Why Astronauts Don't Like Shrinks
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The Nowak Case reopens the recommendations of a 1998 NASA report on mental health
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak didn't wear diapers during her 950-mile road trip to confront a romantic rival, her lawyer said Friday, disputing one of the more bizarre details to emerge from the NASA love triangle.
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It's hard enough staying the right weight here on Earth. In space, it might be even harder. According to NASA-supported researchers, altered gravity somehow disrupts the natural ability   of animals to maintain the appropriate weight.
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Astronauts notice odor on space station    WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) was prompted to put on protective gear on Monday after noticing a foul odor, said NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries.
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Space travel, education consultant Marie &quot;Mel&quot; Moreau says, is more than going up. &quot;Astronauts could not go up in space without people wanting to work as ground crew,&quot; she said. &quot;Proper communication is vitally important.
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Fatal fridge-frag meteor space dump shocker Litterbug astronauts have hurled almost a ton of junk off the International Space Station, including an old refrigeration system weighing 1400lb, risking a fiery meteoric death for innocent Earth-dwellers. In sharp contrast to green consumers worldwide, NASA has brazenly revealed that the fly tipping spacemen hadn't even used the fridge before throwing it overboard. Outrage is expected from the sandal-wearing, lentil-friendly elements of society.â¦
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So, a few weeks ago, the two astronauts who live there tossed out some junk, like so many old hubcaps for the trash heap. And the throwing away - done during a recent spacewalk â-as done cautiously so
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By Seth Borenstein  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With a 4-inch gap in the space shuttle Atlantis' heat-protecting blanket not appearing to be an urgent problem on Saturday, the crew members readied themselves for what NASA called a delicate ballet with the International Space Station.
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By Alice Rawsthorn One glance at the model rockets, space magazines and NASA knickknacks strewn across Marc Newson's desk tells you that he is a space freak.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - NASA tried wiggling a half-retracted solar array by remote control Friday to get it to fold back into a box, hoping the maneuver would prevent a fourth, unscheduled spacewalk by Discovery astronauts.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 18 -- Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding up a stubborn accordion-like solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in the space shuttle Discovery's otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
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A pair of spacewalkers shaking a solar array on the International Space Station managed to free some stuck grommets, but they could not get the array to fold into a box properly.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN HOUSTON - International space station astronauts pulled an alarm and donned protective gear Monday after smelling a foul odor that turned out to be a harmful chemical leaking from an oxygen vent, NASA said.&quot;We don't exactly know the nature of the spill ...
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By JUAN LOZANO HOUSTON - Astronauts will try to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during Atlantis' launch, extending the space shuttle's mission from 11 to 13 days, NASA managers said Monday.
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NASA has been screening astronauts for  decades and isn't supposed to let loose screws through. Is it not as good as we thought? Or are astronauts more fragile than they seem?
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Atlantis astronauts may use a sewing kit normally reserved for spacesuits to repair a peeled-back thermal blanket near the spacecraft's tail, NASA managers said Tuesday. The shuttle astronauts' 11-day mission was extended Monday by two days to allow time to fix the thermal blanket, which peeled during launch last week.
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By Traci Watson  NASA is scrambling to develop alternate ways to fold up a balky solar panel that, in its current position, would halt construction of the International Space Station.