Space Station
Dramatic Videos of Station Undocking, Gorgeous Earth Descent and Soyuz Touchdown by Russian American Trio
http://youtu.be/vhOQ1Xz7oOo Video Caption: Soyuz Trio Lands in Kazakhstan - The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Ron Garan and his fellow…
Expedition 28 Soyuz Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
[/caption] The three man Soyuz TMA-21 crew of cosmonauts and astronauts comprising of Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, Expedition 28 commander Andrey…
Construction Begins on the 1st Space-Bound Orion Crew Module
[/caption] Production of NASA’s first space-bound Orion crew module has at last begun at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in…
Russian Space Agency Sets Dates for Resuming Progress, Soyuz Launches
[/caption] The Russia space agency has set dates for resuming flights with the Progress and Soyuz spacecraft. After determining the…
- Breaking News
- Commercial Space
- Constellation
- esa
- Mars
- Missions
- Moon
- NASA
- Orion
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
- Space Shuttle
- Space Station
ATK and Astrium’s Liberty Launcher Added to NASA’s Commercial Crewed Roster
[/caption]CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – Liberty has wings. That is to say that the launch vehicle proposed by Alliant Techsystems or…
NASA Facing Astronaut Deficit
[/caption]This past December the White House directed the National Academies to review how many astronauts that NASA actually needed to…
- Apollo
- Book Reviews
- Commercial Space
- Earth Observation
- esa
- Gemini
- Herschel Space Telescope
- History
- Hubble
- James Webb
- James Webb Space Telescope
- JAXA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- JWST
- Mars
- Military
- Missions
- Moon
- NASA
- Observatories
- Orion
- Satellites
- Science
- SETI
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
- Space Shuttle
- Space Station
- Space Tourism
- Spitzer
- Technology
- Titan
Book Review: A Dictionary of the Space Age
[/caption] Writing a dictionary is not the same as writing a novel. While it might seem difficult to mess up…
Only U.S. Astronaut On-Orbit During 9/11 Reflects on 10th Anniversary of Attacks
[/caption] A decade ago, the 9/11 attacks killed close to three thousand people and with the chaos that ensued many…
Progress Crash Investigation Update
[/caption] The Russian space agency has provided an update on the investigation into the August 24 failure of a Soyuz…
It Turns Out Some Borders *Are* Visible from Space
[/caption] There is an oft-repeated and perhaps beautiful saying that you can't see political borders from space. Well, it turns…