Space Station

Here’s What A Spacecraft Looks Like Burning Up (Plus Correction of Past Article)

Flame and fireworks. That's what the Automated Transfer Vehicle Albert Einstein appeared to astronauts to be like as it made…

11 years ago

Photographer Catches ATV-4’s Fiery Plunge Through the Atmosphere

UPDATE: Editor's note: Here’s a story that we’ve updated a couple of times, and now it ultimately has a happy…

11 years ago

Fancy A Space-To-Earth Quilting Bee? Here’s Your Chance To Participate

From guitar playing to quilting, it's clear that the astronauts aboard the International Space Station have excellence in other interests…

11 years ago

Best Halloween Costume Ever … IN SPACE!

This really happened, on the International Space Station, on Halloween. Awesome. Follow Luca Parmitano on Twitter

11 years ago

New Space Station Instrument Raises Windy Science From The Dead

Here's a cool example of a satellite recycling project. NASA used to have a probe called QuikSCAT that took a…

11 years ago

ATV-4 ‘Einstein’ Says Goodbye to the Space Station

The Expedition 37 crew onboard the International Space Station closed the hatch and said goodbye to the ATV-4 "Albert Einstein"…

11 years ago

What Caused The Spacesuit Leak? Astronauts Are Working To Hunt That Down

Here's the latest attempt to hunt down the water leak that aborted Luca Parmitano's spacewalk in July: two astronauts aboard…

11 years ago