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Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.You might know Chris Hadfield as the International Space Station commander who famously sang David Bowie’s “Space…

new video loaded: NASA Introduces New Astronaut CandidatestranscriptBacktranscriptNASA Introduces New Astronaut CandidatesNASA announced 10 new candidates to begin training as astronauts as part of a plan…

Late Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell has received a tribute from Tom Hanks, the actor who brought him to life in an Oscar-winning movie and said…

Tom Hanks has shared a tribute to James A. Lovell, the astronaut he portrayed in the 1995 feature “Apollo 13.” Lovell died Thursday at the age…

As the International Space Station passes over India this weekend, many of those looking up to catch a glimpse as it goes by will be excited…

NASA: Scientific American, this is Mission Control, Houston.Rachel Feltman: Station, this is Scientific American. How do you hear me?Matthew Dominick: Loud and clear. Welcome to the…

When the French astronaut Sophie Adenot travels to the International Space Station (ISS) next year, she will be heading for the stars – not quite in…