Space Station

An Inside Look at the Water/Urine Recycling System on the Space Station

International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield "lifts the lid" on the Water Recovery System, the first liquid recycling system to…

11 years ago

Success! Progress Spacecraft Overcomes Stuck Antenna, Arrives at Station

A software fix solved a sticky antenna problem on an unmanned cargo ship, a problem that threatened to interfere with…

11 years ago

Barf Bags in Space

No bodily function is off-limits for Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. In this video, he explains that in space, you need…

11 years ago

TV and Online Viewing Alert: The Man Who Tweeted Earth

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has been called “the internet’s favorite astronaut” and with over 700,000 followers on Twitter, he may…

11 years ago

Why Spacewalking Is All About The Hands

Think about your typical construction worker -- there's a lot of reaching, bending, stretching, lifting. How do you accomplish those…

11 years ago

Progress Cargo Ship Launches to Space Station

The Russian Progress 51 cargo craft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan April 24, at 12:12 UTC (6:12 am…

11 years ago

Antares Maiden Soar Pierces Virginia Sky and delivers NASA SmartPhone Pioneer Nanosats to Orbit

The privately developed Antares rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp. successfully blasted off on its maiden test flight from the…

11 years ago

Incredible Astrophoto: Space Station Flies Over Stonehenge

In a gorgeous mix of archeology and space exploration, photographer Tim Burgess captured a stunning view of the International Space…

11 years ago

Chris Hadfield Explains Photography from Space

After Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield arrived at the International Space Station in December 2012, he quickly became an internet sensation…

11 years ago

How Micrometeoroid Impacts Pose a Danger for Today’s Spacewalk

Video streaming by Ustream Our very own International Space Station is in the cosmic crosshairs. As cosmonauts are to begin…

11 years ago