Could Human Missions to Mars be Possible in 25 years? A Collection of the World’s Most Capable Space Agencies Believes So

Sep 25, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Roscosmos, Space Research, The Moon

A collaboration among 12 national  space agencies, including NASA — and working under the wing of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group believes so.   They established a blue print, The Global Exploration Roadmap, which was made public...

Partners Forge Plan That Prevents Temporary De-staffing of the International Space Station

Sep 16, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science

  Human operations aboard the International Space Station will continue uninterrupted under a new Russian Soyuz launch strategy announced Thursday, following a meeting of the NASA-led Space Station Control Board. The station’s 15-nation partnership faced...

NASA Moves Forward With International Space Station National Laboratory

Sep 12, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, Education, European Space Agency, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research

  NASA has completed negotiations with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, the Florida-based nonprofit group selected by the space agency earlier this year to manage the U. S. National Laboratory segment of the International Space Station. CASIS...

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...

Reentry Recorder Onboard Incoming Automated Transfer Vehicle

Jun 20, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Space and Science, Space Research

Update: First word post-reentry of the ATV is that this experiment failed to phone home! An analysis is underway to determine what happened to the device. Meanwhile, data from the successful test of this device from the March reentry is ongoing and promises to provide...