Pin ItemailprintNASA is looking for at least two American companies to design and build a new “space taxi” to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station, the space agency announced yesterday. The effort is part of NASA’s new Integrated Design Project (IDC). The space agency plans to invest $300 million to $500 million [...]
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Today, Russia pointed the finger at the U.S. regarding the failure of its Phobos-Grunt probe that was headed for Mars. Russia thinks the probe may have failed due to radiation from U.S. radars. “There is such a theory,” said Yury Koptev, head of the scientific committee of state technology company Russian Technologies. “To test (the [...]
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What is it like to circle the Earth? Every 90 minutes, astronauts aboard the International Space Station get to do just that. Recently, crew members took a series of light-sensitive videos looking down on Earth at night that have been digitally melded to produce the above time-lapse video. Many wonders of the land and sky [...]
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Strange things are happening near the International Space Station once again. Startling footage has just emerged that was shot this week by ISS cameras. In the video clip above, the station seems to track a UFO moving off in the distance (from the bottom of the screen toward the top). Then, just as the object [...]
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Pale but smiling, an international crew of researchers has emerged after a grueling 520-day simulation of a voyage to the planet Mars. “The crew has completed the experiment,” team leader Alexey Sitev reported to Russian space officials. “The mission is accomplished, the crew is in good health and is ready for new missions.” The crew [...]
While the rest of the world was on the ground, weeping for the tragic loss we experienced on September 11, 2001, astronaut Frank Culbertson was aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Two hundred fifty miles above the Earth’s surface, Culbertson was the only American not on our planet when disaster struck. He, along with two [...]
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How crazy has the Twitter boom gotten? Did you know that the first, unassisted, off-Earth Twitter message was sent from the International Space Station by NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer on January 22, 2010? Not only that, but Beyonce‘s baby reveal during the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards resulted in a new Twitter record of 8,868 [...]
Good grief! Look at how massive Hurricane Irene looks from the International Space Station. According to the folks in this video, she’s about to strengthen to a Category 4 storm too. This storm is now over 400 miles wide and expanding. This storm is nothing to take lightly. Just look at what it could do [...]
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis is all packed up and ready to go for NASA’s 135th and final shuttle launch tomorrow (Friday), but stormy weather could threaten the liftoff. The space agency hopes to unveil Atlantis perched high atop its seaside launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center this afternoon for tomorrow’s planned 11:26 a.m. EDT [...]
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Pope Benedict XVI made a very special, long distance call to outer space yesterday to broadcast a live chat with the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. During his speech the Pope specifically acknowledged astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in an assassination attempt earlier this year. “I [...]
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning (Monday) on its final trek which will deliver a pioneering physics experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour launched at 8:56 a.m. EDT, carrying a six-member crew. The shuttle’s mission is commanded by astronaut Mark Kelly. His wife, Rep. Gabrielle [...]
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NASA is preparing to launch the first of three final space shuttle missions this week, sending the Space Shuttle Discovery on its final voyage to the International Space Station on Thursday afternoon. Liftoff is set for Thursday afternoon at 4:50 p.m. EST from the Kennedy Space Center. Problems with Discovery’s fuel tank have delayed the [...]
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