Space Station
Another X-ray Nova Detected by ISS, Swift
[/caption] A new X-ray emitting object in the Milky Way has been recently announced by the Monitor of All-sky X-ray…
STS-133 Crew Conducts TCDT Training
[/caption] The crew for the last mission for space shuttle Discovery spent the week at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center conducting…
Flying to the Moon — From the Space Station?
[/caption] Last month the International Space Station partner agencies met to discuss the continuation of space station operations into the…
Soyuz Launches; Discovery’s Final Payload Delivered to Launch Pad
[/caption] October 7 was a busy day in spaceflight, as a Soyuz launched 2 cosmonauts and 1 astronaut to the…
Dragon Ascendant: SpaceX Prepares for Second Falcon 9 Launch
[/caption] Earlier this year, SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) successfully launched the first of its Falcon 9 rockets. The firm has…
ISS Instrument Detects X-ray Nova
[/caption] An instrument on board the International Space Station has discovered an X-ray nova. The science team from the Monitor…
Two Russian Companies Plan to Build First Commercial Space Station
[/caption] Will there soon be another human destination in low Earth orbit, or is this a redundant pipe dream? Two…
Sunrise to Sunset: Time-Lapse View from the ISS
Those lucky enough to have gone to space have come back with a changed perspective and reverence for the planet…
Undocking Problems Delays Soyuz, Station Crew Return to Earth
[/caption] Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut were forced to call off their scheduled departure from the International Space…
Oh Canada! Hadfield Named First Canadian Commander of ISS
Congratulations to one of our favorite astronauts, Chris Hadfield from Canada. Today NASA and the Canadian Space Agency announced Hadfield…