Topic: International Space Station
This month, the International Space Station hit the 10-year mark as an inhabited outpost in space. One person - NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson - has personally contributed quite a chunk of that total time, having logged more than a year in space ...
This month's book club pick is My Dream of Stars: Ansari (read our 2007 interview) is the world's first female commercial spaceflight explorer: She spent eight days aboard the International Space Station in 2006. But I must tell you my favorite place ...
Two spacewalking cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station today (Nov. 15) and sped through a veritable laundry list of orbital maintenance jobs, with only a stubborn TV camera preventing them from completing their work.. Veteran spacewalker Fyodor Yurchikhin and first-timer Oleg ...
While Americans remember the sacrifices of U.S. service members this Veterans Day, astronauts on the International Space Station are doing the same while honoring one fallen soldier with the ultimate high-flying salute. NASA astronauts Douglas Wheelock and flight engineer Scott Kelly have ...
When NASA retires the space shuttle in the middle of next year, the U.S. will no longer be able to launch astronauts or supplies to the International Space Station. Two years ago deceased Star Trek actor James "Scotty" Doohan was granted one ...
Return to earth of US astronauts may be brought forward by international summitOfficials in Kazakhstan say the return to Earth of three astronauts from the International Space Station may be brought forward to next week so it doesn't clash with an international ...
Space Robot Dextre, Canada's contribution to the International Space Station , is a two-armed robot or " " Dextre was launched into space on March 11, 2008 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-123. First Pictures of Completed Dextre Giant Space Robot ...
The International Space Station (ISS) is a scientific research facility currently in orbit over the Earth . Spacewalking astronauts tidy up, tackle chores (March 10, 2009) The first spacewalk aboard Shuttle Discovery took place on March 19, 2009, when veteran astronaut Steve ...
Problems with the International Space Station toilet first surfaced in May 2008, when reports said the orbiting outpost's master bathroom for the astronauts had been out of order for nearly a week. Space-Station Toilet Breaking Down Again The toilet on the International ...
A space enthusiast from the United Kingdom has captured some stunning space images by carrying 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, who ...