Topic: International Space Station

NASA, SpaceX giddy over historic orbit launch

NASA and SpaceX chiefs shook their heads with disbelief and joy Wednesday after a perfect launch into orbit and back of the company's Dragon capsule, a historic first for the future of space travel.Never before has a private enterprise attempted to launch ...

US company could try spacecraft launch Wednesday

An American company may attempt to launch its first space capsule into orbit as early as Wednesday, in a key test for the future of commercial space flight as NASA winds down its shuttle program.The Dragon spacecraft, unmanned for now but designed ...

US company aiming to try spacecraft launch

An American company may attempt to launch its first space capsule into orbit as early as Wednesday, in a key test for the future of commercial space flight as NASA winds down its shuttle program.The Dragon spacecraft, unnamed for now but designed ...
American company SpaceX will attempt Thursday to launch its first space capsule into orbit and back, in a key test for the future of commercial space flight as NASA winds down its shuttle program.Technical issues with the rocket, Falcon 9, caused the ...

It's Dark Up There

We came across this cool pic of two spacewalking astronauts thanks to Oleg Kotov, commander of Expedition 23 to the International Space Station. And check out some other cool pics on a page he set up on the Russian Space Agency's web ...
Big smiles to the sky: Space station astronauts open up world to Earthlings via photosEarthlings are seeing their planet in a whole new light.NASA's astronauts aboard the Internet-wired International Space Station are beaming down dazzling images and guess-this-mystery-location photos via Twitter. They've ...
Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut living on the International Space Station will have to return to Earth a few days early to avoid interfering with an international security summit being held near their landing site in Central Asia.. NASA astronauts ...

Paper Planes in Near Space

A space enthusiast from the United Kingdom has captured some stunning images of Earth by sending a paper plane equipped with cameras 27.3 kilometers in the air aboard helium weather balloon. It was developed by Lester Haines, Steve Daniel, and John Oates, ...

A Journey into Space

The International Space Station (ISS) is the world's largest and most advanced research laboratory in space. Chris Hadfield, a Canadian Astronaut to go up to the International Space Station in a Soyuz Rocket . In 2012, Chris Hadfield, a Canadian Astronaut will ...
Two Russian cosmonauts have begun a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today to do some maintenance work and set up for scientific experiments.. The spaceflyers will install a multipurpose workstation on the starboard side of the station's Russian Zvezda service module. ...