Sep 10, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research
The unique environment of the International Space Station (ISS) could serve as a research lab for pharmaceutical breakthroughs. The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) – manager of the International Space Station’s U.S. National Laboratory – today...
Sep 6, 2012 | International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Space Research
U. S.and Japanese astronauts overcame problems with a jammed bolt on Wednesday as they succeeded in the installation of a crucial electrical switching unit outside the International Space Station with a spacewalk. During the 6 1/2 hour spacewalk,...
Aug 20, 2012 | International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos
Russian cosmonauts readied the International Space Station for the eventual addition of a Russian Multipurpose Science Module during a spacewalk on Monday. The big module, “Nauca,” and the European Robot Arm are expected to be launched together in...
Aug 8, 2012 | Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Tourism
Just days after selecting industry partners for a third round of competitive commercial crew space transportation development, NASA on Wedesday outlined plans to certify the safety of the winning designs and operators, launch at least one piloted demonstration...
Aug 5, 2012 | Asteroid Exploration, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA
NASA will back Boeing, SpaceX andSierra Nevada with $1.1 billion during a third round of commercial crew space transportation development, top space agency officials announced on Friday. Started in 2008, the NASA-private sector partnership is intended to...
Aug 2, 2012 | International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Uncategorized
Russia achieved an International Space Station first on Wednesday, launching and docking the Progress 48 re-supply mission within six hours. A similar test of a Soyuz crew transport with three passengers aboard is perhaps a year or more away. The Soyuz and Progress...
Jul 21, 2012 | Education, International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science
The winning experiments of YouTube’s Space Lab student contest hurtled into orbit late Friday, bound for the International Space Station and the opportunity to break ground on research with bacteria and spiders in the weightlessness of space. Contest proposals...
Jul 17, 2012 | International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
 The International Space Station resumed six crew operations early Tuesday with the arrival of the 31 Soyuz mission spacecraft delivering U. S., Japanese and Russian astronauts. The two spacecraft docked at 12:51 a.m., EDT, as they flew 252 miles over northeast...
Jul 15, 2012 | International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research
An all veteran crew of U. S., Russian and Japanese astronauts lifted off for the International Space Station late Saturday and a demanding four month mission filled with multi-national resupply activities, a pair of spacewalks and a challenging research agenda....
Jul 13, 2012 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, The Moon, The Sun
The Sun is acting up again! A huge coronal mass ejection on the Sun was recorded on July 12. Forecasters expect the cloud of energetic particles to arrive at Earth on July 14th. Its impact could spark moderate to severe geomagnetic storms, allowing auroras to be seen...