Astronauts depend on oxygen tanks while in space, with backup systems in place to prevent emergencies. In the event of an ...

Astronauts rely on specialised systems in spacecraft and space suits to supply oxygen in the airless environment of space. In ...

Elon Musk said on Fox News Tuesday that SpaceX offered to save astronauts several months earlier than planned, but his ...

Three astronauts, James Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swiger, were sent on humanity's third lunar landing mission but found their lives at "real risk" when their ship's oxygen tank began leaking, ...

Apollo 13 was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and would have been the third moon landing in 1970. An ...

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months, have finally begun their journey home. According to NASA, their SpaceX Dragon ...

Although none of the crew got hurt, the accident underscored the difficulty and safety risks of providing astronauts with a continuous supply of oxygen throughout their time in orbit. Similar to ...

Staying alive in space is no simple task. On Earth, breathing is effortless because oxygen is everywhere. But in space, there is none. Astronauts rely on carefully designed systems to survive.