May 13, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Roscosmos
Three International Space Station crew members, including the orbiting lab’s first Canadian commander, are scheduled to depart for Earth late Monday, following a whirlwind spacewalk over the weekend by two U. S. astronauts to stem a sudden leak in the ammonia...
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...
Apr 3, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, China, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Market Research, NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research
The global space economy is surging, and the commercial space sector deserves much of the credit, according to the Space Foundation, the Colorado Springs-based non profit, in its annual report on the sector for 2013. During 2012, the world’s space sector...
Mar 29, 2013 | International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
The latest tenants of the International Space Station, NASA’s Chris Cassidy and Russia’s Pavel Vinogradov and Aleksandr Misurkin, reached the six person orbital outpost in a sprint Thursday, docking in less than six hours after they lifted off. ...
Mar 16, 2013 | Canadian Space Agency, International Space Station, NASA, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Uncategorized
Three U. S. and Russian astronauts returned to Earth late Friday, following a weather delayed departure from the International Space Station and the parachute descent of their Soyuz spacecraft into northern Kazakhstan. With the departure, veteran...
Dec 21, 2012 | International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying U. S., Canadian and Russian astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station early Wednesday, restoring the orbiting lab to six person crew operations for the first time since mid-November. Tom Marshburn, a...
Dec 19, 2012 | Canadian Space Agency, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
A Soyuz rocket with U. S., Canadian and Russian astronauts sped toward a linkup with the International Space Station early Friday, following a flawless lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA’s Tom Marshburn, CSA’s Chris Hadfield and...
Nov 27, 2012 | Asteroid Exploration, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research, The Moon
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will prepare for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station, a move intended to help prepare human explorers for the physical and mental rigors of future deep space missions. The...
Nov 19, 2012 | Canadian Space Agency, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
U. S., Japanese and Russian astronauts descended safely to Earth late Sunday, touching down aboard their Soyuz spacecraft in wintry northern Kazakhstan after a 127 day mission to the International Space Station The capsule carrying Sunita Williams, of...
Nov 5, 2012 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space and Science
Just a few days ago, the U. S. led International Space Station reached a significant milestone: a dozen years of continuous human occupancy. NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko arrived aboard a Soyuz capsule on Nov....