Great Strides in Space Beverages

There are so many little things about gravity that we take for granted.  If you take it away, a lot of things become tougher.  The common discussion points are how you lose bone density, muscle mass, you get taller, and increased risk of herniated disks.  But there are a lot of day to day things that are tough too.  Sleeping while having no concept of up and down, exercising without weights, eating, writing, and drinking.  Generally astronauts would have to drink from bags because you simply couldn’t have a cup of water.  The lack of gravity would have the water...

New Space Suit Tests and an American Record

This past week, American astronaut Scott Kelly, currently on a one year stint aboard the International Space Station, broke the record of 363 days for most time logged in Space by an American.  Kelly will continue to run up the tally, as he is just over halfway through his one year mission.  His record comes from a total of four space missions, including two Shuttle missions and two ISS stays. While Kelly continues his mission to determine the long term effects of space flight on humans, his fellow ISS astronaut Andreas Mogensen has been testing a new skin suit developed...