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 ...

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

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.

Lovell's career at NASA began in September 1962 and he embarked on his first space mission for the Gemini 7 mission on ...

Prior to their launch, the astronaut mission was postponed when a valve anomaly was detected in the Starliner capsule’s liquid oxygen tank, disrupting the planned takeoff. The United Launch ...

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and team are on ... the importance of contingency planning and problem-solving when an oxygen tank explosion jeopardised the crew's survival. NASA's Lessons Learned ...

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, ...