Space station

By Nancy Atkinson Liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour for the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station has been been given the go-ahead, and launch is scheduled for Feb. 7 at 4:39 a.m. EST. Universe Today will be at the launch to provide on-site coverage of all the pre- and post-launch events, and we lo...

Twenty years later, in February 1995, the Shuttle flew its first mission to Russia's Mir space station. This was an early step in NASA's second great ...

In Search of a Real Spaceship blog) The Shuttles would wind up doing many incredible things-among which was saving the Russian Mir space station, because the orbiters brought up more water, ...

By James Dean(noreply@blogger.com) Mission managers have given Atlantis a "go" to undock from the International Space Station at 4:53 a.m. EST.Click here to open a NASA TV video player and watch the shuttle's departure.It will end a roughly seven-day visit that delivered spare parts to the outpost and performed maintenance o...

On June 12, 2009, the crew of the International Space Station just happened to be zipping overhead at just the...

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See the Space Station & Go to Mars! While the orbit path of the Hubble is too close to the equator for us to see in the night sky we here in the WNY will have a front row seat for a few nice ... and more »

By Alan Boyle NASA: See 3-D views of space station and Mars rover  HubbleSite: Refined constant focuses in on dark energy Gizmodo: How an intern stole NASA's moon rocks Nature: 'Hobbit' was a dwarf with large feet ...(read more)

By Nancy Atkinson If this isn't one of the most breathtaking space pictures ever, I don't know what is. It's the ISS at its full and final length, with all four sets of solar arrays unfurled. The STS-119 mission successfully did its job of bringing up and installing the final set of solar array wings, giving the...

By Alan Boyle Click on the image to watch a sped-up video of Discovery's March 25 flyaround. Is one picture worth a hundred billion dollars? That’s the mostly-in-jest price tag that was put on this week’s portrait of the virtually complete international space station. Pictures may not be the most pract...

PR-inside.com) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) - Space shuttle Discovery's crew is expected to spend its last full day in space stowing equipment and testing the spacecraft's steering jets. Discovery's seven-member crew also had a break scheduled Friday to talk via satellite with studen...

It goes on: "Unlike previous spaceflight participants, you will not be joining a scheduled mission to the space station – you will be leading your own." The plan appears to contradict an announcement from Roskosmos that there would be no more tourist ... Florida Today - Spaceflight Now

PR-inside.com) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) - Astronauts worked inside and outside the international space station on Thursday to install the last set of solar wings, considered the top job of shuttle Discovery's mission. Spacewalking astronauts Steven Swanson and Richard Arnold II...

By Alan Boyle SpaceWeather.com: Solar eclipse gallery Slashdot: NASA releases video tour of space station Anthropology.net: Homo erectus pelvis sets scientists abuzz New Scientist: One last chance to save mankind (via Daily Grail) ...(read more)

Space Daily  Missouri - Jan 8, 2009 Then she heard NASA was trying to to build a space station in orbit, and she thought, “If I can build a ship underwater, I think I could build a space ... Human Spaceflight To Mars Proposed Using Combination Of Space Shuttles Space Daily all 2 news articles

By Patrick Peterson(noreply@blogger.com) SpaceX will share a multi-billion-dollar NASA contract with a Virginia company to carry cargo to the International Space Station. At Cape Canaveral the California company now is assembling the nine-engined rocket that might do the job if it flies successfully this spring. This contrac...

The first satellite in orbit. The first man in space. The first landing on the moon. But starting more than a decade ago, the space race gave way to ... Video: Raw Video: Shuttle Undocks From Space Station AssociatedPress Shuttle leaves orbit for California landing Reuters UK

By Chris Bergin Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. STS-126 has marked Endeavour’s EOM-1 (End Of Mission minus one day) with checkouts of the orbiter’s vital systems that will be used during Sunday’s re-entry, and the deployment of a Picostar from Endeavour’s Payload Bay. T...

After five days of ill-fated attempts, International Space Station (ISS) astronauts today ran two successful tests of equipment on board designed to turn urine, sweat and moisture from the air into drinking water, NASA.gov reports. NASA now must decide whether the contraption, deemed...

By Xeni Jardin Robert Pearlman, editor of the space history and artifact website collectSPACE, says: Here's a really neat video recorded tonight from NASA TV that shows Dr. Don Pettit demonstrating his zero-g coffee cup. Not only is it cool space food, but its a science lesson, too! Sunday Morning Scien...

A Missing space spider?  Did you think that missing bag of tools was a problem in space?  Lost in Space 2008 now includes a problem everyone has in their home except it is in the deep dark trenches of outer space...

By Mark Carreau(mark.carreau@chron.com) Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough have opened the hatch to the space station airlock. ``Good day for a spacewalk,'' Endeavour pilot Eric Boe told his colleagues as they embarked on the six- to seven-hour stroll. They began at 11:58 a.m.,...

By Nancy Atkinson Ten years ago today the Russian built Zarya control module was launched into space and the International Space Station was born. The orbiting outpost has gone from one small module to an expansive station with ten different modules made in several different countries, a huge backbone tr...

Meanwhile, inside the shuttle and space station, astronauts scrambled to unpack a cargo canister hauled into orbit by Endeavour and loaded with seven tons of gear, including a water regeneration system that recycles urine and ...

By Erica Ho A NASA astronaut lost her bag of tools outside the International Space Station earlier today when she went outside to clean up a solar panel. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper's grease gun exploded all over her helmet camera and gloves, and while wiping off the mess, she shifted her attentio...

By Mark Carreau(mark.carreau@chron.com) As part of their extreme home makeover mission, the Endeavour astronauts delivered spiders and butterfly larvae to the international space station this week. ``We are really excited about the spiders that came on board and the beautiful butterfly larvae,'' said...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour linked with the international space station on Sunday, kicking off a huge home makeover that will allow twice as many astronauts to live up there beginning next year.

NASA announced yesterday that the Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) at 5:01pm EST just above China. Its doors were opened at 7:16pm, allowing the two crews to exchange greetings and pause for a hair-up photo op. NASA reported the crew was awakened Su...

By Iain Thomson The space shuttle Endeavour has been given the green light for takeoff tomorrow on a crucial mission that will double the crew size of the International Space Station (ISS).

Libor Šmíd, an amateur astronomer in Plzeň, western Bohemia, took some unique photos of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis approaching the International Space Station in February. Taken within just four minutes of the Atlantis flyover of the Plzeň area, the pictures won the Photo of the Mont...

By Evan Ackerman What do you do with a used spaceship? Stuff it full of crap (both literally and figuratively, I imagine) and send it off to a fiery death in the upper atmosphere. The European Space Agency’s Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle delivered six tons of cargo and an orbital boost to the Intern...

By Blake Hounshell The Russian SOYUZ TMA-13 rocket is moved to the launch pad of the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on Oct. 10, 2008. U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott is set to blast off for the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz TMA-13 rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome with Mi...

Boeing will continue to supply software to the International Space Station under a $650 million NASA contract.

America's space agency was shaken Thursday by two startling and unrelated reports: One involved claims that astronauts were drunk before flying. The other was news from NASA itself that a worker had sabotaged a computer set for delivery to the international space station.

An experimental spacecraft was launched into orbit for testing purposes. If the technology is successful we could see an inflatable space station as early as 2015. Wait…did that say inflatable? You want me to live in space in a big pool toy!?

By Darren Murph Although we're not quite ready to pony up for a ticket to space just yet, billionaire Robert Bigelow is thinking way into the future by trialing a space hotel. Dubbed Genesis II, the inflatable module could eventually be used as a "hotel in space" or double as a manned space station, and cons...

By Robyn Shelton The seven astronauts on board shuttle Atlantis are getting ready for their planned return to Earth today, which would end a 14-day mission to the international space station. NASA canceled yesterday's landing attempts due to low clouds and rain showers...

WEST MICHIGAN (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - On Wednesday night, Michiganders have the opportunity to see the International Space Station and Shuttle Atlantis in orbit.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station (ISS) have been flying over the Chicago area and will make another pass tonight. I use a great site to find out when the ISS, Space Shuttle, and various satellites are flying over. The site can even help you spot Iridium flares, b...

Skywatchers in the contiguous United States and southern Canada will see a treat—weather permitting—when NASA’s International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis streak across the sky on Wednesday evening...

By Robyn Shelton Atlantis pilot Lee Archambault continues to maneuver the shuttle slowly away from the international space station, retreating at about two-tenths of a foot per second. NASA television is showing the view from one of Atlantis' windows, with the station barely...

Just like in Apollo 13, NASA is testing fixes on Earth to repair what could be a serious problem in space. And, what caused the International Space Station's computer meltdown?

Washington - The crew of space shuttle Atlantis was preparing for its first spacewalk Monday to continue construction of the International Space Station, one day after docking with the ISS. Jim Reilly and John Danny Olivas will leave the space stat...

Shuttle Atlantis will get one more look-see for damage today before it docks with the international space station.

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By Mike Schneider NASA managers announced Thursday that they would press ahead with the first space shuttle launch of the year next week, three months later than originally planned because of a hail storm that pockmarked the spacecraft's external tank. After a two-day meeting at the Kennedy Space Center...

Video coverage available as the crew of NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis returns from orbit about the Earth and the International Space Station on September 21, 2006....

Astronauts aboard International Space Station welcome new crew, prepare for a marathon and snap a few photos of an erupting Earth.

NASA's decision to wait until at least June to launch space shuttle Atlantis also sets back the next three shuttle missions and extends one astronaut's time on the international space station. Atlantis' six astronauts are scheduled to deliver a new pair of solar arrays to the space stati...

By BLOOMBERG NEWS Walter C. Anderson, who once tried to turn the Russian Mir space station into an orbiting hotel, was sentenced for failing to report $365 million in income.

By Howard Dratch The weather has been deteriorating but variable with lift-off chances lowered to 40% and then raised to 60%.  The STS-116 mission has a six person crew and is commanded, Mark Polansky. One astronaut is a replacement crew-member for the International Space Station. The crew is to work on re-...