NASA

Contingency Spacewalk Planned Next Week, But Dragon Must Arrive At Space Station First

As contingency spacewalks go, the urgent task should be easy: a quick 2.5-hour run to swap out a failed backup…

10 years ago

Failed Space Station Computer Spurs Contingency Spacewalk Plans

NASA is preparing a contingency spacewalk to deal with a broken backup computer component on the International Space Station, the agency…

10 years ago

Backup Computer Glitches On Space Station But Crew Safe, NASA Says

A backup computer that controls "some systems associated with robotics" on the International Space Station is not "responding to commands",…

10 years ago

A Salad Bar for the Space Station

Freeze-dried bags of dehydrated "astronaut food" may seem like a fun novelty for school kids on Earth, but despite all…

10 years ago

Twin Peeks: Astronaut Brothers To Go Under Microscope During One-Year Mission

Identical twin astronauts, one headed to space for a year and the other happily at home. Imagine just how excited…

10 years ago

Did A Lake Once Cover Spirit Rover’s Landing Site On Mars?

Science is an iterative process, with each discovery building on those made before. This means that as new evidence comes…

10 years ago

NASA’s Operation IceBridge In Search Of Ice Change In Arctic

How much is the polar ice melting, and how are the sheets being affected by climate change? These are some…

10 years ago

The USAF’s Super-Secret X-37B Approaches a Milestone

A secretive mission will pass a quiet milestone at the end of this month when the U.S. Air Force’s unmanned…

10 years ago