Human Space Flight

Crew-4 is off to the Station

Name someone who at some point in their life didn’t want to be an astronaut. The answer is no one.…

3 years ago

NASA’s 1st Orion Complete and Ready to Roll to Launch Pad

Technicians at the Kennedy Space Center have put the finishing touches on NASA’s first Orion crew module, marking the conclusion…

10 years ago

Assembly Complete for NASA’s Maiden Orion Spacecraft Launching in December 2014

Technicians at the Kennedy Space Center have completed the final major assembly work on NASA’s maiden Orion crew module slated…

10 years ago

Tito Wants to Send Married Couple on Mars Flyby Mission

Millionaire and space tourist Dennis Tito announced his plans for funding a commercial mission to Mars, and the mission will…

12 years ago

Q & A with Astronaut Jerry Ross, Record-Setting Frequent Space Flyer

If there was a frequent flyer program for astronauts, Jerry Ross would be a gold status member. Ross is a…

12 years ago

NASA’s Curiosity and Orion Shine at Presidential Inaugural Parade

http://youtu.be/-y21mWiN88g Video caption: Preview of Mars Curiosity Parade Float. Jim Green, Director of the Science Mission Directorate Planetary Systems Division…

12 years ago

Shenzhou-8 lands after China’s 1st Space Docking propelling Ambitious Human Spaceflight Agenda

[/caption] China’s historic first docking mission in space ended in a complete success today (Nov. 17) following the safe landing…

13 years ago

Decadal Survey for Human Spaceflight?

[/caption] Over at Space Politics, Jeff Foust points out that a provision for an independent study about human spaceflight was…

14 years ago

Human Spaceflight Briefs

Quite a few things going on in the human spaceflight world, so will just post a few briefs: Of course…

14 years ago