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Throughout today, the 12 astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), featuring both members of the orbital outpost and the docked space shuttle Atlantis, will conduct the last maintenance work on the facility. This is the last day the two crews will spend together, as Atlantis is scheduled to undock tomo... |
24 November 2009
08:25 GMT |
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After Saturday's glorious extra-vehicular activity (EVA), which saw a large number of tasks, and then some, being fulfilled in a very short time frame, Atlantis astronauts took to space again today. Robert Satcher, Jr and Randy Bresnik, the NASA astronaut who just got a new baby girl on Sunday, are currently out... |
23 November 2009
20:01 GMT |
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All NASA shuttles are protected upon atmospheric reentry by a ceramics-based heat shield, which is able to handle the thousands of degrees that heat up the spacecraft' underbellies. For all their resilience, these heat shields are extremely sensitive, and even minor impacts can cause very dangerous dents. After ... |
18 November 2009
02:35 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency NASA praise their own achievement, of launching the fifth shuttle flight for this year, a launch rate that has not been achieved since 2002, before Columbia's disaster. In the STS-129 mission, the shuttle Atlantis blasted off from the Launch Pad 39A facility at the Kennedy ... |
17 November 2009
01:51 GMT |
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NASA mission controllers and planners have decided that the space shuttle Atlantis is in excellent shape to fly tomorrow, on the STS-129 assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft will take off from the Launch Pad 39A complex at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It w... |
15 November 2009
06:04 GMT |
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New composite materials on the nanoscale have recently been developed by experts at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and are now ready for test deployment. They will be carried to the low-Earth orbit by the space shuttle Atlantis, during its scheduled November 16 launch. When the spacecraft docks at the Am... |
13 November 2009
10:19 GMT |
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The first of a new series of Japanese unmanned cargo spacecraft has recently concluded its first test flight to the International Space Station in total success. The H-2 Transfer Vehicle (HTV) undocked from the orbital lab on Friday, and began its atmospheric reentry on Sunday, when it burnt up high above the Pacific... |
3 November 2009
01:28 GMT |
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The space shuttle Atlantis has finally been cleared for its November 16 flight to the International Space Station (ISS), officials at the American space agency announce. They say that all preliminary issues associated with the new launch have been taken care of, and that problems that may appear in the future will be... |
31 October 2009
06:16 GMT |
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Astronauts and space-agency officials have known for a long time that rocket, satellite and shuttle launches are leaving behind numerous pieces of debris in the low-Earth orbit. Over the past few years, they have tried to minimize their footprint on the space surrounding the planet, but seem to have failed. At a rece... |
28 October 2009
02:24 GMT |
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For the first time in the history of the American space agency, the Kennedy Space Center has two completely different rockets poised for take-off at their respective launch pads. Both of the designs already carry, or will carry in the near future, astronauts to the low-Earth orbit, or other destinations closer to hom... |
27 October 2009
03:06 GMT |
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Debris falling off the external fuel tank was the main reason why space shuttle Columbia was lost on February 1, 2003. The flying foam breached the structural integrity of the heat shield, and broke a few ceramic tiles apart. Upon atmospheric reentry, the spacecraft's wing came under extreme stress from soaring ... |
26 October 2009
04:54 GMT |
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According to officials at the American space agency NASA, the launch data for ISS flight STS-129 by space shuttle Atlantis was moved back four days, to November 16. The decision was made so that engineers working with the ARES I-X rocket would have more time to prepare the new delivery system for its maiden flight, s... |
20 October 2009
04:29 GMT |
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In spite of the uncertainties plaguing the future launch of space shuttle Atlantis, the spacecraft was rolled out to its launch pad early on Wednesday, in anticipation of its November take-off date. It will take to the International Space Station (ISS) from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Ca... |
15 October 2009
01:55 GMT |
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For the first time since it started participating in the International Space Station (ISS) project, the European Space Agency (ESA) has one of its own astronauts as station Commander. On Sunday, Frank de Winne, from Belgium, officially became the leader of Expedition 21, as former Commander Gennady Padalka returned t... |
14 October 2009
05:56 GMT |
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According to the international agreements among the space agencies involved in the International Space Station (ISS), the sky lab is to end its operations by 2015. However, more and more of the countries involved are beginning to question if it is wise to put an end to the ISS, after it operated at full capacity for ... |
12 October 2009
08:49 GMT |
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The American space agency NASA decided to perform some last-minute adjustments to the schedule of space shuttle Atlantis, which is due to fly the STS-129 (assembly flight ULF3) to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch has been set for November 12, although the actual take-off is still uncertain. There are... |
12 October 2009
06:45 GMT |
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With the advent of the Space Age, numerous spacecraft have been sent up to orbit over the years. Some of them are still functioning to this day, relaying back useful information to their control stations on Earth. But many of them are slowly decaying, out of commission, and are littering precious orbital paths, which... |
7 October 2009
09:47 GMT |
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For the first time in more than two decades, NASA is working on a new class of rockets, the ARES range, a part of Project Constellation. Scheduled to replace the aging shuttle fleet by 2015, the Project has been plagued with controversies ever since it was first accepted, and all of its components have been openly cr... |
29 September 2009
01:52 GMT |
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When analyzing the risks associated with spaceflight, the landing and taking-off of a spacecraft are the essential moments. All the things that can go wrong at a launch will do so, and it's the job of engineers to ensure that the crews are safe. However, the landing sequence is highly complex, and arguably the m... |
28 September 2009
05:31 GMT |
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that approximately 40,000 US citizens contract salmonella every year, primarily from unwashed food. The bacterium can do some serious damage inside the body, and outbreaks are not at all uncommon. Against it, many pharmaceutical companies have attempted... |
24 September 2009
03:01 GMT |
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After about two days spent on route, during which it flew across the continental United States, the space shuttle Discovery finally reached its home port at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:05 pm EDT (1605 GMT) on Monday, September 21st. It was delivered by its Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA... |
22 September 2009
04:01 GMT |
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After its landing in California on September 12th, the space shuttle Discovery remained there until last week, undergoing preparations for its return flight to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. The spacecraft was forced to land at the Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, because significant thunders... |
21 September 2009
03:55 GMT |
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It would seem that NASA's latest missions to the ISS and the Hubble Space Telescope were plagued by bad luck, as far as sticking to their landing/take-off schedules was concerned. The STS-128 flight to the International Space Station, carried out with space shuttle Discovery, was no different. After delays in it... |
14 September 2009
02:32 GMT |
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Despite having not one, but two landing windows yesterday, the space shuttle Discovery was unable to take advantage of any of them, as stormy clouds and thunderstorms loomed over the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA officials, the seven-member crew aboard the spacecraft have another... |
11 September 2009
01:16 GMT |
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The STS-128 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to conclude today, with the planned landing of space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. There are two landing windows for the spacecraft, one at 7:05 pm EDT (2305 GMT), and another at 8:42 pm EDT (0... |
10 September 2009
03:49 GMT |
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The spaceflight review committee appointed by President Barack Obama early on this year revealed two days ago its first official report summary, detailing possible future avenues of development for the American space agency. Five basic options are detailed in the 12-page document, of which only two are closely relat... |
10 September 2009
02:26 GMT |
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After two days of following the International Space Station (ISS) in orbit, space shuttle Discovery finally caught up with the outpost and docked on it at 8:54 pm EDT (0054 GMT, August 31), on Saturday. The hatch connecting the two spacecraft was opened just 90 minutes later, and the number of astronauts on the space... |
31 August 2009
04:59 GMT |
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At 11:59 pm EDT (0359 August 29th GMT), the space shuttle Discovery took off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, California, on its 13-day journey to the International Space Station (ISS). The midnight launch went without a hitch, despite earlier concerns over a hydrogen fuel val... |
29 August 2009
04:35 GMT |
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With the planned withdrawal of NASA's aging shuttle fleet, by the end of 2010, nations involved in the European Space Agency (ESA) are looking for new solutions to ensure that they maintain a permanent presence in low-Earth orbit and on the International Space Station (ISS). Officials from the agency have alread... |
28 August 2009
14:21 GMT |
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NASA officials and mission controllers decided yesterday to postpone the launch of space shuttle Discovery to this evening, at 11:59 pm EDT (0359 GMT, August 29th). They chose not to attempt liftoff early in the morning, as first planned, amidst fears that the fuel valve that prevented a Tuesday launch would not func... |
28 August 2009
02:57 GMT |
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After two consecutive days in which mishaps prevented the space shuttle Discovery from launching, mission controllers have again initiated the countdown sequence for the STS-128 assembly flight to the International Space Station. The spacecraft is now scheduled to take off at 12:22 am EDT (0422 GMT), on Friday mornin... |
27 August 2009
10:49 GMT |
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Among the scientific experiments that will be taken to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the space shuttle Discovery, there is one that was designed by experts at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). The experimental heat-transfer system will be installed aboard the station for a total of three year... |
26 August 2009
09:31 GMT |
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Just seven hours before the space shuttle Discovery was scheduled to take off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, a broken fill-and-drain valve, which operated the hydrogen propellant system, malfunctioned and forced mission controllers to scrub the launch. This is the s... |
26 August 2009
03:49 GMT |
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Despite the forecast showing 80 percent chances of good weather for Tuesday morning, Mother Nature played a bad joke on NASA mission controllers and the seven-astronaut crew preparing to board space shuttle Discovery for the STS-128 assembly flight to the International Space Station (ISS). In the wee hours of the m... |
25 August 2009
04:49 GMT |
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Late on Sunday, officials at the US space agency NASA cleared the space shuttle Discovery for launch on the STS-128 assembly mission to the International Space Station. The flight is scheduled to begin at 1:36 am EDT (0536 GMT), from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The sh... |
24 August 2009
05:56 GMT |
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NASA officials have recently decided to clear space shuttle Discovery's fuel tank concerns, and have said that the foam insulation system is safe, and poses no damage hazard to the spacecraft's heat shields. Today, top officials within the space agency are due to meet and discuss the faith of the mission, w... |
19 August 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Scheduled to take place on August 24, the new launch of space shuttle Discovery has been riddled with problems thus far. The craft and its external fuel tanks were rolled out to Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) under an intense storm, and now it would appear that the foam insulation on one of the tank... |
14 August 2009
03:58 GMT |
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Engineers at the American space agency NASA have recently announced that they may have to roll the space shuttle Discovery and its rockets back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. They say that the external fuel tank has a foam-shedding problem, which could jeopardize the p... |
12 August 2009
03:21 GMT |
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A couple of weeks before space shuttles are launched from the Kennedy Space Center, at the Cape Canaveral complex in Florida, they are taken out on a five-kilometer cruise atop the massive, Apollo-era Crawler-Transporter (CT), the second largest tracked vehicle in the world. This giant beast of burden takes the shutt... |
5 August 2009
01:48 GMT |
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Members of the Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee said recently that the United States could fulfill the objective of taking astronauts back to the Moon by 2020, but also mentioned that this couldn't be done with current funding. In addition, the same panel also reviewed NASA's decision to stop... |
31 July 2009
16:31 GMT |
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The space shuttle Endeavor successfully touched down at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 0948 EDT (1448 GMT) today, in a picture-perfect procedure that could be watched online at NASA TV. Having successfully completed its 16-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the shuttle crew is now scheduled to e... |
31 July 2009
11:05 GMT |
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On the eve of their planned landing today, scheduled to take place at 10:48 am EDT (1448 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, space shuttle Endeavor astronauts deployed yesterday a number of small satellites into orbit. The two sets of observatories were jettisoned from the craft's... |
31 July 2009
03:03 GMT |
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The seven-astronaut crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavor performed today the final heat-shield verification using the standard NASA sensor-laden inspection pole before Friday's attempt to land at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The stakes are very high, so the crew took their time wieldin... |
29 July 2009
10:42 GMT |
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Russian mission controllers announced the successful launch of the unmanned Progress 34 (M-67) spacecraft, which carries supplies for the International Space Station. The successful take-off took place at the RosCosmos-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, at 6:56 am EDT (1056 GMT) on July 24th. The automated ... |
25 July 2009
05:02 GMT |
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According to weather predictions released by the American space agency's weather office, the space shuttle Endeavor has a 40-percent chance of launching tomorrow, July 11th. The problem is mostly owed to the fact that clouds and incoming storms over the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, are... |
10 July 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The seven-astronaut crew that is to fly on the space shuttle Endeavor assembled at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, yesterday, to begin preparations for the planned launch of the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). After a month of delays, brought forth by two successive lau... |
8 July 2009
01:44 GMT |
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After several days of constant pressure and worrying, NASA engineers, mission controllers, and officials can breathe in relief. The knob that has been stuck between the front-side window and the instrument panel inside the cockpit of space shuttle Atlantis has now been removed. At this moment, experts with the Americ... |
2 July 2009
05:52 GMT |
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With the recent situation the space shuttle Atlantis, freshly returned from servicing the Hubble Space Telescope for the fifth and final time, finds itself in, many have begun to talk about postponing future space missions, or even early retirement. NASA officials, however, tend to be a bit more optimistic, and say t... |
30 June 2009
07:04 GMT |
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In 1908, the Siberian region of Tunguska saw no less than 830 square miles of its forests flattened down in one of the largest explosions the world had ever seen. Since day one, experts around the world hypothesized that the devastation occurred either on account of a secret Russian nuclear test, or because a comet h... |
25 June 2009
13:01 GMT |
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With the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) already scrubbed twice, NASA engineers are currently under a lot of pressure to find the faulty hydrogen gas leak, so as to allow the space shuttle to take off on its newly scheduled date, July 11th. Scientists investigating the spacecraft now believe ... |
23 June 2009
09:49 GMT |
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