OECD Report: A New Space Race

Oct 25, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Canadian Space Agency, China, Commercial Space, Education Station, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Why Space

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has unveiled their new report: The Space Economy at a Glance 2014. The report provides a statistical overview of the global space sector and its contributions to economic activity. This new edition...

Attention: Passengers of Planet Earth – Your Selfie Wanted!

Apr 5, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Planet Earth, Why Space

Want to take part in a worldwide celebration of this year’s Earth Day? NASA is inviting all passengers on our planet to take part in a “Global Selfie” event. For Earth Day – celebrated on April 22 – NASA is trying to create an image of Earth from the ground up while...
Space Station Crew Welcomes Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus Cargo Mission

Space Station Crew Welcomes Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus Cargo Mission

Jan 12, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research

The six person crew of the International Space Station eagerly greeted the first Orbital Science Corp’s re-supply mission flown under the terms of an eight-flight $1.9 billion Commercial Crisply Services agreement early Sunday. The astronauts opened the supply...

Video: International Space Exploration Forum Focuses on Global Cooperation

Jan 10, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Mars, Multimedia, NASA, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space and Science

The United States hosted the International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF), the first-ever ministerial-level meeting to build support for global cooperation in space exploration, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 2014. ISEF brought...

New Year’s Eve Times Square Celebration to Feature Space Station Astronauts

Dec 31, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research

Astronauts from the International Space Station will appear before millions world wide as part of annual New Year’s Eve festivities broadcast from One Times Square in New York City. NASA’s Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins as well as Japan Aerospace...

NASA’s Mission Control Restores Space Station Cooling Systems Following Christmas Eve Spacewalk

Dec 25, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, Uncategorized

  NASA’s Mission Control focused Christmas Day activities on restoring thermal control systems aboard the six person International Space Station to normal operations. Those efforts were to be followed by a return of powered equipment throughout the six...

Multi-national Space Station Crew Safe on Earth

Nov 11, 2013 | European Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research, Uncategorized

U.S., European and Russian astronauts descended safely to Earth late Sunday, ending a 166 day mission to the International Space Station that drew to a close with a celebration of the 2014 Winter Games scheduled for Sochi, Russia.   The Russian Soyuz spacecraft...

New Space Roadmap Released

Aug 20, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Canadian Space Agency, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space

A new report has been released, the Global Exploration Roadmap for 2013, an action plan for space exploration. The Global Exploration Roadmap is being developed by space agencies participating in the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG): Italy,...

Space Station Crew Berths Japanese Cargo Capsule

Aug 9, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Space and Science, Space Research

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station welcomed the arrival of a Japanese re-supply capsule on Friday. NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, positioned at the controls of the station’s Canadian robot arm, captured the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s...

NASA Signs $424 Million Russian Crew Launch Extension for Space Station Missions

Apr 30, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research

  NASA has signed a $424 million contract extension with Roscosmos, the Russian federal space agency, to assure the launch and return of U. S., European, Japanese and Canadian astronauts to and from the International Space Station aboard Soyuz spacecraft through...