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,...NASA, International Partners Prepare for Desert RATS Asteroid Mission
NASA will focus its energies on preparations for a mission to a near Earth asteroid late this month, as it joins forces with dozens of experts from academia and industry, the European and Canadian space agencies on the Black Rock Lava Flow...President Obama Lauds Shuttle, Station Programs in Chat With Atlantis Crew. NASA to Aim for Mars, He Says
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...Atlantis: The Last Shuttle Out of Town
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida – Thousands upon thousands of people are expected to arrive here to witness the final NASA space shuttle mission – the flight of Atlantis. So far, the only bit of negative news is the increasing prospect of foul weather delaying the...NASA, ESA Unveil Much Anticipated Imagery of Shuttle Docked to Space Station
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
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...Station Crew Nabs Japanese Cargo Carrier
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station welcomed the arrival of Japan’s Kounotori unmanned cargo capsule early Thursday, the first in a series of spacecraft from early corner of the world waiting their turn to dock with the orbiting science...Space Talk
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