Oct 30, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Space Tourism
Here’s a medical mix: the space shuttle, immune systems in space, and elderly and young children here on Earth. Onboard space shuttle Discovery’s STS-133 mission, there are sixteen rodent hitchhikers, riding in their own self-contained modules. The mice aboard...
Oct 13, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race
NASA’s leader, Charles Bolden, is ready to visit China at the invite of the Director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO). Bolden will travel to that country October 16-21. During his visit, NASA’s Bolden is expected to conduct site sojourns to Chinese...
Oct 11, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, NASA
On your next camping trip to a national park, take a look skyward and connect with the International Space Station (ISS). NASA and the U.S. Department of Interior’s Park Service have partnered to share information with park visitors about where and when to look up to...
Oct 10, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American successfully docked with the International Space Station late on Saturday, restoring the orbital outpost to a full complement of six astronauts for the first time since Sept. 25. The linkup occurred on...
Sep 28, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Capitol Hill News, Commercial Space, Education Station, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Here at the 61st International Astronautical Congress, some 3,000 experts from around the world are discussing every facet of 21st century space activity. The theme of the gathering taking place September 27 – October 1 is “Space for human...
Sep 25, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Uncategorized
International Space Station crew members Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko of Russia and Tracy Caldwell Dyson on NASA made a safe descent to Earth early Saturday, touching down in north central Kazakhstan to end a 176 day mission. The Soyuz carrying the three...
Sep 24, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA
International Space Station astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko were unable to make their scheduled descent to Earth late Thursday because of a problem with the latching mechanism that secures their spacecraft to the orbiting...
Sep 17, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Uncategorized
The Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico came alive this week with multiple hurricanes, with two of the tropical cyclones reaching Category 4 force at one point — a rare occurrence. Cameras aboard the International Space Station captured close up images of Igor,...
Sep 11, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, Space Shuttle
The largest scientific instrument to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) is being readied for flight to the orbiting complex early next year. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a state-of-the-art particle physics detector. The AMS-02 will...
Sep 8, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station
Thirty-three miners trapped in a collapsed Chilean gold and copper mine as well as the families who await their rescue face a long and difficult ordeal, according to a small delegation of NASA experts in health, psychology and engineering who responded to a call for...