Space Flight

ISS Expedition 31 Crew Returns Safely to Earth

We’re sure going to miss Don Pettit’s and Andre Kuipers’ reports and images from the International Space Station. Pettit, Kuipers…

12 years ago

New “Flying Tea Kettle” Could Get Us To Mars in Weeks, Not Months

At 54.6 million km away at its closest, the fastest travel to Mars from Earth using current technology (and no…

12 years ago

Top Secret Air Force Mini Shuttle lands after Record-Setting Stay in Space

Image Caption: 2nd X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Successfully Completes 1st Flight by landing at Vandernberg AFB, Calif., on June 16,…

12 years ago

Upcoming First Human Mission to Chinese Space Station May Include Female Taikonaut

[/caption] The Chinese government has announced they will launch three taikonauts sometime in mid-June 2012, on the first manned mission…

12 years ago

Shuttle Enterprise Lands on the Deck of Intrepid in Manhattan

[/caption] NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise magnificently completed her final mission by making a historic landing on the deck of a…

12 years ago

Humans on Mars by 2023?

Reality TV goes to Mars! Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp is leading a group visionaries and businesspeople who want to send…

12 years ago

Repaired Space Shuttle Enterprise to set Sail on Final Voyage

[/caption] Enterprise, post boo-boo and postponed a day by rainy weather, should arrive at the Intrepid today ! The final…

12 years ago

Shuttle Enterprise Transits NYC Skyline on a Barge

[/caption] On Sunday, June 3, throngs of New Yorkers, Jerseyites and more witnessed one of those ultra rare astronomical events…

12 years ago

Dragon’s Ocean Splashdown Caps Historic Opening of New Space Era

[/caption] Concluding a perfectly executed and history making test flight, the first private spacecraft ever to visit and dock at…

12 years ago

Dragon Heading to Ocean Splashdown

[/caption] History’s first commercial cargo ship ever to visit the International Space Station (ISS) has safely and successfully departed the…

12 years ago