Hilary Swank plays an astronaut leading a mission to Mars in teaser for new Netflix series Away 

Hilary Swank plays an astronaut leading a mission to Mars in first teaser for new Netflix series Away By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 18:12 BST, 7 July 2020 | Updated: 18:12 BST, 7 July 2020 As a two time Oscar winner, she’s one of America’s finest actresses. And Hilary Swank, 45, is turning her … Read more

Spacewalking astronaut loses mirror outside the ISS, adding to ‘space junk’ in orbit around Earth

There are an estimated 170 million pieces of so-called ‘space junk’ – left behind after missions that can be as big as spent rocket stages or as small as paint flakes – in orbit alongside some US$700 billion (£555bn) of space infrastructure. But only 22,000 are tracked, and with the fragments able to travel at … Read more

Ryan Gosling’s upcoming astronaut film taps duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller as directors

Ryan Gosling’s upcoming astronaut film taps The Lego Movie duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller as directors By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 07:21 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 07:21 BST, 16 May 2020 Ryan Gosling lobbied to get the directing duo of Phil Lord and Chris Miller to helm his next big screen … Read more

SpaceX creates a simulator that lets you play at being an astronaut manually docking with the ISS 

SpaceX have created a Crew Dragon simulator that lets you play at being an astronaut and practise manually docking with the International Space Station. The free-to-play browser based tool presents users with a digital copy of the real-life controls astronauts would use if they needed to manually dock with the ISS.  The real Crew Dragon … Read more

The Masked Singer: Hunter Hayes removes Astronaut mask as field narrows to final five on Fox show

Country singer Hunter Hayes was revealed to be the Astronaut on Wednesday’s episode of The Masked Singer. The five-time Grammy award winner, 28, called being on the show ‘an unbelievable experience,’ joking that it was ‘out of this world.’ ‘This time in my life is a great chance for me to hit a reset button, … Read more

International Space Station astronaut Scott Kelly shares his tips on how to survive self-isolation

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly spent nearly a year on the International Space Station in one mission and says his best advice for surviving isolation is to ‘go outside’. The retired astronaut spent a total of 520 days on the space station, with his longest mission lasting 340 days from from March 27, 2015 to March 1, … Read more

NASA astronaut on ISS shares stunning pictures of Boston, New York City and Philadelphia

A NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station shared stunning images of a few major cities as the ship traveled across US east coast. Jessica Meir posted photos on Twitter and Instagram of Boston, New York City and Philadelphia as she and the rest of the crew passed over them more than 250 miles above … Read more