Soviet cosmonauts usually returned to Earth by landing on the ground, often in vast stretches of wilderness. They had to be prepared to survive until pickup, and even went armed to ensure their safety. Current Russi...

Between 1968 and 1971, researchers Edwin L. Murphy...  ...e studies on flatulence. The 1969 paper was about astronauts and their farts, specifically a study to determin...  ...study went brings into focus the many indignities astronauts face for their shot at space travel. Their paper...

Now I'm not talking about whistling in a vacuum. I...  ...ous that attempting to do so would fail. But even astronauts on spacewalks in protective suits can't whistle....

Over the past several decades, every mission that NASA has ever flown has first been practiced right here on Earth. This gallery shows dozens of training exercises from the Apollo missions through the shuttle launches....

This mini documentary shows the breathtaking v...  ...cumentary shows the breathtaking views from space astronauts have captured with their video cameras. And you t...  ...th's most impressive landscapes... as captured by astronauts with their digital cameras. Dr. Justin Wilkinson...

Sorry to shatter your dreams folks but  aspiring...  ...orry to shatter your dreams folks but  aspiring astronauts

Do you find it more difficult to read Neatorama as...  ...ore difficult to read Neatorama as you get older? Astronauts age too (their average age is 48) and they may ex...

Phil Plait at Bad Astronomy Blog points out th...  ...nniversary of the Apollo I fire that killed three astronauts : Ed White, Roger Chaffee, and Gus Grissom. I was...  ...aster. Dr. Plait published a tribute to all those astronauts

(YouTube link) NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Cady Coleman along with Paolo Nes...

This excellent image captured by NASA shows astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson gazing out of a window on the International Space Station. It was taken last September. Dyson, a chemist, went into orbit on April 2, 2010...