Space Station Crew Welcomes Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus Cargo Mission

Space Station Crew Welcomes Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus Cargo Mission

The six person crew of the International Space Station eagerly greeted the first Orbital Science Corp’s re-supply mission flown under the terms of an eight-flight $1.9 billion Commercial Crisply Services agreement early Sunday. The astronauts opened the supply...
White House Endorses Extension of Space Station Operations from 2020 to 2024

White House Endorses Extension of Space Station Operations from 2020 to 2024

A White House endorsement Wednesday of an extension of operations aboard the U. S. led International Space Station from 2020 to at least 2024 sets a wide stage for more work on life support systems for future human deep space missions, the maturing of U. S. commercial...

New Year’s Eve Times Square Celebration to Feature Space Station Astronauts

Astronauts from the International Space Station will appear before millions world wide as part of annual New Year’s Eve festivities broadcast from One Times Square in New York City. NASA’s Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins as well as Japan Aerospace...

NASA’s Mission Control Restores Space Station Cooling Systems Following Christmas Eve Spacewalk

  NASA’s Mission Control focused Christmas Day activities on restoring thermal control systems aboard the six person International Space Station to normal operations. Those efforts were to be followed by a return of powered equipment throughout the six...

Origami Space Solution: Know When to Fold ‘Em!

Origami is a source of inspiration for mechanical engineering students who are working with NASA/JPL, the National Science Foundation, and origami master Robert Lang to design novel mechanisms for use in space and in other applications. Brigham Young University (BYU)...