Space Flight

Japanese HTV-3 Berthed to International Space Station

The HTV-3 Japanese cargo spacecraft was successfully captured with the International Space Station’s Canadarm 2 robotic arm, and then installed…

12 years ago

Skydiver Baumgartner Takes Test Jump from 30 kilometers

Caption: Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria lands in the desert during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos…

12 years ago

Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Passes Away

Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died today, July 23, 2012. She was 61 years…

12 years ago

Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield Tested Successfully

Caption: IRVE-3 was launched by a sounding rocket at 7:01 a.m. Mon., July 23, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Credit:…

12 years ago

HI-C Returns Most Detailed Images Ever of the Sun’s Corona

NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) mission, launched Wednesday, July 11 from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, successfully returned…

12 years ago

An Orbital Adagio: Nighttime Views from the ISS

People keep making these videos from ISS photography, and we keep loving them. Here's the latest, assembled by photographer Knate…

12 years ago

Japanese Cargo Ship Launches to Space Station

A Japanese resupply ship, the HTV-3 “Kountouri" (White Stork) launched Saturday to the International Space Station, lifting off on an…

12 years ago

Historic SpaceX Dragon Docking to ISS – Highlights Video

http://youtu.be/QwDCWTqNceQ SpaceX has released a cool video (above) recapping the mission highlights of the historic May 22 blastoff of the…

12 years ago

New Crew Welcomed Aboard the Space Station

On the 37th anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz docking, a new international crew of three arrived at the International Space Station.…

12 years ago