EditorialNASA astronaut Mike Fossum during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 17 Jul 2011
EditorialThis is a rhyton (lattice vase) in the shape of a lion. The body is hollow and a spout on the back suggests that this vase originally contained a liquid. The lion stands proudly upright, the legs placed side by side and the mouth open. The body is pres...
EditorialAn image provided by the Air Force Medical Service History Office, Hubertus Strughold, center, with a pressurized chamber for use in eventual space medicine research, at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine of Falls Church, Va., in the 1950s. (Air Force Medical Service History Office via The New York Times)
EditorialSpacelab was a reusable laboratory used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle. The laboratory comprised multiple components, including a pressurized module, an unpressurized carrier and other related hardware housed in the Shuttle's cargo ...