Spacecraft with American, 2 Russians blasts off to International Space Station
MOSCOW – A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American lifted off early Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, soaring into the night sky for a six-hour trip to the International Space...
View ArticleOlympic Torch Takes a Detour Into Outer Space
Dan Kedmey reports: The Olympic torch has been conveyed on snow-bikes, skidoos, camels and canoes, and just when it seemed that every mode of transport had been exhausted, Russia blasted the torch...
View ArticleOctober Spacewalk: Station Crew Set to Welcome SpaceX Dragon, Soyuz Spacecraft
As they get set for next week’s arrival of the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship and a Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new crew members, Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev and Flight Engineers Reid Wiseman and...
View ArticleOn this day in 1957, the Second Spacecraft Ever to Enter Earth Orbit, Sputnik...
On this day in 1957, the second spacecraft ever to enter Earth orbit, 2, was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. On board was Laika, a stray dog from the streets of Moscow. Laika’s mission...
View Article[VIDEO] Meet キロボ Kirobo: The First Companion Robot to Go to Space Returns to...
After a 18-month mission aboard the International Space Station, the tiny Japanese robot Kirobo returned to Earth on February 2015. During a press conference, organizers celebrated the successful...
View Article#ISS Astronaut Keyboard Kneeboard
Was asked what I write down on this small kneeboard. Mostly hardware serial numbers and #ISS locations. #YearInSpacepic.twitter.com/gIiGTma1kM — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) April 28, 2015 Filed...
View ArticleSPACE: Progress Failure Puts Burden on Upcoming Resupply Missions
WASHINGTON — Jeff Foust writes: The failure of a Russian Progress spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station is unlikely to have a significant near-term effect on station...
View Article[VIDEO] Happy Thanksgiving, From Space!
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 45 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren of NASA send Thanksgiving wishes to all on Earth. The pair also shared their plans for the...
View ArticleRussia: Progress MS-04 Space Ship Malfunctions, Breaks up Over Siberia
The Progress MS-04 cargo craft broke up at an altitude of 118 miles over the remote Russian Tuva region in Siberia that borders Mongolia. An unmanned Russian cargo spaceship heading to the...
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