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Antares Commercial Rocket Cleared for July 11 Space Station Blastoff Following Engine Re-Inspection

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - The long delayed liftoff of an Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial Antares rocket on a…

10 years ago

Astronauts Say Happy Canada Day!

On 1 July, Canadians celebrate Canada Day, which honors the day the nation was officially born when the Constitution Act…

10 years ago

Astronauts Shave Their Heads Bald After U.S. Loses FIFA Match To Germany

Lose a soccer game and lose your hair. That's apparently the deal that American astronauts made on the International Space…

10 years ago

Launch Alert! Watch Live As Three People Rocket To Space Today

In a few hours, you'll be able to watch three crew members of Expedition 40/41 rocket to space -- live…

11 years ago

A Terrifying Virtual View Of Floating Away From The Space Station

You wanna talk about fear? This view would likely be many people's worst nightmare -- being in a spacesuit, untethered,…

11 years ago

Why Trapping Somebody In Space Only Takes A Breeze (And Other Highlights From Expedition 40)

Imagine that you were in the middle of a module on the International Space Station. Floating in mid-air, far from…

11 years ago

Volunteer Firefighter Readies To Face Space Station’s Biggest Nemesis

Facing a fire in space? It's among the most catastrophic situations possible, according to NASA, so the agency spends a…

11 years ago

Astronaut Does A ‘Moon’ Walk In The Sea. Better Yet, It’s Just One Of Many Recent Underwater Missions

The black-and-white tones of this photo evoke a famous Moon walk of 1969, but in reality it was taken in…

11 years ago

Don’t Panic: How Space Emergency Astronaut Training Works

Routines. They tell you when to get up in the morning, what to do at your day job and how…

11 years ago