Washington (AFP) May 25, 2011 - Two astronauts floated out of the International Space Station on Wednesday after trying out new exercises aimed at preventing decompression sickness while conserving oxygen, NASA said.
Washington (AFP) May 25, 2011 - A US astronaut Drew Feustel learned a valuable lesson about being teary-eyed on a spacewalk, NASA said Wednesday after the Endeavour crew's third jaunt outside the International Space Station.
Houston TX (SPX) May 25, 2011 - STS-134 Mission Specialists Drew Feustel and Mike Fincke will conduct the third spacewalk of the mission Wednesday. They will be trying a new pre-breathe protocol designed to replace the overnight c
Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2011 - NASA has reached an important milestone for the next U.S. transportation system that will carry humans into deep space. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced that the system will be based on d
Washington (AFP) May 24, 2011 - US astronauts on Tuesday will try out a new set of exercises to prepare them for the change in pressure they encounter on their spacewalk outside the International Space Station, NASA said.
Houston TX (SPX) May 24, 2011 - After spending 157 days aboard the International Space Station, Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli undocked from the station
Moscow (AFP) May 24, 2011 - A Soyuz space capsule carrying an Italian, a Russian and an American back from the International Space Station has landed safely in Kazakhstan, Russian mission control said Tuesday.
Washington (AFP) May 24, 2011 - NASA said Tuesday that a new spacecraft to ferry humans into deep space will be based on designs for the Orion crew exploration vehicle and built by Lockheed Martin.
London (UPI) May 24, 2011 - A proposed British space plane that would function as a rocket but operate from runways like an airliner has passed an important technical review, experts said.
Kennedy Space Center FL (NASA) May 23, 2011 - Space shuttle Atlantis will begin moving to its launch pad at 8 p.m. EDT on May 31, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The six-hour rollout from Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building is a majo
Houston TX (SPX) May 23, 2011 - Mission managers cleared Endeavour's thermal protection system for re-entry after analysis of data and images from an early-morning focused robotic inspection of the tiles. A conversation with
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 23, 2011 - Two Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets are on the way from Samara to St. Petersburg to be shipped to French Guiana for future launches from the Kourou space center, the Progress design bureau said.
Boston MA (SPX) May 23, 2011 - Some forms of technology - think, for example, of computer chips - are on a fast track to constant improvements, while others evolve much more slowly. Now, a new study by researchers at MIT and othe
Washington (AFP) May 22, 2011 - Two astronauts began Sunday a second of four scheduled space walks of the Endeavour shuttle's final mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the US space agency announced.
Washington (AFP) May 22, 2011 - Two astronauts completed a second of four scheduled space walks of the Endeavour shuttle's final mission to the International Space Station on Sunday, the US space agency said.
Washington (AFP) May 21, 2011 - Astronauts completed an inspection of the heat shield tiles on the underbelly of the space shuttle Endeavour Saturday after a first-ever papal video call to space from Pope Pope Benedict XVI.
