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NASA is teaming up with a company called SpaceWorks to create a sleeping pod that could get astronauts into deep space. How does it work? Thanks to Salad, We’re One Step Closer to Colonizing Space - https://youtu.be/9Vh4__TY78A Read More: The Hibernation Science In ‘Passengers’ Is Not Far From Reality https://www.popsci.com/hibernation-science-passengers-got-right “Before humans travel to another planet—and that day may be coming soon—a question will need to be answered: How will astronauts spend their time on a months- or years-long interplanetary voyage?” Can Humans Ever Harness the Power of Hibernation? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-humans-ever-harness-power “Scientists want to know if astronauts can hibernate during long spaceflights. First, they need to understand what hibernation is.” How Scientists Plan To Send Hibernating Astronauts to Mars https://gizmodo.com/how-scientists-plan-to-send-hibernating-astronauts-to-m-1200941340 “A lot of things are falling into place for NASA's inevitable moonshot to Mars. (Mars-shot?) However, one of the original challenges remains one of the more elusive ones: How do you get the astronauts to live on a spaceship for six months without going crazy? You put them to sleep, that's how.” ____________________ 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/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ This episode of Seeker was hosted by Trace Dominguez Written by: Megan Bates

NASA astronauts reflect on the teachers who have influenced them this Teacher's Day!

‘Horizons’ is the name of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst’s second mission to the International Space Station. The mission name evokes exploring our Universe, looking far beyond our planet and broadening our knowledge. Alexander would also like to make people realise that there is always a chance to go beyond their personal horizons. Alexander will be launched on 6 June with US astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev from the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft. Alexander will take over command of the International Space Station for the second half of his mission. Alexander Gerst is the 11th German citizen to fly into space. The astronaut is now in the last stages of training for his challenging spaceflight. The science programme is packed with European research: more than 50 experiments will deliver benefits to people back on Earth and prepare for future space exploration. Credits: ESA ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Learn more: http://bit.ly/HorizonsOverview

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Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about space. Is there any sound in space? Does space smell like burnt steak? Is NASA working on warp speed? ONE STRANGE ROCK airs Mondays at 10/9c on National Geographic. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture. Astronaut Chris Hadfield Debunks Space Myths | WIRED

On April 7, 1983, astronauts took the first spacewalk outside of a space shuttle during mission STS-6. This was the maiden voyage of the space shuttle Challenger. The goal of this mission was to deploy the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-1. NASA now uses a whole fleet of these satellites to relay communications between spacecraft in orbit and ground stations down on Earth. NASA astronauts Don Peterson and Story Musgrave spent 4 hours and 17 minutes working in the vacuum of space while doing a series of tests in the shuttle's payload bay. This was also the first time that NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit was worn by astronauts in space.

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2018-04-05 - Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques speaks with students from Sister MacNamara School in Winnipeg, Manitoba; St. Vincent Catholic Elementary School in Edmonton, Alberta; Mayerthorpe Junior/Senior High School in Mayerthorpe, Alberta; and Stonewall Centennial School in Stonewall, Manitoba.

Watch NASA astronaut Joe Acaba demonstrate kinetic and potential energy on the International Space Station by showing how an object’s potential energy changes due to its position. How can potential be converted into kinetic energy? Be sure to check out https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstrations for more videos like these along with corresponding lesson plans. For a high-quality copy for download, visit: https://archive.org/details/jsc2018m000277_STEMonstrations_Kinetic_and_Potential_Energy

Our astronauts at work outside the space station, preparing for launch of our next planet-hunting mission, and finding exploding stars – 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_0330_Astronauts%20at%20Work%20Outside%20the%20Space%20Station%20on%20This%20Week%[email protected]%20%E2%80%93%20March%2030,%202018.html

This week we take you back to the journey of Apollo 17 to Taurus Littrow, the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo Program. The film depicts the highlights of the mission and then relates the Apollo Program to Skylab, the Apollo/Soyuz linkup and Space Shuttle. Enjoy this Remastered NASA Documentary Film "Apollo 17: On The Shoulders Of Giants" with "Space History Sundays" Watch More Episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_srx7JT55wikv6nScKFXkB104c57a-XZ Follow Us: Facebook: https://goo.gl/QapZAe Twitter: https://goo.gl/RoQSmJ

What is it like to see humanity from space? Imagine being able to tour our 4 billion-year-old planet 16 times a day, and see a sunset every 45 minutes. Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian astronaut to walk in space, has done just that—and it has opened his eyes and his mind to the idea that, from above, we're not so different at all. Read more at BigThink.com: http://bigthink.com/videos/chris-hadfield-how-space-travel-expands-your-mind Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink Chris Hadfield: When we are born we have a very small view of the world: our mother’s womb and the delivery room. And, as you’re raised, your parents are probably trying to control the environment that you’re in and so you end up with a very centralized, tiny little view of the world—naturally. As you get older, as you travel more, as you read more, you start to understand a little more of the world around you; and all of those influences affect your choices in life. What are you going to imagine that you could be? If you’ve never left Main Street, small town, Ohio, then you’re probably not going to visualize yourself doing something that is wildly different than that. You’re never going to be the head of a religious sect in Pakistan; it’s not inside your worldview. You can only draw your own aspirations and hopes and decisions based on the things that you even know exist. It’s easier now to understand and see the world than ever in history. Our ability to communicate and our ability to travel has greatly improved. But space travel is sort of like the wildly exaggerated version of that, where you can go around the whole world in the time it takes to eat supper, and see everywhere, see the whole world 16 times a day. That widens and deepens your worldview like nothing we’ve ever seen before in history. And it’s very difficult to maintain artificially drawn biases like nationalistic borders and “my little tribe”, “my little street”, “my little gang”, “my little town”, my little whatever when, 15 minutes later, you’re over at the exact same-looking sort of town—but it’s in Africa, and 40 minutes later the exact same-looking sort of town and it’s in Australia—and then you come up to Indonesia—and you go, “Man, it’s all the same. They build their towns just like we build our towns, and how are they “They” then? It’s just sort of all “Us”. We’re all doing this thing together, and everyone has got the same sort of hopes and dreams amongst themselves. And that pervasive sense of the shared collective experience of being a human being, that seeps into you onboard a spaceship. Not the first time around. The first time is overwhelming, but somewhere, you know, a hundred times around, 500 times around, suddenly the world becomes one place in your mind. It’s not very big, and that I think is a really important worldview to have. Life can be full of magnificent experiences. Being at the wedding of a loved one in a beautiful, big house of worship somewhere where there’s the sound and the beauty and the structure—it affects how you feel that day, and you act a little bit differently. Or walking into a gigantic ancient redwood forest, your head is naturally drawn upwards and you think a little different. It’s not the same as just walking down your street. Imagine what it’s like on a spaceship, where you’re floating weightless at a window, where you see an entire continent in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee, where you go from L.A. to New York in nine minutes and you see all of that history and culture and climate and geography and geology, and it’s all right there underneath you. And you see a sunrise or a sunset every 45 minutes; you see the world for what it actually is. It has that same sort of personal effect on you, of a feeling of privilege and sort of a reverence, an awe that is pervasive. When we’re floating in the bulging window, the Cupola of the space station—normally it’s just one person because everybody is busy, but if there is two of you in there—you talk in hushed tones to each other just because you feel like you’re just wildly lucky to even be there to see this happening.

When: March 23rd 2018 at 19:41 UTC, 15:41 New York Time What: Soyuz MS-08 Russian Spacecraft Docks to International Space Station Where: International Space Station A Russian Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft will dock to the International Space Station on Friday, March 23rd at 19:41 UTC. The craft is carrying Russian Soyuz commander Oleg Artemyev and NASA astronauts Andrew J. Feustel and Richard R. Arnold.

Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days in space aboard the International Space Station in 2015-2016, a trip that changed his DNA by 7%. He said that his space career also changed his perspective on life, making him more empathetic. He wants more people to experience the life-changing effects of visiting space. In an interview with Business Insider Kelly said, "I think it makes you a more empathetic person, More in touch with humanity and who we are, and what we should do to not only to take care of the planet but also to solve our common problems, which clearly are many." http://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-astronaut-scott-kelly-explains-seeing-earth-from-space-2018-3 http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit Tech using http://wochit.com

The International Space Station has been humanity’s outpost in space for nearly two decades, hosting astronauts from around the globe working on groundbreaking science to push the boundaries in a variety of fields. NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik sought to capture the beauty of the immense spacecraft amidst the endless tangle of cables and hardware in this series of photos taken during his most recent stay onboard. HD LINK: https://archive.org/details/jsc2018m000189_ISS_As_Art Follow Randy Bresnik on social media at: https://twitter.com/astrokomrade https://www.instagram.com/astrokomrade _______________________________________ FOLLOW THE SPACE STATION! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Space_Station Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISS Instagram: https://instagram.com/iss/

The United States space agency, NASA, recently announced the results of a study on the first identical twin astronauts and how space affected one of them.

See what happens when Astronaut Kjell Lindgren puts marshmallows into a vacuum in this lesson of ISS Science.

A safe return from the International Space Station, a new weather satellite launched into orbit, and our next mission to Mars moves closer to launch … 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_0305_Space%20Station%20Crew%20Returns%20Safely%20on%20This%20Week%[email protected]%20%E2%80%93%20March%205,%202018.html

Did you know that training for a spacewalk requires a 6.5 million gallon swimming pool, a team of divers, and a mock-up of the International Space Station? Astronauts have to train for a variety of different jobs they have to do in low Earth orbit. Once on the station, astronauts run science experiments (sometimes on themselves), fix toilets, and run the robotic arm. Do you think you have what takes to complete astronaut training? Find out on STEM in 30. This program is made possible through the generous support of the Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation. More info: airandspace.si.edu/stemin30

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We could have been on Mars 30 years ago. At the peak of the Apollo era in the early '70s, NASA was already planning its next step into the unknown. Its plans included building multiple space stations, continued trips to the Moon, and the first crewed mission to Mars by the 1980s. Can you imagine watching astronauts walk on Mars the same time the walkmen came out? But NASA never sent humans to Mars in the '80s. And here we are 30 years later, still dreaming of the possibility. But the reason isn't necessarily a matter of technology or innovation. It actually comes down to politics. As a government agency, NASA's goals are determined by the Executive Branch. Since its inception, NASA has served under 12 presidents. And it was clear near the start that not every president would support NASA equally. By the end of Nixon's administration in 1974, NASA's budget had plummeted from 4% of the federal budget to less than 1%. Fully-funded Apollo missions 18 and 19 were abandoned along with Apollo 20. At the same time, Nixon pulled NASA's focus away from the Moon and Mars and instead toward low-Earth orbit. His parting gift was to sign into effect what would eventually become NASA's Space Shuttle program. Peter Diamandis: "So what's happened throughout all of space history after the Apollo program was over was to start, stop, start, stop, cancel. President comes in like Bush comes in to go to the Moon, back to Mars and next president comes in and cancels that. The agency is unable to sustain consistent funding to do anything." It wasn't until the Space Shuttle Program was nearing retirement that a crewed mission to Mars was finally considered and funded by a US president. George W. Bush, in 2004, announced: "We will give NASA new focus and vision for future exploration. We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe to gain a new foothold on the Moon." As a result, NASA's Constellation Program was born. Never heard of it? That's because it was canceled a few years later. It aimed to send a crewed mission to the Moon in 2020 and land the first humans on Mars by the 2030s. By the time Obama was sworn in, the Constellation Program was behind schedule and over budget. One year later, Obama canceled 100% of the program's funding. "All that has to change. And with the strategy, I'm outlining today it will." -Barack Obama in 2010. Obama shifted NASA's focus from sending people to the Moon and Mars to, ultimately, just Mars. In the process, he asked Congress to increase NASA's budget by $6 billion over the next 5 years. As a result, NASA launched its "Journey to Mars" initiative in 2010, with the goal to send humans into orbit around Mars by the early 2030s. And, until recently, NASA was on track, more or less. Then, this happened. “President Trump has launched the National Space Council and at the council’s inaugural meeting in October, we unanimously approved a recommendation to instruct NASA to return American astronauts to the moon and from there to lay a foundation for a mission to Mars.” -Mike Pence in 2017 Oddly enough, the space policy under Trump and Obama look nearly identical, save for 63 words. In those 63 words, Trump's administration has shifted the focus once again to a Moon-first, Mars-later initiative.  NASA isn't new to this. It's learned to recycle old projects to fit new missions. For instance, the Orion capsule was first developed for Constellation and has since been redesigned for the Journey to Mars. But even that can't prevent the inevitable changes NASA programs now face under the new president. "We're also going to realign the organizational structure to best meet this new exploration focus. I've asked Stephen Jurczyk the current head of space exploration to lead and effort to design a new organizational approach." -Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr. in 2018 As NASA pushes on, a new possibility has grown on the horizon. Privately-owned space companies like SpaceX also has its sights set on the red planet. Diamandis: "The scientists and engineers at NASA are amazing and they've done extraordinary things. But they're risk aversion...That doesn't allow us to do new and novel things that are on the edge. Doing anything big and bold in space is hard and it's risky. So, it's entrepreneurs taking the risks these days, willing to put everything on the line." The race for Mars is on. While NASA has closely partnered with SpaceX and other privately-owned space companies in recent years, ultimately, NASA may not be the ones who write the next chapter in human space exploration. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TWITTER: https://twitter.com/techinsider INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/tech_insider/

Soyuz MS-06 commander and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and NASA astronauts Mark T. Vande Hei and Joseph M. Acaba bid farewell to their colleagues on the International Space Station today and entered their Soyuz MS-06. They are scheduled to undock and land back on Earth after a successful mission, touchdown is set for 02:31 UTC.

Watch NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik demonstrate Newton’s Second Law of Motion on the International Space Station by applying a force to objects of different mass. Do you see the differences in acceleration? Be sure to check out https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstrations for more videos like these along with corresponding lesson plans. For a high quality copy for download, visit: https://archive.org/details/jsc2018m000122_STEMonstration_Newtons_Second_Law_of_Motion

Expedition 54-55 GCTC News Conference, Red Square and Museum Visit. HD download link: https://go.nasa.gov/2kcidxY

Researchers are continuously looking for new ways to help space explorers cope with the mental pressures of a zero-gravity life. A 2017 study suggested the psychological benefits of gardening. Now, scientists at Florida Polytechnic University are developing a so-called “happy suit.” Space travel is not all fun and games: Some folks slip into a depression due to insufficient exercise, excessive exposure to light, and lack of sleep. Florida Poly professors are developing Smart Sensory Skin —a new technology that detects emotional and physical deficiencies through wireless sensors. The embedded sensors send an immediate response to the suit, telling it to adjust the environment to fit each individual’s needs. https://www.geek.com/science/happy-suit-could-help-astronauts-beat-space-blues-1731903/?source http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit Tech using http://wochit.com

Watch ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst announce the selection of teams whose Mission Space Lab codes will be run on Astro Pi Ed and Izzy on-board the International Space Station! Go to our website to learn more: http://www.esa.int/Education/AstroPI/European_Astro_Pi_Challenge_Mission_Space_Lab_codes_selected_for_the_ISS

Astronauts get motion sickness, too! However, through training with NASA scientists like Dr. Patricia Cowings, they learn to control it. Here's What It Actually Takes to Be a NASA Astronaut - https://youtu.be/Rg10d9-DeOM Read More: 9 Scientifically Proven Ways to Prevent Motion Sickness http://mentalfloss.com/article/78131/9-scientifically-proven-ways-prevent-motion-sickness “Feeling dizzy, nauseated, and uncomfortable is never fun, especially when you’re traveling. Caused by sensory confusion—your eyes and inner ears get conflicting signals about the movement going on around you—motion sickness can affect anyone, in any type of moving vehicle.” Here's What Emergency Medicine Will Look Like for Astronauts in Space https://www.seeker.com/space/heres-what-emergency-medicine-will-look-like-for-astronauts-in-space “If an emergency medical situation arises during a crewed trip to Mars, odds are that the astronauts helping out will have little medical training. Making things even more challenging, the astronauts will be far from home working only with the limited supplies on board — a task that would be difficult for even experienced doctors.” NASA Announces New Class of Astronaut Trainees https://www.seeker.com/space/exploration/nasa-announces-new-class-of-astronaut-trainees "As American astronauts, you may yet return our nation to the moon. You may be the first to travel to Mars. You may have experiences that we can only imagine." The 12 new candidates include six military officers, three scientists, two medical doctors, a lead engineer at SpaceX and a NASA research pilot. ____________________ 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/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Julian Huguet for writing this episode of Seeker! Check Julian out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhug00 This episode of Seeker was hosted by Trace Dominguez

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, along with Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, participated in a news conference Feb. 14, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The trio is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in June and will be part of Expeditions 56 and 57. This will be the first trip to the space station for Auñón-Chancellor and Prokopyev, and the second for Gerst. This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_0214_NASA_Hosts_News_Conference_with_Crew_Launching_to_Space_Station_in_June.html

"Look for challenges" says Victor Glover. Today he's an astronaut, engineer and pilot, but his early days in the working world started with some very common jobs.

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 54 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba of NASA discussed his mission and research on the complex during an in-flight educational event Feb. 13 with students at the downtown campus of the University of Houston. Acaba is in the final weeks of a five-and-a-half-month mission on the unique microgravity laboratory, aiming for a return to Earth on Feb. 27. This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_0213_Space%20Station%20Crew%20Member%20Discusses%20Life%20in%20Space%20with%20Houston%20Students.html

2018-02-12 - Discover how Canadian astronaut Jenni Sidey reached her dream of becoming an astronaut thanks to inspiring role models, her passion for science and her mother’s support. She now tries to be a role model herself, encouraging the next generation of Canadians to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (Credits: Canadian Space Agency, Institution of Engineering and Technology, NASA) Useful Links Biography of Jennifer Sidey: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/bio-jennifer-sidey.asp Careers, jobs, and internship in the space sector: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/jobs/default.asp Human of CSA: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/humans/default.asp Find out more about this video: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/search/video/watch.asp?v=1_8bk26c46

NASA astronaut Joe Acaba on the International Space Station celebrates 10 years of the European space laboratory Columbus in orbit with a greeting and blowing out a digital candle on the educational computer Astro Pi. Aboard the Columbus laboratory are two specially equipped Raspberry Pi computers, called Astro Pis. They are there to run code written by children and teenagers. The Columbus laboratory ascended to orbit aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA on 7 February 2008. Nestling in the spaceplane’s cargo bay was Columbus. On 11 February, the crew on the International Space Station captured the new arrival. At that moment, Columbus became Europe’s first permanent human outpost in orbit and Europe became a full partner of the International Space Station. Columbus houses as many disciplines as possible in a small volume, from astrobiology to solar science through metallurgy and psychology – more than 225 experiments have been carried out during this remarkable decade. Countless papers have been published drawing conclusions from experiments performed in Columbus. More about Columbus here: http://www.esa.int/Columbus

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle of NASA discussed life and research on the orbital outpost during a pair of in-flight interviews Feb. 5 with WHDH-TV, Boston and Bloomberg Bay State Radio. Vande Hei is in the final weeks of his five and a half month mission on the station, while Tingle, a Massachusetts native, will remain on the complex until early June. This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_0205_Space%20Station%20Crew%20Discusses%20Life%20in%20Space%20with%20Massachusetts%20Media.html

On February 3, 2006, astronauts at the International Space Station sent an empty spacesuit tumbling through space all by itself … for science. Known as SuitSat, this empty spacesuit was equipped with a radio transmitter that would constantly broadcast pre-recorded messages from scientists and students from around the world. It also broadcasted telemetry data, so amateur radio operators and citizen scientists on Earth could participate in tracking this creepy satellite. SuitSat only made it around the Earth twice before its batteries died prematurely, and it burned up while reentering Earth's atmosphere a few months later.

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Becoming an astronaut was a long, hard road for Astronaut Jeff Williams. He applied to NASA for over 10 years. Hear about Jeff's career and some of his accomplishments in space.

Taking a look at something from a different perspective can make all the difference—especially if your second angle is from 250 miles straight up! NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik took it to extremes during his mission to the International Space Station in 2017, shooting photographs of spots on Earth and matching them up with pictures he’d taken of the same locations when he’d visited them previously. Enjoy this sample of photo pairs, and check out the rest at #OneWorldManyViews Bresnik’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AstroKomrade/ Bresnik’s Twitter https://twitter.com/astrokomrade _______________________________________ FOLLOW THE SPACE STATION! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Space_Station Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISS Instagram: https://instagram.com/iss/

Astronaut Jack "2fish" Fischer stopped by for the latest episode of the Smithsonian's ISS Science and tried out a hands-on experiment involving boiling water. Find out how Jack fared. More info: airandspace.si.edu/iss-science

Astronaut Victor Glover talks about some of the components of astronaut training, which includes training in a very large swimming pool and virtual reality training. More info: airandspace.si.edu/stem-30

In Bonn, Germany, two ESA astronauts recently went through a brand new training programme which could be very useful in case of no contact with the ground or when communication might be delayed. Samantha Cristoferetti and Matthias Maurer were taught basic mechanical, electronic, electrical and pneumatic skills and how to use these skills to troubleshoot their equipment in space. This new training, commissioned by ESA, has been developed by the Dr. Reinold-Hagen Foundation and by Space Application Services. More about astronaut training: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/The_challenges_of_astronaut_training

On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 1 fire was the first major deadly disaster in the history of the U.S. space program. Apollo 1 was supposed to be the first flight that NASA would conduct to prepare for a crewed landing on the moon. Less than a month before their planned launch date, a fire erupted inside the apollo command module with all three astronauts trapped inside. Heat caused the air pressure inside the spacecraft to rise, making it impossible for the astronauts to open the hatch, which was designed to open inward. NASA did learn from the tragedy, and they redesigned their spacecraft to be much safer going forward.

The first space station spacewalk of the new year, launching GOLD to study Earth’s near-space environment, and – read all about it … there’s NASA tech you probably use every day … 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_0126_Going%20EVA%20Outside%20the%20Space%20Station%20on%20This%20Week%[email protected]%20%E2%80%93%20January%2026,%202018.html

National Geographic's "One Strange Rock" explores the wonder and bizarre qualities (there are many) that make up Earth. Three actual astronauts involved in the show - Jeff Hoffman, Leland Melvin and Jerry Linegar - answer fan questions about what it's like to be in space. ►►Subscribe To SYFY Wire: http://po.st/SubscribeSYFYWire More About Astronauts : An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Although generally reserved for professional space travelers, the terms are sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists. Watch Videos from SYFY WIRE ►► http://po.st/SYFYWIRE_videos SYFY WIRE is a fan-first genre news and editorial destination dedicated to covering science fiction and nerd culture across TV, Film, Books, Comics, space and technology with up-to-the-minute news, in-depth analysis and content that drives conversation and debate. Watch "Everything You Didn't Know" Videos ►► http://po.st/SYFYWIRE_EYDK Uncover all the easter eggs, references, and fun facts from classic movies, shows, and comic books. Watch "Lightning Round" videos ►► http://po.st/SYFYWIRE_LightningRound Learn everything there is to know about classic movies, shows, and comic books in just two minutes. Watch "In 2 Minutes" Videos ►► http://po.st/SYFYWIRE_In2Min Learn everything there is to know about classic movies, shows, and comic books in just two minutes. Watch Lists and Rankings Videos ►►http://po.st/SYFYWIRE_ListsAndRankings We love lists. Check out our favorite movies, shows, comic books. Watch Videos about Movies ►► http://po.st/SYFYWIRE_Movies Learn even about your favorite movies with SYFY WIRE. Watch Movie Sneak Peeks ►► http://po.st/SYFYWIRE_MovieSneakPeeks Catch these exclusive sneak peeks of upcoming movies. Watch "Drawing Famous Characters" Videos ►► http://po.st/SYFYWIRE_CharacterDrawings Watch comic book legends bring iconic characters to life. Watch Celebrity Interviews ►► http://po.st/SYFYWIRE_CelebrityInterviews Catch SYFY WIRE's exclusive interviews with your favorite celebrities. Watch Writer & Creator Interviews ►► http://po.st/SYFYWIRE_CreatorInterviews Get the inside scoop from the writers and creators of your favorite shows, movies, and comic books. Watch Videos from San Diego Comic-Con 2017 ►► http://po.st/SYFYWIRE_SDCC2017 Catch all of the exciting news from San Diego Comic-Con 2017 with SYFY WIRE. About SYFY WIRE: SYFY WIRE is a fan-first genre news and editorial destination dedicated to covering science fiction and nerd culture across TV, Film, Books, Comics, space and technology with up-to-the-minute news, in-depth analysis and content that drives conversation and debate. Check out exclusive SYFY WIRE content: Visit SYFYWIRE.com: po.st/SYFYWIRE Find SYFYWIRE on Facebook: po.st/LikeSYFYWIRE Follow SYFYWIRE on Twitter: po.st/FollowSYFYWIRE About SYFY: It doesn’t matter if you’re into space outlaws, exiled dragon queens, or survivors of the zombie apocalypse. If you love it, you’re one of us. Check out exclusive SYFY content: Watch SYFY on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SYFY Subscribe to SYFY on YouTube: http://po.st/SubscribeToSYFY Visit SYFY.com: http://bit.ly/VisitSYFY Find SYFY on Facebook: http://bit.ly/LikeSYFY Follow SYFY on Twitter: http://bit.ly/FollowSYFY Follow SYFY on Google+: http://bit.ly/PlusSYFY Follow SYFY on Instagram: http://bit.ly/InstaSYFY Follow SYFY on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/TumblrSYFY Actual Astronauts Answer Your Questions | SYFY WIRE https://www.youtube.com/c/SYFYWIRE

Before becoming an astronaut, Scott Tingle was in a rock band. He shares his story and how being in a band relates to his training as a NASA astronaut. Tingle is currently living and working aboard the International Space Station. More on Tingle: https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/scott-d-tingle More on the space station: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html For a high resolution copy of this video, visit: Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/jsc2017m001124_AstronautMoments_Scott_Tingle_Guitarist

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet shows us how he cuts his hair and nails on the International Space Station.

The International Astronaut Event is a long-standing highlight in ISU sessions. Members of the general public will have an opportunity to ask a broad range of questions of our invited astronaut and obtain their autographs.

NASA said Jan. 18 that it pulled astronaut Jeanette Epps from an upcoming trip to the International Space Station but didn't explain why.

Jeanette Epps was going to be the first African-American crew member on the International Space Station. According gizmodo.com, "Epps was slated to be a flight engineer on board the station in a mission scheduled to launch in May. She will instead assume duties in the “Astronaut Office,” and will be replaced by Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor, who was the second Hispanic woman to become a NASA astronaut." Her reasons for not taking off have not been told to the press and NASA said it was because personnel matters. https://gizmodo.com/astronaut-slated-to-be-first-african-american-iss-crew-1822226146 http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

On Jan. 18, a briefing was held at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to preview a pair of spacewalks scheduled to take place outside the International Space Station. American and Japanese astronauts aboard the station will conduct spacewalks on Tuesday, Jan. 23 and Monday, Jan. 29 to service the station’s robotic arm. This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_0118_Space%20Station%20Spacewalks%20Previewed.html