESA is Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions

SpaceX let us get up close and personal with their new spacesuit and I give you a mini tour of all the details! There's a lot more footage to come from our time at SpaceX HQ so stay tuned! More pictures and the article here - https://everydayastronaut.com/up-close-and-personal-with-spacexs-space-suit/ Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ Show your support, get a chance to win flown hardware and join our exclusive discord channel by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut

When astronauts go into space they need to be in peak physical fitness, but that doesn’t mean they can’t get sick. And when they do, there is no clinic or hospital nearby. In this episode, Loren visits the STRATUS Center in Boston, where simulations are being developed to train astronauts on how to handle medical emergencies. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Subscribe to Verge Science on YouTube, a new home base for our explorations into the future of science: http://bit.ly/2FqJZMl

Look inside Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, the commercial spacecraft that will fly astronauts from the U.S. to the International Space Station for the first time since 2011.

On Aug. 21 NASA astronaut Drew Feustel, commander of Expedition 56 aboard the International Space Station, played the first game of tennis in space with his crewmates.

NASA recently announced who will be flying on the first commercial crew flights and both Boeing and SpaceX are racing to get their spaceships, their launch sites AND their spacesuits ready to return humans to space from US soil. Boeing’s spaceship is the CST-100 Starliner, a capsule shaped spacecraft that can fly up to 7 astronauts to space. For NASA missions to the International Space Station, it will fly up to 4 astronauts at a time, filling the rest of the capsule with cargo. The Starliner will launch on top of perhaps the most reliable rocket ever made. ULA’s Atlas V with 2 strap on solid rocket motors and 2 RL-10 upper stage engines. A configuration that an Atlas 5 has never actually flown before, but all the hardware has been flown many times throughout history. Check out my article all about what it's like to train with the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and wear their incredible space suit! https://everydayastronaut.com/boeing-starliner-astronaut/ What it's like to wear Boeing's Space Suit video - https://youtu.be/FaOAsUR-o-U Show your support, get a chance to win flown hardware and join our exclusive discord channel by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

Did you ever see a cancer experiment up close? Here’s your chance: watch as NASA Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor works with the Angiex Cancer Therapy experiment in the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. Auñón-Chancellor gives us a look as she grows and examines endothelial cells, which are important in the human body’s blood supply system. Scientists want to know if the space-grown cells can improve testing methods for drugs which are aimed at choking off blood supply to cancerous tumors in the body. Credit: NASA

(14 Aug 2018) NASA astronauts who will be riding the SpaceX Dragon discussed the challenges they've faced and what they're looking forward to while speaking at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California ahead of the Crew Dragon mission. NASA last week assigned the astronauts who will ride the first commercial capsules into orbit next year and bring crew launches back to the U.S. "Being able to fly a first flight of a vehicle as a test pilot is a once-in-a-generational type of opportunity," said astronaut Doug Hurley, who will be on the first crew of the SpaceX Dragon. SpaceX and Boeing are shooting for a test flight of their capsules by the end of this year or early next, with the first crews flying from Cape Canaveral, Florida, by next spring or summer. Nine astronauts were named to ride the SpaceX Dragon and Boeing Starliner capsules — five on the first crew flights and four on the second round of missions to the International Space Station. NASA has been paying billions of dollars to SpaceX and Boeing to develop the crew capsules to pick up where the shuttles left off, while also paying billions for cargo deliveries to the space station by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman. The cargo missions started in 2012. The crew missions have been delayed repeatedly because of the technical challenges and difficulties of making spacecraft safe for humans. A recent abort test by Boeing resulted in leaking engine fuel. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/102011028589719587178/+APArchive​ Tumblr: https://aparchives.tumblr.com/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/946c7e1d10edc62babca000c62f4e132

(14 Aug 2018) NASA astronauts who will be riding the SpaceX Dragon discussed the challenges they've faced and what they're looking forward to while speaking at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California on Monday ahead of the Crew Dragon mission. NASA last week assigned the astronauts who will ride the first commercial capsules into orbit next year and bring crew launches back to the U.S. "Being able to fly a first flight of a vehicle as a test pilot is a once-in-a-generational type of opportunity," said astronaut Doug Hurley, who will be on the first crew of the SpaceX Dragon. SpaceX and Boeing are shooting for a test flight of their capsules by the end of this year or early next, with the first crews flying from Cape Canaveral, Florida, by next spring or summer. Nine astronauts were named to ride the SpaceX Dragon and Boeing Starliner capsules — five on the first crew flights and four on the second round of missions to the International Space Station. NASA has been paying billions of dollars to SpaceX and Boeing to develop the crew capsules to pick up where the shuttles left off, while also paying billions for cargo deliveries to the space station by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman. The cargo missions started in 2012. The crew missions have been delayed repeatedly because of the technical challenges and difficulties of making spacecraft safe for humans. A recent abort test by Boeing resulted in leaking engine fuel. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/102011028589719587178/+APArchive​ Tumblr: https://aparchives.tumblr.com/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/8daabf4ea4d1bda8fd10b5378774b100

The Commercial Crew program got a boost in August with the announcement of the crews that will fly on the first missions to launch from American soil for the first time since the end of the Space Shuttle program. Credit: NASA

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NASA announced the astronauts who will launch aboard new American-made spacecraft and rocket systems, the first human launches from the United States since 2011. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine made his first official visit as NASA Administrator to Kennedy Space Center this week.

Chief Scientist at Armstrong Flight Research Center, Albion H. Bowers recalls the moment he met Neil Armstrong. Bowers also shares lighthearted stories about Armstrong during his time as a pilot & his history in California’s Antelope Valley where AFRC is located. As a research engineer specializing in aerodynamics and systems engineering, Bowers has been involved in a number of projects involving aerodynamics, boundary layer airflow, fundamental fluid dynamics, flight mechanics, advanced controls, and structures research at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. To learn more about Al Bowers please visit: https://go.nasa.gov/2O5Xohx

Commercial Crew Program Astronauts Robert Behnken, Doug Hurley, Eric Boe, Chris Ferguson, and Nicole Aunapu Mann conduct a series of interviews with media on NASA-TV. (Part 1)

Commercial Crew Program Astronauts Robert Behnken, Doug Hurley, Eric Boe, Chris Ferguson, and Nicole Aunapu Mann conduct a series of interviews with media on NASA-TV. (Part 2)

NASA's Commercial Crew Program is poised to return America's capability to launch U.S. astronauts from our nation's soil to the International Space Station.

NASA announces the men and women who will be on board the first flights of the new spaceships built by Boeing and SpaceX when Americans are once again launched into space from the USA. News release: https://go.nasa.gov/2KoGhVS The nine astronauts targeted to make the first flights on the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon share their thoughts about the assignment and the importance of this new capability to support the International Space Station as part of the nation’s overall space exploration plan. More about the Commercial Crew Program: https://go.nasa.gov/1EIx5m6

NASA announced the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing CST-100 Starliner on 3 August 2018. Astronauts Flying Boeing’s Crew Flight Test: Eric Boe, Chris Ferguson and Nicole Aunapu Mann. Astronauts Flying SpaceX’s Demo-2: Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. Astronauts Assigned to Boeing’s First Mission: Josh Cassada and Suni Williams. Astronauts Assigned to SpaceX’s First Mission: Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins. The first crewed launches are currently targeted for April 2019 (SpaceX Demo-2) and mid-2019 (Boeing Crew Flight Test). Credit:NASA #LaunchAmerica #SpaceX #Boeing

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Spatulas at the ready, teams of students from more than 30 high schools across the country faced off at Space Center Houston to find the best breakfast entrée to send to the crew on the International Space Station. Take a look at the action from the fourth annual High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) Culinary Challenge, and the winning dish from Decatur High School in Decatur, Alabama. For more on the Culinary Challenge: http://hunchculinary.com/ HD Link: https://archive.org/details/jsc2018m000357_The_Battle_for_Space_Breakfast-MXF

On July 31, 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts drove on the moon for the first time. David Scott, the commander of Apollo 15, and James Irwin, the lunar module pilot explored the moon for three days by driving around in the lunar roving vehicle. This moon buggy was folded up and stowed inside the lunar module and deployed after landing. Unpacked, it measured about 10 feet long, 7 feet wide and 45 inches high. It could travel up to 8.6 miles per hour and allowed the astronauts to venture farther from their landing site than previous Apollo astronauts could. For their first drive, Scott and Irwin went to Elbow Crater to gather samples and take photos. Throughout their stay on the moon, they drove more than 17 miles.

SpaceX has taken over refueling missions to the ISS, and they're bringing some exciting new experiments along the way. NASA Just Launched a Mission to Mars to Dig Deep Inside the Planet’s Core - https://youtu.be/MusWmN1i5vE Read More: Plants, Algae and Other Weird Green Stuff Just Arrived at the Space Station https://www.space.com/41071-space-plants-algae-microgreens-space-station.html “Algae are incredibly efficient at using low-intensity light conditions to make energy via photosynthesis, which makes the plant perfect for on-orbit growing, researchers said.” Algae can survive nearly a year and a half in outer space https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/09/algae-survives-a-year-and-a-half-in-space/ “Algae from the Arctic Circle are used to tough weather, and it turns out they're also able to survive the extreme conditions of outer space. Two specimens recently spent 16 months on the exterior of the International Space Station and became the first plants to make it through these conditions.” Domesticating Algae for Sustainable Production of Feedstocks in Space (Space Algae) https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/2552.html “Domesticating Algae for Sustainable Production of Feedstocks in Space (Space Algae) explores the genetic basis for productivity of algae cultivated in space and whether this requires genetic adaptations. Algae may perceive microgravity as an abiotic stress, which can trigger production of high value compounds.” Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/ Subscribe now! https://www.youtube.com/user/DNewsChannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/

In space, there is no such thing as waiting for the dust to settle. Rather than drifting to the ground, dust particles float about continuously and can irritate eyes and lungs. By recording how much nitrogen oxide he exhales in space as part of the Airway Monitoring experiment, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst is helping researchers understand how to monitor, diagnose and treat lung conditions like asthma here on Earth. The findings of this monitoring will also be crucial to exploring the Moon and even Mars – where dust is considered even more toxic and must be carefully managed for astronauts’ health. The Airways Monitoring experiment has been underway since 2015. Later in the Horizons mission Alexander will repeat the experiment in the reduced pressure of the airlock. ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Follow Alexander and the Horizons mission on social media via http://bit.ly/AlexanderGerstESA and on http://bit.ly/HorizonsBlogESA.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine recently sat down with Nobel Prize winner John Mather and the agency's Associate Administrator for Science, Thomas Zurbuchen for a conversation about NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. They talked about the challenges of building the world’s premier space telescope and why it’s all worth it. Webb is the first telescope of its kind, an unprecedented feat of engineering, and is at the very leading edge of technological innovation and development. Webb will find the first galaxies that formed in the early universe and peer through dusty clouds to see stars forming planetary systems. This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NASA%20Administrator%20Bridenstine%20Talks%20Webb%20Science%20with%20Nobel%20Laureate.html

Chris Ferguson, a former NASA astronaut, hopes to make history as the first corporate astronaut flying Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Read more: https://wapo.st/2O98TWe. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2qiJ4dy Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/washingtonpost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/washingtonpost/

According to DigitalTrends.com, NASA is striking up deals with other countries to support efforts to send more humans into space. The American space agency has recently signed a deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in order to advance human space travel. It’s not yet entirely clear what the joint letter entails in terms of cooperation between the two space agencies, but speculation suggests that astronauts from the Middle Eastern nation will be able to board American space missions. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/nasa-uae-partnership/ http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

On 20 July 2018 around 21:50 local time, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst welcomed the legendary electronic band Kraftwerk and 7500 visitors to the Jazz Open Festival on Stuttgart's Schlossplatz – live from the International Space Station, where he will live and work until mid-December 2018. During the call with space, Kraftwerk founding member Ralf Hütter and Alexander played a special duet version of the track Spacelab, for which Alexander had a tablet computer configured with virtual synthesizers on board. With thanks to Kraftwerk for sharing this video footage. Copyright: Kraftwerk/ESA/JazzOpen - Sitara Schmitz ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Follow Alexander and the Horizons mission on social media via http://bit.ly/AlexanderGerstESA and on http://bit.ly/HorizonsBlogESA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So begrüßte ESA-Astronaut Alexander Gerst am 20. Juli 2018 um 21:50 Uhr Ortszeit die legendären Elektro-Pioniere Kraftwerk sowie 7500 Besucherinnen und Besucher des Jazz Open-Festivals auf dem Stuttgarter Schlossplatz - und zwar live von der Internationalen Raumstation ISS, auf der er noch bis Mitte Dezember 2018 lebt und arbeitet. Kraftwerk-Gründungsmitglied Ralf Hütter und Alexander Gerst spielten eine spezielle Version des Tracks Spacelab im Duett an, für das Gerst eigens einen mit virtuellen Synthesizern konfigurierten Tablet-Computer an Bord hatte.

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The U.S. might temporarily lose access to the International Space Station. Boeing and SpaceX are unlikely to provide NASA with vehicles needed to transport astronauts to the ISS. Starting in late 2019, the U.S. might not have a crew aboard the ISS for nearly an entire year. Gizmodo reports that this leaves NASA’s Commercial Crew Program in jeopardy. A plan is needed to ensure uninterrupted access to the International Space Station. In 2014, NASA signed contracts with Boeing and SpaceX to develop vehicles capable of transporting astronauts. https://gizmodo.com/america-could-lose-its-access-to-the-international-spac-1827576435 http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

The Case for Mars explores the different discoveries that are taking place on the Red Planet. In this episode, we continue our discussion on developing a colony on Mars. In this episode, we explore the different methods of traveling across the Martian surface. We focus mainly on Martian Spacesuits that will be used for walking and possible rovers that could be used for driving. NASA, SpaceX, and many universities have developed possible Spacesuits that could be used on Mars, but the upcoming 2020 rover and it's SHERLOC experiment will help show how exactly radiation affects commonly used textiles. In terms of a Martian Buggy, the regolith (soil) on Mars is incredibly slick, almost like sand on Earth. Therefore creating a large vehicle could be challenging to explore in. It is thought that smaller (non-pressurized) cars will be used at first, with larger vehicles coming later to help build a colony and eventually travel further into the Martian terrain. Thanks for watching! And subscribe if you enjoy this series Twitter: https://twitter.com/wolf_martian Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MartianWolf Heading Home by Nekzlo @nekzlo Music provided by Free Music for Vlogs youtu.be/YGL35p7LLqo ------------------------------ • Contact the artist: @nekzlo www.instagram.com/nekzlo/ twitter.com/Nekzlo_Music open.spotify.com/artist/75LSn0DiQyH6LnHBT8fOEK ------------------------------

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Parallel Session 1 Human and Robotic Exploration Hardware Overview Talk: Human Efficiency Improvements in Lunar and Martian Field Exploration

Astronauts on the International Space Station get food that’s carefully chosen for its nutritional value and specially prepared and packaged to be easily accessible to them in a weightless world on orbit. Could the same food feed the needs of people stuck on planet Earth? We conducted an experiment to find out how well two regular people could get by eating only astronaut food for a full week—a week that included a holiday weekend feast, just to up the difficulty factor. Could they resist the lure of their favorite foods? Take a look at how they fared… HD Download: https://archive.org/details/jsc2018m000103_Eat_Like_an_Astronaut ___________________________ FOLLOW THE SPACE STATION! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Space_Station Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISS Instagram: https://instagram.com/iss/

NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei joined us in the Moving Beyond Earth gallery to talk about their recent six-month stay on the International Space Station (ISS).

President Donald Trump told space industry notables that he's directing the Department of Defense (DoD) to create a Space Force: a sixth branch of the military that sounds straight of a sci-fi movie. "We are going to have the Air Force and we are going to have the Space Force — separate but equal," Trump said during an address to the National Space Council meeting on Monday. "It is going to be something. So important." Trump has spoken publicly about creating a Space Force four times since becoming president. The idea is also part of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, which became law in December 2017. The law defines the space force as "a separate military department responsible for the national security space activities," and it asks the DoD to submit a final plan for the Space Force's structure and functions by December 31, 2018. But retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly — a former Navy pilot, combat veteran, four-time space-flyer, and the identical twin brother of fellow former astronaut Scott Kelly — doesn't support it, and some members of Congress are also voicing their distaste for the idea. "This is a dumb idea. The Air Force does this already. That is their job," Mark Kelly tweeted on Monday after reading a story on Military.com. "What's next, we move submarines to the 7th branch and call it the 'under-the-sea force?'" http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-space-force-is-dumb-says-nasa-astronaut-2018-6 http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

As part of ESA’s Expose-R2 project, 46 species of bacteria, fungi and arthropods were delivered by a Progress supply ship to the International Space Station in July 2014. Spacewalking cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev attached the package to the outside of the Zvezda module on 18 August 2014, where it stayed until it was retrieved 18 months later. This ‘Expose-R2’ is a miniature photochemistry laboratory that exposes samples to the harsh environment of space. Subjected to the full blast of the Sun’s energy as well as vacuum, radiation and temperature swings, they are helping researchers investigating how chemicals and microbiological life react to unprotected spaceflight – on a comet, for example. Previous Expose experiments have already shown that ‘water bears’ and a species of lichen can survive a trip into space. This video shows scenes from a spacewalk with cosmonauts Gennadi Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko who were asked to photograph the Expose-R2 facility half-way through its stay in space, 10 August 2015 – the samples had travelled around the world more than 8500 times by then. Expose-R2 was returned inside the International Space Station Station by Yuri Malenchenko and Sergei Volkov during a spacewalk on 3 February 2016 and stored ahead of return to Earth. The samples were held in sealed compartments and covered to block out all light. The vacuum of space is sucking out the water, oxygen and other gases in the samples. Their temperature can drop to –12°C as the Station passes through Earth’s shadow, rising to 40°C at other times, and undergoing a similar process to the freeze-drying used to preserve foods. The Expose series of experiments are exploring the limits of terrestrial life, whether the organisms can survive in space and how the full blast of solar radiation is affecting accompanying chemicals. Earth is protected from the Sun’s full radiation by our atmosphere filtering out the hard-hitting short wavelengths that are damaging to life. It is difficult to recreate on the ground the full spectrum of the Sun’s light so these experiments in space are the only way to test how biological and material samples behave in conditions beyond Earth. ESA has a long history of testing organisms and organic chemicals in the harsh environment of space. Previous experiments revealed that lichens and water bears can survive spaceflight unprotected, hinting at the possibility of species colonising planets via meteoroids. ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe

Administrator Bridenstine chats with a couple of our astronauts, a massive dust storm on Mars, and astronauts at work outside the space station … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_0615_Administrator%20Bridenstine%20Chats%20with%20Astronauts%20on%20This%20Week%[email protected]%20%E2%80%93%20June%2015,%202018.html

You will not believe these disgusting things about space travel you never thought about! These gross things about space will make you think twice about your dreams of becoming an astronaut and maybe make you think differently about the astronauts circling the Earth! These dirty space facts will make you realize how lucky you are to live firmly on the Earth with things like gravity to keep dust, dirt, and dead skin on the ground and out of your face. Think you know everything there is to know about how disgusting space is? Check out this list of 25 Disgusting Things About Space Travel You Never Thought About and find out! If your dream is to be a space cadet or blast off on a rocket ship, you should be prepared for these downright GROSS things about outer space! From racid mystery smells to crazy ways to get rid of waste, you won’t believe what the astronauts go through to live in space! Even simple things like going to the bathroom or passing gas just don’t work right in space, with astronauts having to go to extraordinary measures to make the most simple things (like a burp or a fart) happen. Probably the grossest thing that happens in space (although not in our top 10) is that astronauts have to drink their own urine and sweat in space! From weeks without baths to pulling dead bodies alongside the space ship, you won’t believe these gross facts about space travel. Make sure to watch this video until the end to get every disgusting space fact. Make sure to leave a comment to let us know what fact you think is the worst! Full List, Photo Credits, and Sources: https://list25.com/25-disgusting-things-about-space-travel-you-never-thought-about/ SUBSCRIBE - http://bit.ly/2uwq6BJ Follow us on: List25 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/list25 List25 Instagram: https://instagram.com/list25/ List25 Twitter - https://twitter.com/list25 List25 Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/list25/ See more Top 25 lists on our website: http://list25.com If you enjoyed our video, you’ll enjoy these List25 videos as well: 25 Strange Things That Have Happened in Space - https://youtu.be/Xx6bhptI-bM 25 Incredible Planets We Could Live On Someday - https://youtu.be/0Eijde6oB4c Music Credits: Space Station Experience by Unicorn Heads

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst spoke to European media from the International Space Station on 12 June 2018, just three days after docking with the orbiting outpost. The press conference was held at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, and was mainly in German. Alexander answered questions on climate, how it feel to be in space a second time, and the football World Cup. This is Alexander’s second six-month stay on the International Space Station. The mission is called Horizons as a symbol for the unknown and what lies beyond. The mission further cements ESA’s know-how for living and working off-planet. Alexander will be testing ways of operating and working with robots to develop techniques required for further human and robotic exploration of our Solar System such as commanding rovers while orbiting another planet. The Horizons science programme is packed with European research: Alexander will take part in over 50 experiments to deliver benefits to people on Earth as well as prepare for future space exploration. Many of these experiments will take place in Europe’s Columbus laboratory that is celebrating its 10th anniversary in space this year. ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Follow Alexander and the Horizons mission on social media via http://bit.ly/AlexanderGerstESA and on http://bit.ly/HorizonsBlogESA.

DescriptionAfter launching June 6 in their Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 56-57 Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency arrived at the International Space Station June 8 to complete a two-day journey, docking their vehicle to the Rassvet module on the Russian segment of the complex. A few hours after docking, Prokopyev, Aunon-Chancellor and Gerst opened hatches and were greeted by station Commander Drew Feustel of NASA and Flight Engineers Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos. As the hatches were opened, the families of the newly arrived crewmembers and American, Russian and European space officials viewed the activities from the Russian Mission Control Center outside Moscow and offered their congratulations to the newest residents of the outpost.

After orbiting Earth 34 times to catch up to the International Space Station, the car-sized spacecraft carrying ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Roscosmos commander Sergei Prokopyev, arrived at the Station two days after launch. The German astronaut is a returning visitor to the International Space Station, the first of ESA’s 2009 class of astronauts to be sent into space for a second time. During the second part of his mission Alexander will take over as commander of the International Space Station, only the second time an ESA astronaut will take on this role so far. The mission is called Horizons as a symbol for the unknown and what lies beyond – reflecting on ESA’s strategy to extend human and robotic exploration beyond Earth orbit. While in space, Alexander will work on over 50 European experiments, including testing ways of operating and working with robots to develop techniques required for further human and robotic exploration of our Solar System. ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Follow Alexander and the Horizons mission on social media via bit.ly/AlexanderGerstESA and on http://bit.ly/HorizonsBlogESA.

Serena Auñón-Chancellor (NASA), Alexander Gerst (ESA) , and Sergey Prokopyev (Roscosmos) launched to the International Space Station on June 6, 2018. Credit: NASA

Expedition 56 crew made up of Russian Soyuz Commander and Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor suited up in their launch and entry spacesuits this morning and were then driven to the rocket in Baikonur where they entered their Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft. Liftoff is set for 11:12 UTC, June 6th 2018.

NASA astronaut Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor talks with Space.com’s Hanneke Weitering a few weeks prior to her first International Space Station mission. Credit: Space.com/NASA/produced and edited by Steve Spaleta