Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao said hard foot tissue disappears - making it painful to walk. “You basically lose the thick part of the skin on your feet,” he said.

‘After six months to a year, you gradually lose the thick, calloused skin on your feet,’ retired Nasa astronaut, Leroy Chiao, told NewsNation Prime in March.

He was selected by the Hungarian to Orbit astronaut program in 2023. Ax-4 is scheduled to lift off from from KSC's Launch Complex-39A (LC-39A) on Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT).

An astronaut from India is set to launch to the International Space Station on the Ax-4 mission on June 11, marking a first for the nation.

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From left, mission commander Robert Crippen, Canadian astronaut Dr. Marc Garneau, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and astronaut Kathy Sullivan meet with President Ronald Reagan in the White ...

China's human spaceflight agency just conducted a crucial pad abort test for its Mengzhou spacecraft as it continues toward its goal of putting boots on the moon before 2030.

Sally Ride’s partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, detailed her decision to reveal their 27-year romance before the famed astronaut died in 2012 following her battle with pancreatic cancer.

"Space is one of the most humbling environments I’ve operated in," said Expedition 73 flight engineer Jonny Kim, who before becoming a NASA astronaut was a U.S. Navy SEAL and a medical doctor.

Record-Holding Astronaut to Command Axiom’s $70 Million-a-Seat Trip to the ISS The Ax-4 mission is scheduled to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 8:22 a.m. ET on Tuesday, June 10.

An astronaut has captured a whole city lit up by lightning. NASA's Nichole Ayers managed to snap a thunderstorm over Singapore from the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday (June 15). The U ...