Space Flight

Brain Surgery, Fixing the Space Station’s Toilet and Orbital Cremation

"As you can imagine, all works comes to a stop on the Space Station when the toilet breaks," said astronaut…

13 years ago

Robotics Refueling Research Scores Huge Leap at Space Station

[/caption] A combined team of American and Canadian engineers has taken a major first step forward by successfully applying new,…

13 years ago

1st Student Selected MoonKAM Pictures Look Inspiringly Home to Earth

[/caption] The first student selected photos of the Moon’s surface snapped by NASA’s new pair of student named Lunar Mapping…

13 years ago

Star Lab Needs Payloads!

[/caption] Star Lab, the next-generation vehicle for suborbital experiments developed by the Florida-based 4Frontiers Corporation, is well on its way…

13 years ago

Watch Felix Baumgartner’s Test Jump

In preparation for his jump from from 36,500 meters (120,000 feet) sometime this summer, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner took a…

13 years ago

Space Travel Is Bad For Your Eyes

Microgravity -- or "zero-g" as it's sometimes called -- is not a natural state for the human body to live…

13 years ago

Shock Diamonds

[/caption] I recently reported on Chinese plans to launch Shenzhou-9, and used a stock image of a Long March-2F rocket…

13 years ago

Twin NASA Science Probes Start Lunar Gravity Mapping

[/caption] NASA’s twin lunar orbiting GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) spacecraft christened Ebb and Flow have kicked off their…

13 years ago