Jun 1, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Space Race, Space Research
A Chinese news source is reporting today that the European Space Agency (ESA) supports China’s inclusion in the International Space Station (ISS) partnership. ESA’s agency’s director-general Jean-Jacques Dordain made the remarks during a Global Lunar Conference...
May 27, 2010 | Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Space Research, The Moon
The technology and commercially themed exploration strategy outlined by President Obama earlier this year would mean the launching of new NASA robotic spacecraft at a rapid clip to set the stage for the human exploration of deep space. They would join robotic...
May 20, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Space and Science, Space Shuttle, The Sun
Skywatcher Thierry Legault has snapped an image of the solar transit of the International Space Station (ISS) and Space Shuttle Atlantis. The spectacular shot was taken just 50 minutes before docking of the two vehicles, taken from the area of Madrid, Spain on May...
May 18, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Why Space
Paul Livingstone, Senior Editor at R&D Magazine has written an interesting update on NASA, university and industry looks at space-based research. Livingstone’s article is as follows, reprinted here with permission: Space biotech: growing industry or space shot?...
May 18, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
The International Space Station (ISS) is being used as a test-bed platform to help break the data logjam from Earth-orbiting satellites. NASA’s “Materials on the International Space Station Experiment” (MISSE) program, under the direction of the Naval Research...
May 11, 2010 | Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Newsroom, Spaceports, Uncategorized
Johannes Kepler Departure: Photo Credit – Astrium Europe’s “Johannes Kepler” has made one small step toward the International Space Station. As the second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), the huge cargo-carrying spacecraft is on its way to the European...
Apr 30, 2010 | Blog, International Space Station, Space and Science
Source: Spaceflight Now A three-day orbital chase by a robotic cargo freighter to catch the International Space Station began today with successful launch of the Russian-made resupply ship. Flying atop a Soyuz booster, the Progress spacecraft rocketed away from the...
Apr 28, 2010 | Blog, International Space Station, Our Solar System, Space and Science
Source: Network World, Layer 8 NASA is looking for a few good experiments to run in space. The space agency this week said it was seeking research ideas from private entities to want to do research on board the International Space Station. NASA said it was looking to...
Apr 27, 2010 | Blog, International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle
Source: Florida Today NASA has flip-flopped the final two shuttle missions, with Endeavour now expected to fly last, a 12-day flight that could bring the program to an end during the holiday season. Targeted for sometime in November, Endeavour’s mission...
Apr 23, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, International Space Station, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Source: Los Angeles Times The agency may send the Orion capsule to the International Space Station in three years, Administrator Bolden says at a Senate hearing. NASA may be able to send a new vessel to the International Space Station within three years to provide...