Photographer Karen Jerzyk has created something incredible with “My Lonely Astronaut”, a surreal photography series that ...

Still, it was quite a shock to learn today that astronaut Michael Collins passed ... Collins always thought hanging the “Lonely Man” label on the Apollo CM pilots was silly.

A short film recounting the travels of a lonely astronaut confronted by the unknown Unfolding as a mystery it becomes a carefully subtle autobiographical examination of the feeling of loneliness ...

But the mission contains a few extra goodies for astronauts, including a flying, talking, interactive robotic head. The orb-shaped device is called the Crew Interactive Mobile Companion ...

Granted, naming the pet after the pioneering yet perished Soviet space dog from 1957 might give even the dimmest AI pause for thought, but the intention is a serious one: an astronaut needs unstinting ...