How to Appreciate Life Like an Astronaut

Mike Massimino used to complain about the weather when he was growing up outside New York City. Then he went to outer space. “In space, there is no weather,” he told me. “No atmosphere. No seasons. Nothing.” And he missed it all. His new book, “Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible,” is…

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SpaceX Axiom Astronaut Launch: How and When to Watch

A private astronaut mission is scheduled to launch on Thursday to the International Space Station. But unlike on earlier such flights, none of the passengers are wealthy space tourists paying their own way to orbit. Instead, three nations — Italy, Sweden and Turkey — are taking advantage of new commercial possibilities to send astronauts from…

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