Space Station
Spacewalkers Retract Spacecraft’s Antenna
Another day, another spacewalk. For the last month it seems like astronauts on board the International Space Station have spent…
Atlantis Moves Out to the Launch Pad
The space shuttle Atlantis made its journey out to the launch pad on Thursday, perched atop the slow-moving crawler transporter.…
NASA Astronaut Charged With Attempted Murder
As you've probably heard by now, NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak was arrested this week, and charged with attempted kidnapping.…
Sunita Williams Sets Women’s Spacewalking Record
Astronauts Mike Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams spent another day in space on Sunday, continuing the process of switching over the…
Spacewalkers Begin Switching Over the Station’s Cooling System
Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams spent nearly 8 hours outside on the International Space Station on Wednesday,…
Discovery Pulls Away from the Station
After 8 days docked together, and 4 spacewalks, the astronauts on board the International Space Station and the space shuttle…
Astronauts Fold Up a Solar Panel on the Final Spacewalk
On their fourth and final trip outside the International Space Station, US astronaut Robert Curbeam and Sweden's Christer Fuglesang convinced…
Astronauts Working to Fold Arrays
Mission Specialists Robert Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang have gone back outside the International Space Station to try and get its…
Jules Verne Spends 21 Days in Space, Here on Earth
ESA's new Automated Transfer Vehicle, Jules Verne, has recently spent 21 days in a chamber that simulated the cold, radiation…
Station’s Solar Panels Retracted Halfway
Shuttle astronauts spent a frustrating day today, trying to get the International Space Station's solar wings retracted. NASA was hoping…