Human Spaceflight

The ongoing practice of sending humans to orbit, living in space, and returning them safely to Earth.

Articles about Human Spaceflight

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Apollo 13: The Odyssey of Survival

Apollo 13: The Odyssey of Survival
To Celebrate Our Re-Brand and move to the iconic apollothirteen.com domain here is a feature-length look at Apollo Thirteen’s mission, crisis, and survival.
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ISS’s First Medical Evacuation

ISS’s First Medical Evacuation
NASA brought four Crew‑11 astronauts home early after a serious—but undetailed—medical issue aboard the International Space Station, marking the agency’s first planned medical eva…
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Viruses Seem Stronger in Space

Viruses Seem Stronger in Space
Multiple lines of research — astronaut monitoring, bacterial studies on the ISS and laboratory experiments simulating microgravity — show microbes behaving differently in orbit. S…
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Artemis II Returns Humans to Deep Space

Artemis II Returns Humans to Deep Space
NASA is preparing Artemis II, a 10-day crewed lunar flyby slated for as early as February 2026 that will send four astronauts farther from Earth than anyone since 1972. The missio…
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Nine Ways Space Can Kill You

Nine Ways Space Can Kill You
A scientist's guide to the nine most credible, documented hazards of spaceflight — from vacuum exposure and radiation to fires, debris strikes and psychological collapse — and the…
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Ax-4 Launch Grounded After ISS Leak

Ax-4 Launch Grounded After ISS Leak
Axiom Space's Ax-4 private mission, scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9, was paused after NASA and Roscosmos detected a new pressure signature in the ISS's Russian Zvezda mod…