NASA's First Robotic Crew Member To Tweet From Space Station

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Robonaut 2 has no voice but is ready to tell you its story -- in 140 characters or less. The prototype robot will travel to space this fall to give NASA a deeper understanding of human-robotic interaction.

Rain delays space shuttle's return for 2nd day

(AP) -- Bad weather delayed Discovery's homecoming Tuesday for the second day in a row, and Mission Control made one last attempt to end the 15-day space station delivery mission in Florida before ordering a detour to California.

Research hopes to shed light on link between space travel, sickness

This is the flu in microgravity. Astronauts tend to get sick -- 15 of the 29 astronauts who flew on Apollo missions in the 1960s and '70s came down with infections during flight or immediately after -- and Millie Hughes-Fulford ...

Japan astronaut solves bubble puzzle

Of all the experiments Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki has carried out in space -- making sushi in a kimono and playing a harp -- blowing soap bubbles has arguably brought the biggest breakthrough.

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