Astronauta

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NASA researchers test new material capable of withstanding contact with melted lunar dust, one of the biggest challenges of space missions: technology may help astronauts produce oxygen, fuel, and structures using resources found on the lunar surface itself.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 29/05/2026 at 16:50

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35 years ago, a Soviet took off for the Mir station without knowing that the Soviet Union would collapse during his mission. Rescued with German help, the cosmonaut spent more than a year in space and participated in the assembly of the International Space Station.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 19/05/2026 at 22:15

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Astronauts face lethal radiation, lose bone density, and live in isolation for months: NASA reveals the 5 biggest risks of living in space and explains why missions to Mars still challenge science

Ruth Rodrigues 29/04/2026 at 08:18

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Bacteria found by NASA intrigues scientists: it survives without water, resists extreme sterilization, and “plays dead.” Tersicoccus phoenicis is an invisible contamination risk in space missions.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 27/04/2026 at 13:13

Astronauta relata impacto após 178 dias no espaço, descreve a Terra sem fronteiras, questiona a economia como prioridade e alerta que a humanidade ignora o que realmente sustenta a vida no planeta.

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Astronaut Who Spent 178 Days in Space Issues Stark Warning After Seeing Earth From Above, Says Humanity Lives a Dangerous Lie, Exposes Economic Illusion, Ignores Borders, Questions Global Priorities, and Startles By Revealing What Really Matters for Survival

Bruno Teles 19/01/2026 at 12:50

“Lá de cima, não faz sentido lutar”, diz astronauta canadense após meses na Estação Espacial Internacional ao notar um planeta sem fronteiras, testemunhar sua extrema fragilidade e questionar por que a humanidade insiste em dividir o que é um só mundo

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“From Up There, It Makes No Sense to Fight,” Says Canadian Astronaut After Months on the International Space Station Noticing a Planet Without Borders, Witnessing Its Extreme Fragility, and Questioning Why Humanity Insists on Dividing What Is One World

Valdemar Medeiros 09/01/2026 at 09:09

Foto tirada do espaço mostra ilha em formato de baleia em Belize e destaca o Grande Buraco Azul, uma das dolinas marinhas mais profundas do planeta.

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Astronaut Captures Whale-Shaped Island in the Caribbean, Image Reveals Giant Blue Hole

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 04/01/2026 at 10:02

Astronauta da JAXA compartilha imagens da Terra vistas da ISS em dezembro de 2025, durante a Expedição 74, que realizou pesquisas científicas

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Astronaut Shares Stunning View of South America from the International Space Station

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 15/12/2025 at 11:55

Jim Lovell ajudou a transformar falha catastrófica da Apollo 13 em estudo de gerenciamento de crise usado até hoje

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Astronaut Jim Lovell, Who Commanded Apollo 13, Dies at 97

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 08/08/2025 at 18:55

Uniforme, azulejos e mentiras: como Robert Hunt enganou até prefeitos se passando por astronauta

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He Drank Tea With The Mayor Pretending To Be An Astronaut: The Bizarre Case Of Robert Hunt

Bruno Teles 26/07/2025 at 12:02

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See The Unusual Way A NASA Astronaut P improvised A Hamburger In Space

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 11/06/2025 at 23:25

É possível dar um tiro no espaço? Entenda o que realmente acontece com a arma e o atirador.

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What Happens If Someone Discharges A Gun In Space — See The Scientific Explanation

Ruth Rodrigues 10/04/2025 at 19:54

NASA researchers test new material capable of withstanding contact with melted lunar dust, one of the biggest challenges of space missions: technology may help astronauts produce oxygen, fuel, and structures using resources found on the lunar surface itself.

35 years ago, a Soviet took off for the Mir station without knowing that the Soviet Union would collapse during his mission. Rescued with German help, the cosmonaut spent more than a year in space and participated in the assembly of the International Space Station.

Astronauts face lethal radiation, lose bone density, and live in isolation for months: NASA reveals the 5 biggest risks of living in space and explains why missions to Mars still challenge science

Bacteria found by NASA intrigues scientists: it survives without water, resists extreme sterilization, and “plays dead.” Tersicoccus phoenicis is an invisible contamination risk in space missions.

Astronaut Who Spent 178 Days in Space Issues Stark Warning After Seeing Earth From Above, Says Humanity Lives a Dangerous Lie, Exposes Economic Illusion, Ignores Borders, Questions Global Priorities, and Startles By Revealing What Really Matters for Survival

“From Up There, It Makes No Sense to Fight,” Says Canadian Astronaut After Months on the International Space Station Noticing a Planet Without Borders, Witnessing Its Extreme Fragility, and Questioning Why Humanity Insists on Dividing What Is One World

Astronaut Captures Whale-Shaped Island in the Caribbean, Image Reveals Giant Blue Hole

Astronaut Shares Stunning View of South America from the International Space Station

Astronaut Jim Lovell, Who Commanded Apollo 13, Dies at 97

He Drank Tea With The Mayor Pretending To Be An Astronaut: The Bizarre Case Of Robert Hunt

See The Unusual Way A NASA Astronaut P improvised A Hamburger In Space

What Happens If Someone Discharges A Gun In Space — See The Scientific Explanation

A giant printer called the “Ferrari” of concrete has landed in Latin America and can already build a 120-square-meter house in just 48 hours, making the traditional construction site look like something from the last century.

Brazil will harvest a record crop of up to 357 million tons of grains, but it does not have the capacity to store a large part of it. The storage deficit has reached the highest level in history and is equivalent to almost the entire production of Argentina.

Four times faster than the Concorde, capable of taking passengers from New York to London in less than an hour at Mach 5.5, and with an engine that switches from turbojet to ramjet mid-flight at Mach 3.5, the Hermeus Quarterhorse went from paper to its first flight in just 19 months.

SpaceX will dock a $843 million vehicle to the International Space Station to push a nearly 420-ton laboratory against the atmosphere and make the debris fall in a controlled manner into the ocean.

China opens the world’s first school where more than 100 humanoid robots from different brands will study together, each movement will be repeated up to 600 times a day and the data will feed a collective brain that will teach all the robots of the future.

Scientists considered detonating 213 nuclear bombs in the Sahara to create an artificial sea the size of El Salvador, with each explosion being a hundred times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, and the goal was to generate more energy than Egypt’s largest hydroelectric plant.