National and World news stories | Newsday

Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters ... is found Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have gone on the largest rampage against Palestinians ... Read More

NASA is looking for new astronauts - so, do you have what it takes to take the next giant leap for mankind?

Potential space farers have less than ... complete the NASA long-duration flight astronaut physical, which includes requirements relating to eyesight and blood pressure. Astronaut candidates ... Read More

How NASA Astronauts Are Visiting Lunar Gateway Station Before It Exists

The astronauts were both commanders of missions to the ISS, so they have crucial insight into what a space station needs. Read More

World News

But with Israel still weighing its response, the attack’s military and diplomatic consequences have yet to be determined. By Patrick Kingsley A shrub in impoverished Nepal now supplies the raw ... Read More

Russian Soyuz spacecraft brings crew of 3, including NASA astronaut, back to Earth

A Russian Soyuz ferry ship undocked from the International Space Station and flew back to Earth early Saturday, bringing a Russian cosmonaut, a Belarusian guest flier and a NASA astronaut to a ... Read More

Study documents headaches experienced by astronauts in space

A new study has added to ... reported by 22 of the 24 astronauts during a total of 3,596 days in orbit. None of the 24 reported headaches in the three months after returning to Earth. Thirteen of the ... Read More

Do astronauts have to take extra precautions during solar eclipse 2024?

NASA said. Astronauts aboard the ISS will be able to see the eclipse as it passes through Maine and New Brunswick on Monday. Google Maps “They’ll have three opportunities to view the ground ... Read More

I Applied to Be a NASA Astronaut. You Can Too

Still, I filled out the nine-page form and sent it in, even if I have no ... April Jordan, NASA’s astronaut hiring manager. “There were certainly some things going on in the world then ... Read More

Astronauts have surprising ability to know how far they ‘fly’ in space

TORONTO, March 25 2024 – New research led by York University finds astronauts ... findings of the study, done in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency and NASA, have implications for ... Read More

NASA is recruiting a new class of astronauts

NASA is looking for its next group of astronauts, and you have ... to stories from wire services such as the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post or Bloomberg News. Read More

WORLD NEWS

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani high court on Tuesday disposed of a petition filed by Bushra Bibi seeking her transfer to the high-security Adiala jail, where her husband, former prime minister Imran Khan ... Read More