international space station

Looking to the Heavens with Endeavour; Launch Pad Photo Special

[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Space Shuttle Endeavour is poised for launch as the countdown clock ticks down to a…

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Astronaut On Board ISS Gets Word of Mother’s Death

[/caption] ISS astronaut Paolo Nespoli from Italy received some sad news while in orbit on the International Space Station: his…

14 years ago

Endeavour’s Final Launch further delayed another Week or more

[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - The final launch of shuttle Endeavour will be further delayed, perhaps by a week or…

14 years ago

Countdown to Yuri’s Night and the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight !

Mark your calendars. April 12, 2011 marks the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight and Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s astonishing First Orbit…

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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…

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Robo Trek Debuts … Robonaut 2 Unleashed and joins First Human-Robot Space Crew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkagxtiy1-M Star Trek’s Data must be smiling. One of his kind has finally made it to the High Frontier. The…

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Best Images from STS-133: Discovery’s Final Mission in Pictures

[/caption] As space shuttle Discovery prepares to return home from its final mission to space, let's take a look back…

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ATV ‘Johannes Kepler’ Launch to Space Station Delayed to Wednesday

The European Space Agency’s Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) “Johannes Kepler” launch that was scheduled for Tuesday Feb. 15 was scrubbed…

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Japans White Stork Kounotori Grappled and Nested at Space Station: Video,Photo Album

[/caption] Japans critical new resupply spaceship – nicknamed Kounotori2, (HTV2) - was successfully berthed today (Jan. 27) at the International…

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Japan blasts the White Stork Kounotori to Space Station

[/caption] A Japanese rocket successfully blasted off early this morning (Jan. 22) on a vital mission bound for the International…

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