Topic: International Space Station

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ASRC appoints. new vice president. ASRC Research and Technology in Greenbelt has hired retired Navy Capt. Scott Altman, a former NASA astronaut, as...
Wed, 8 September, 2010 . A former member of a White House-appointed committee that reviewed NASA's human spaceflight program last year urged...

Marshall Space Flight Center celebrates 50th anniversary

The Rocket City is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Marshall Space Flight Center.. . Wednesday morning, NASA unveiled a marker commemorating ...
A big, bug-like rover that could one day carry heavy loads on the moon has stretched its six legs in the Arizona desert during NASA field trials....

Concepts For Asteroid Missions Proposed

President Barack Obama's call for a mission to send astronauts to an asteroid has scientists and engineers pondering just what it would take.. ...
When a senior editor of the space website Universe Today had to address a group of Girl Scouts, she knew enough to expect a question about space ...
After five months of imprisonment in Afghanistan, Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka is a free man. His captors, an Islamic militant group, set...

Mars500 video diary 6 - How supplies are rationed?

A vital aspect for ensuring the survival of an astronaut crew during their mission to Mars, is the extent to which their supplies such as food and...
Gotta hand it to the Germans; they know how to create a visual spectacle. Katy Perry recently taped a commercial for the German TV show Star Force...

Hurricane Earl… from space

What does a hurricane look like from orbit? This:. . . . [Click for Corioliciousness.]. . Pretty cool. Hurricane Earl was photographed by an...