Sunday Launch Signals Soyuz Recovery, Eases Space Station De-staffing Concerns
A Soyuz rocket soared into Earth orbit with the Progress 45 cargo capsule early Sunday, marking the first mission of the venerable Russian launcher to the International Space Station since the late August crash of a similar supply craft. The Aug. 24 loss led to...Peter Frampton, Bandmates Chat with Space Station Astronauts
Count British born musician Peter Frampton, who soared to fame in the 1970s for his arena rock concerts and best selling album Frampton Comes Alive!, as a big fan of NASA and space exploration. The 61-year-old headliner and his band trekked to NASA’s...Astronaut Mike Fossum, the International Space Station Commander, Goes 1 on 1 with the Middle School Students at the Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technical Conference
International Space Station commander Mike Fossum, a NASA astronaut, took a series of wide ranging questions from middle school students on Tuesday. The students are participants in the Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technical Conference at the University of...Could Human Missions to Mars be Possible in 25 years? A Collection of the World’s Most Capable Space Agencies Believes So
A collaboration among 12 national space agencies, including NASA — and working under the wing of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group believes so. They established a blue print, The Global Exploration Roadmap, which was made public...Partners Forge Plan That Prevents Temporary De-staffing of the International Space Station
Human operations aboard the International Space Station will continue uninterrupted under a new Russian Soyuz launch strategy announced Thursday, following a meeting of the NASA-led Space Station Control Board. The station’s 15-nation partnership faced...NASA Moves Forward With International Space Station National Laboratory
NASA has completed negotiations with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, the Florida-based nonprofit group selected by the space agency earlier this year to manage the U. S. National Laboratory segment of the International Space Station. CASIS...U.S.-led Partnership Faces Possiblity of Mid-November Space Station De-Staffing
NASA has raised the prospect that the U. S.led, 15-nation International Space Station partnership may have to de-staff the orbiting science laboratory in mid-November, if Russia’s investigation and recovery from the Aug. 24 loss of the Progress 44...Russian Progress Loss May Impact Space Station Operations
A Russian Progress supply craft bound for the International Space Station crashed back to Earth early Wednesday, potentially impacting future crew as well as cargo transportation activities aboard the orbiting science lab — barely a month after...Competition for Global Space Leadership Tightens, Futron reports
The Futron Corp’s 2011 Space Competiveness Index finds the United States perched atop 10 global competitors in the field, yet slipping as the nation’s space policy undergoes a transition, especially in the realm of human space flight. The Bethesda,...Space Talk
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