Space Station

ESA’s Big Cargo Ship Departs from the Space Station

After a three-day delay, the European Space Agency’s “Edoardo Amaldi” Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) undocked from the aft port of…

12 years ago

Space Debris Threat May Require Avoidance Maneuver for Space Station

UPDATE (9/27/2012, 13:00 UTC) NASA now says that with additional tracking, they have determined the two pieces of space debris…

12 years ago

Next SpaceX Launch to ISS Set for October 7

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon spacecraft is rolled out to the company's launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.…

12 years ago

Endeavour Departs Kennedy Forever for California Home

Image caption: Endeavour departs Kennedy Space Center forever on Sept 19 on last flight of NASA's Space Shuttle Program. Credit:…

12 years ago

Expedition 32 Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

Welcome home to Gennady Padalka, Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin! The trio landed safely in Kazakhstan at 02:54 UTC on…

12 years ago

Shuttle Endeavour mated to Jumbo Jet for Final Flight

Image caption: Endeavour mated to Boeing 747 in the Mate-Demate device at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on…

12 years ago

On the Hunt for High-Speed Sprites

A bright red sprite appears above a lightning flash in a photo captured from the ISS Back on April 30,…

12 years ago

Shields Up! ISS Spacewalkers Install New Micrometeorite Shields

International Space Station Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko completed the first spacewalk of the Expedition 32 mission…

12 years ago

New Stunning ISS Time-lapse: Earth Illuminated

"If you could see the Earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look…

12 years ago

Progress Resupply Ship Takes Fast-Track to ISS, Arriving 6 Hours After Launch

After a flawless launch, an unmanned Russian Progress resupply ship used a new expedited technique to reach the International Space…

12 years ago