Tag: Nasa
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Artemis II gave a Moon milestone a deeply personal name
Space history was being made when the Artemis II crew rounded the Moon. On April 6, NASA’s four-person mission reached the farthest point from Earth ever traveled by humans, about 252,756 miles, moving past the Apollo 13 mark by 4,111 miles. It was the kind of number built to define a mission. It measured distance,
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Trump ousts Musk-backed nominee, names TV host Sean Duffy to lead NASA
The day Donald Trump appointed Sean Duffy as interim head of NASA, the message was unmistakable: space policy in 2025 isn’t just about rockets and budgets. It’s about loyalty, optics, and political turf wars. Duffy, a former congressman, Fox Business host, and reality TV personality, has no formal background in aerospace or science. But he’s
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The evolution of the Spacesuit: History, Layers, Functionality
As spacesuit design continues to become thinner, more intricate, and more dynamic — there are touchscreen-sensitive gloves, an attached helmet, and built-in ventilation in the latest uniform — it’s worth looking at how both US and Russian spacesuits have evolved over time. Start by looking at the original suit (the Marshmallow Moon-Suit) designed for the moon mission