Orbital Sciences about to make first space station run
A Virginia company is all set to make its first-ever supply run to the International Space Station.
A Virginia company is all set to make its first-ever supply run to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2013
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The three crew of the International Space Station (ISS) who returned to Earth this week endured a hair-raising descent after their height sensors failed, a Russian cosmonaut revealed on Friday.
Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2013
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The hiss of air escaping from a leaky car tire is no one's favorite sound. Even less pleasant? Hearing that hiss of escaping air 250 miles above Earth's surface while inside the pressurized confines of the International Space ...
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2013
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A Soyuz capsule carrying an American, Russian and Italian successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station, where the new crew will spend six months conducting a variety of experiments.
Space Exploration
May 29, 2013
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A thud, dirt in the window of his capsule and the fresh smell of spring on the Kazakh steppe: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield recalled Thursday his safe return from a five-month mission to space.
Space Exploration
May 16, 2013
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A Soyuz space capsule with a three-man crew returning from a five-month mission to the International Space Station landed safely Tuesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Space Exploration
May 14, 2013
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European Space Agency scientists have developed a smartphone app that turns a toy drone into a virtual spacecraft on a mission to dock with the International Space Station, and uses crowd-sourced data from its manoeuvres ...
Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2013
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A Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts successfully docked Friday with the International Space Station, bringing the size of the crew at the orbiting lab to six.
Space Exploration
Mar 29, 2013
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A spacesuit used for Soviet spacewalks in the 1980s was auctioned in Paris for 112,484 euros ($143,979), the sale organisers said on Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2013
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Bad weather is delaying the return of three astronauts from the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2013
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