Space Station Robots Reach for Stars

Sep 2, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, Space Shuttle, The Moon

  It’s been a big week for robots living outside as well as inside the International Space Station. Robonaut 2, NASA’s humanoid collaboration with U. S. automaker General Motors, however, may have to take a temporary backseat to DEXTRE, the two-armed Canadian...

U.S.-led Partnership Faces Possiblity of Mid-November Space Station De-Staffing

Aug 30, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Shuttle

  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

Aug 24, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Roscosmos, Space Research

    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

Aug 18, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, China, Commercial Space, Education, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Race, Space Research, Space Tourism, Spaceports, The Moon, Why Space

  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,...

President Obama Lauds Shuttle, Station Programs in Chat With Atlantis Crew. NASA to Aim for Mars, He Says

Jul 15, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars, Roscosmos, Space Research

  President Obama commended NASA’s shuttle program in a call to the Atlantis astronauts on Friday in which he also re-stated his call for the space agency to develop the technologies for bold new missions of human exploration. An expedition to Mars is...

NASA, ESA Unveil Much Anticipated Imagery of Shuttle Docked to Space Station

Jun 7, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Roscosmos

NASA previewed images of the shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, the first photos showing the wide sweep of the orbiting science laboratory with one of the U. S. orbiters attached. The photos, taken on May 23 by European Space...

Russia’s Progress 41 reaches International Space Station, the Latest in a Parade of Global Supply Ships Headed for the Orbiting Science Laboratory

Jan 30, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Space Research, Space Shuttle

Russia’s 41st Progress supply capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station late Saturday, the latest in a series of unmanned global cargo vessels headed for the six person orbiting science laboratory. The Progress capsule linked to the...