Spacewalking repair halts station leak–for now
Astronauts made a rare, hastily planned spacewalk to fix a serious ammonia leak at the International Space Station, and the U.S. space agency said it appeared the repair was a success.
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In The Know: Who is out there
In October 2010, Virgin Galactic opened a runway in a desert in New Mexico to support almost every aircraft in the world, day-to-day space tourism and payload launch operations.
Astronauts take spacewalk to find ammonia leak
Two spacewalking astronauts worked on a leaky radiator system outside the International Space Station on Thursday, just hours after the vessel barely dodged a menacing piece of orbiting junk.
Space station to move to avoid debris
The Russian space program’s Mission Control Center says it will move the International Space Station into a different orbit to avoid possible collision with a fragment of debris.
SpaceX ushers new era for private space flights
SpaceX on Friday became the first commercial outfit to send its own cargo capsule to the International Space Station (ISS), heralding the start of a new era for private space flight.
Cosmonauts launch Gagarin satellite on second try
Two Russian cosmonauts on Thursday completed a six-hour spacewalk in which they launched a micro satellite honouring the first spaceman Yuri Gagarin after initially aborting the delicate task.
NASA needs new ‘breakthrough,’ says Obama
WASHINGTON – NASA needs new technology breakthroughs to revitalize its mission to explore the universe, President Barack Obama said Wednesday as the shuttle Atlantis was preparing for its final mission. Asked during his first-ever Twitter town hall meeting about where America stands in terms of space exploration with the shuttle program about to end after [...]
Russian spacecraft blasts off for space station
A Russian Soyuz craft lit up the starry skies of the southern Kazakh steppe early Wednesday, as it blasted off to carry a three-man crew for a mission to the International Space Station that will take in the U.S. shuttle’s farewell voyage.
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