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James Leidner spent three nights in a high-tech sleeping bag that unloads pressure in the brain by suctioning fluids into the lower body. NASA hopes the sack can be used by astronauts in space to alleviate the vision problems they commonly endure during longer missions.

High-tech space sleeping bag could stop vision problems in astronauts

9 December 2021

Long spells in microgravity can alter eyeball shape, but a sleeping bag that applies suction to the lower body could prevent such problems
How to call the International Space Station

How to call the International Space Station

2 October 2019

Does the ISS have a phone number? Do ISS astronauts have smartphones or handsets? And does anything in the space station “ring” when an audio call is set up? We spoke to the communications experts who help the world talk to astronauts on the orbiting...
Space Shuttle Columbia blasts off on the first space shuttle mission STS-1

The space shuttle

27 June 2019
Earthrise

Earthrise

11 June 2019
Astronauts launch in Soyuz rocket for first time since botched takeoff

Astronauts launch in Soyuz rocket for first time since botched takeoff

3 December 2018

A Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station launched successfully, ending a period of uncertainty for human spaceflight

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