Space Station

Coalition for Space Exploration Tasks us to “Think Outside the Circle”

The aerospace industry is typically filled with engineers, scientists and pilots. Hardly the segment of the population that is subject…

14 years ago

‘Gagarin’ Launches to Space Station

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft launching from the very same launch pad used by Yuri Gagarin when he became the first…

14 years ago

Shuttle Launch Delayed; Soyuz “Gagarin” Launch Set for Today

[/caption] Just a bit of a traffic jam at the International Space Station has prompted a 10-day delay of the…

14 years ago

STS-134 wraps up TCDT

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – The crew who will fly on the last flight of the space shuttle Endeavour, NASA’s youngest…

14 years ago

‘In Flight’ Shuttle Orbiter retirement display planned by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

[/caption] ‘In Flight’ …. That’s the heart of the dramatic plan to showcase a Space Shuttle Orbiter being proposed by…

14 years ago

ATV In-Flight Refueling for ISS Set for Mid-May

[/caption] ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle Johannes Kepler is more than just a cargo carrier for the International Space Station, it…

14 years ago

NASAs First Orion Capsule and New Space Operations Center Unveiled

[/caption] The inaugural version of NASA’s new Orion human space exploration capsule was unveiled by Lockheed Martin at the company’s…

14 years ago

Keeping Astronauts Safe from Meteoroids

[/caption] About 100 tons of meteoroids bombard the Earth’s atmosphere every day. For spacecraft in Earth orbit, a collision with…

14 years ago

How to Wake Up an Astronaut: Vote Now

From folk to boogey-woogey to cute kids singing, you’ve got 10 original choices for which song should be the winner…

14 years ago

Is National Academies Review of Astronaut Numbers Needed?

[/caption] In the wake of the recent departure of astronaut Garrett Reisman from NASA to work for SpaceX, the necessity…

14 years ago