Space Station
NASA Confirms ISS Crew Will Expand to Six in 2009
[/caption] A Russian official misspoke last weekend when he said the number of crew members on board the International Space…
Space Tourist Garriott Docks with Station (Videos)
[/caption]The Soyuz TMA-13 carrying Expedition 18 to the International Space Station (ISS) has successfully docked, delivering astronaut Mike Fincke, cosmonaut…
Space Tourist Richard Garriott Launched on Space Station Vacation…
[/caption]...but the station's toilet has broken down again. For $30 million, you can get a ride into space for a…
NASA Will Not Use Russian Progress Vehicle Despite Waiver
[/caption]This may come as a surprise, but then again, it might not. Despite the recently signed US Congressional waiver of…
Astronaut vs. Earth: The World’s Most Extreme Chess Match Begins
[/caption] In one of the grandest chess challenges ever attempted, a Canadian space station astronaut will contemplate his moves from…
Bye Bye Jules Verne
[/caption] Europe's Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) successfully completed its six-month mission today with a controlled destructive re-entry over…
See Doomed Spacecraft Before Its Fiery Demise
[/caption] The Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has done its duty – it even went above and beyond its…
ESA Needs a Name for Next ISS Mission
[/caption] The European Space Agency needs a bang-up, attention-grabbing moniker for the next long duration European mission to the International…
Goodbye Jules Verne: ATV Undocks From Station
[/caption] Europe's most advanced robotic spaceship, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), has effectively ended its 6-month mission to the International…
US Astronauts May Have to Leave Space Station in 2012
[/caption] Because of stalled legislation that is needed to allow NASA to pay the Russian Space Agency to ferry US…