May 15, 2012 | International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science
 A three-man U. S.and Russian crew successfully lifted off for the International  Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late Monday. The Soyuz capsule with Joseph Acaba, of NASA, and cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin...
Apr 27, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
A three man U. S. and Russian International Space Station crew returned safely to Earth early Friday, ending a 165 day mission to the orbiting science laboratory. The 28 Soyuz mission spacecraft with NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton...
Feb 16, 2012 | International Space Station, Roscosmos, Space and Science
Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov, center right, are dwarfed by the outside of the International Space Station as they move along an the slender arm of an outstretched cargo crane. Photo Credit/NASA TV Spacewalking...
Jan 18, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, China, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space and Science
Secretary of State Hilliary Rodham Clinton pledged a new U. S.-led effort on Tuesday to develop an international space code of conduct to foster peaceful and productive uses of outer space. The initative — an International Code of Conduct for Outer Space...
Jan 12, 2012 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space and Science
The wayward Russian Marscraft, Phobos-Grunt, is expected to soon dive into the Earth’s atmosphere, destroying itself during a fiery re-entry process. Phobos–Grunt was launched on November 8 of last year, but due to a propulsion failure, the spacecraft was marooned in...
Jan 4, 2012 | Canadian Space Agency, Comets, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos
Dreaming in space is like dreaming on Earth — except when it’s not. Two of the station’s newest tenants fielded the question Wednesday during a series if interviews with Space.com and Fox News. “My dreaming is exactly like on...
Dec 25, 2011 | Asteroid Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, China, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Roscosmos, The Moon
A year of milestones in human spaceflight, some tinged with nostalgia, is drawing to a close. The New Year opens with the U. S.and its global partners settled in Earth orbit, and a NASA strategy for the future human exploration of deep space starting to gel. In...
Dec 23, 2011 | European Space Agency, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space Research
The International Space Station became the long term home for six astronauts for the first time since mid-September on Friday with the arrival of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three U. S., Russian and European crew members. The two spacecraft docked at 10:19...
Dec 21, 2011 | European Space Agency, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
U.S., Russian and European astronauts began a five to six month mission to the International Space Station early Wednesday, climbing to orbit from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstanaboard a Soyuz rocket. NASA’s  Don Pettit, Russian Oleg...
Nov 22, 2011 | European Space Agency, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three U. S., Russian and Japanese astronauts descended safely into remote Kazakhstan late Monday, ending a 167-day voyage to the International Space Station for the three men. Wintry conditions greeted Mike Fossum, Sergey Volkov and...