NASA Looks to Mid-December at the Earliest for Discovery’s Launching
NASA shuttle managers sounded a cautious note on Wednesday, as they announced further delays in efforts to launch the shuttle Discovery on the senior orbiter’s final flight, an 11-day assembly mission to the International Space Station. The soonest Discovery could...Congressional Think Tank Questions Wisdom of Interagency collaborations on Space, Earth Science Projects
Traditional collaborations between U. S. federal agencies on space and Earth science projects can lead to increased rather than lower costs, the National Research Council concludes in a new report. The Congressionally-chartered think tank urged the White House and...Milky Way Hosts Stunning Gamma Ray Features
Astronomers using the Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope have discovered a pair of globe-like features at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Though their origin is unknown, the two near identical globes that extend 25,000 light years north and south of the galactic center...Europe Looks to International Space Station Plant Experiment
School children seem a natural mix, when it comes to growing plants in space. The European Space Agency plans to make a little hay of its own with the pairing when Italian Paulo Naspoli heads for the International Space Station in mid-December. Students from 12 to...Discovery Awaits Better Weather on Friday
Stormy weather across Florida on Thursday prompted NASA to postpone efforts to launch the shuttle Discovery on her 39th and final flight, an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. The space agency will try again on Friday. The forecast for the planned...Maybe Thursday for Discovery’s Launching
Shuttle Discovery’s final mission has been postponed until no earlier than Thursday to permit additional trouble shooting of a rocket engine computer that displayed some unexplained power readings during routine countdown testing on Tuesday. A launching of...ISS Setting Record for Continuous Habitation
The U. S.-led International Space Station is on the brink of achieving a pair of momentous milestones. On Saturday, the 15-nation station partnership will set a new record for a continuous human presence in space, snapping the 3,644 days logged by Russia’s...U.S., Russian Space Station Crew Lands Safely
International Space Station crew members Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko of Russia and Tracy Caldwell Dyson on NASA made a safe descent to Earth early Saturday, touching down in north central Kazakhstan to end a 176 day mission. The Soyuz carrying the three...Powerful Hurricanes Earn Respect of Space Station Crew
The Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico came alive this week with multiple hurricanes, with two of the tropical cyclones reaching Category 4 force at one point — a rare occurrence. Cameras aboard the International Space Station captured close up images of Igor,...Space Talk
Who knew opening up would make me a headline? ✨
Astronomers identified a brand new supernova in another galaxy in June 2025 but weren't sure exactly which star had exploded. That's where @NASAWebb came in!
Who knew opening up would make me a headline? ✨
Astronomers identified a brand new supernova in another galaxy in June 2025 but weren't sure exactly which star had exploded. That's where @NASAWebb came in!
Flight Control Team handed over to the execute team for today’s spacewalk a while back. Crew is now heading outside of ISS!
LIVE: Tune in to watch @Astro_ChrisW and @Astro_Jessica go for a spacewalk!
Our astronauts are scheduled to step outside the @Space_Station at about 8am ET (1200 UTC) and work for about six-and-a-half hours.
