Space Flight
Could Plasma Jet Thrusters Kickstart Interplanetary Travel?
A great offshoot from commercial space companies getting a foothold in real missions to orbit is that the old entrepreneurial…
Soyuz Docks to Space Station with New Crew and 32 Fish
Three new crew members -- and 32 fish -- are now at the International Space Station. Kevin Ford, Oleg Novitskiy…
Singer Sarah Brightman Will be Next Space Tourist
Singer Sarah Brightman at a press conference on October 10 to announce her upcoming space flight. Roscosmos and Space Adventures…
Year-Long Missions Could Be Added to Space Station Manifest
UPDATE (10/5/12): It's now official. NASA announced today that the international partners have announced an agreement to send two crew…
ESA’s Big Cargo Ship Departs from the Space Station
After a three-day delay, the European Space Agency’s “Edoardo Amaldi” Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) undocked from the aft port of…
Progress Supply Ship Re-docks to ISS After Abort
A Russian Progress supply ship has been successfully re-docked to the International Space Station after an initial re-docking failed. The…
Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield Tested Successfully
Caption: IRVE-3 was launched by a sounding rocket at 7:01 a.m. Mon., July 23, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Credit:…
The Journeys of Apollo
On this 43rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, here's a documentary that NASA produced to mark the 40th…
Design for a Long Duration, Deep Space Mission Habitat
Caption: The integrated vehicle stack for a deep space human mission concept. Credit: NASA There are all sorts of details…
All 135 Space Shuttle Launches at Once
We're not sure how we missed this when it came out last year, but this incredible video shows all 135…