The inaugural CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) crew is “back on Earth” after leaving their simulated Martian habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 6. The first of three simulated missions, CHAPEA Mission 1, was designed to help scientists, engineers and mission planners better understand how living on another world … Read more
Johan Boskamp thought his time was up when he collapsed in the shower about 10 years ago, he reveals in a new autobiography that hits Dutch stores this week. A quarter of his heart gave out and his wife Lydia explains: “He looked me in the eye and said, ‘I’m going to die.’” But, this … Read more
For more than a year, four crew members of NASA’s Mars Dune Alpha communicated, ate, slept and acted out a simulated experience as if they were stationed more than 200 million miles away on the Red Planet. The mission, which marked the first completed portion of three planned programs of NASA’s Crew Health and Performance … Read more
The crew of a NASA mission to Mars left the spacecraft after a year-long journey, never leaving Earth. The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months in NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. They left the artificial alien environment around 5 p.m. Saturday. Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, … Read more
by Brian PD Hannon In this image taken from NASA video, Kelly Haston, a crew member of the first CHAPEA mission, speaks before other members, from left, Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones and Anca Selariu, Saturday, July 6, 2024, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged … Read more
Four volunteer crew members who spent more than 12 months in NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at the Johnson Space Center in Houston have emerged from the artificial alien environment By means of BRIAN PD HANNON Associated Press July 7, 2024, 6:55 AM ET • 3 min read The crew of a NASA mission to … Read more
NASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as a backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign. Douglas will train with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen. If a NASA astronaut is unable to participate … Read more
The return to Earth of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely pending the results of new thruster tests and continued analysis of helium leaks that emerged during the ship’s rendezvous with the International Space Station, NASA said Friday. But agency officials continued to insist that Starliner commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams … Read more
The return to Earth of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been put on hold indefinitely pending the results of new thrust tests and ongoing analysis of helium leaks that occurred during the ship’s rendezvous with the International Space Station, NASA said Friday. But agency officials insisted that Starliner commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams … Read more
Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is seen docked with the International Space Station on June 13. NASA and Boeing officials dismissed headlines Friday that the commercial Starliner crew capsule was stranded at the International Space Station. However, they said they need more time to analyze the data before formally allowing the spacecraft to undock and … Read more