Swedish-American astronaut Jessica Meir held a live conversation on Friday evening from the International Space Station ISS with Sweden's space minister and other participants.
Jessica Meir has been in space for one hundred days. Part of the mission is to study how the human body is affected by microgravity. The answers will be used for future space travel and research on cancer and blood diseases. During the conversation Meir said in Swedish:
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A known air leak in the Russian section of the International Space Station ISS prompted a precautionary measure on Friday, with four astronauts seeking shelter in a Crew Dragon capsule.
Following their successful launch, NASA's Artemis II astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft resolved a jammed toilet fan and Microsoft Outlook software glitches during the initial phase of their 10-day lunar orbit mission. The crew—Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialists Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch—marks historic firsts: Glover as the first Black astronaut, Koch the first woman, and Hansen the first Canadian to venture toward the moon.
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Four astronauts are heading to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. The crew launched at 18:35 local time from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard the Orion capsule atop the Space Launch System. The mission builds on Artemis 1 and sets milestones for women and non-white astronauts.
On May 11, the Tianzhou 10 cargo spacecraft successfully launched, carrying human embryo models into space. This marks the world's first in situ experiment exploring how microgravity and cosmic radiation affect early human development.
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Orion spacecraft from Artemis 2 mission has completed its final maneuver before atmospheric reentry, the most critical phase of the journey. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen face a 13-minute descent at over 40,000 km/h and temperatures above 2,500 degrees, with splashdown planned off San Diego.
Lai Ka-ying blasted off on Sunday evening aboard Shenzhou-23 as China's first female payload specialist. The crew reached the Tiangong space station early Monday.
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Nasa's Artemis 2 Orion capsule launched successfully from Kennedy Space Center with four astronauts heading to the Moon on a 400,000-kilometer journey. The rocket reached supersonic speed and is now traveling at 27,000 km/h. The automated launch control system has taken over.