Space Shuttle

You’re In A Spacesuit, Blind. This Astronaut Survived It And Explains What He Did Next

"There is no problem so bad that you can't make it worse." So with that old astronaut principle in mind,…

11 years ago

Why Flower Bouquets Regularly Show Up In NASA Mission Control

Three red roses and a white one. The flower bouquet sitting in NASA Mission Control right now in Houston is…

11 years ago

Dale Gardner, Astronaut Who Rescued A Satellite With A Jetpack, Dead At 65

When Dale Gardner smiled for this preflight picture somewhere around 1983, there was another mission on his horizon: picking up…

11 years ago

Private Cygnus Cargo Carrier departs Space Station Complex

Following a picture perfect blastoff from NASA’s frigid Virginia spaceport and a flawless docking at the International Space Station (ISS)…

11 years ago

What to Wear? The History and Future of Spacesuits

The issue of “what to wear?” takes on an extra dimension of life and death when it comes to space…

11 years ago