Space Station

Chris Hadfield’s Top 5 Videos from Space

Chris Hadfield -- the ever-tweeting, always charming Canadian running the space station these days -- has had an eventful few…

11 years ago

Gallery: Dragon Splashes Down Successfully

Splashdown! The SpaceX Dragon has returned home safely, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at 16:36 UTC (12:36 p.m. EDT)…

11 years ago

SpaceX Dragon Departs Station for Pacific Splashdown with Valuable Science Cargo

The SpaceX Dragon commercially developed cargo craft loaded with thousands of pounds of precious science samples has departed from the…

11 years ago

Expedition 34 Crew Gets a Foggy Welcome Home

Three members of the Expedition 34 crew undocked from the International Space Station a day later than originally planned on…

11 years ago

Former Navy SEAL Survived ‘Hell Week’ En Route to Space

If a meteor hit the station, or a fire suddenly broke out, you'd want some pretty quick-thinking people on board…

11 years ago

O Canada! Hadfield Becomes First Canadian Commander of ISS

With the Canadian national anthem playing, astronaut Chris Hadfield accepted the “keys” to the International Space Station from outgoing Expedition…

11 years ago

The Challenges of Photography Aboard the ISS

Don Pettit has always been one of our favorite astronauts. From his "Saturday Morning Science" and "Science Off the Sphere"…

11 years ago

Plastic Wrapped Shuttle Atlantis Slated for Grand Public Unveiling in June

Imagine visiting Star Fleet headquarters in the 23nd Century and being engulfed by a holodeck journey to a 21st century…

11 years ago

‘First Light’ Image for Telescope on the International Space Station

As we reported in January, a new telescope was installed on the International Space Station – not to observe the…

11 years ago