Stunning Astronaut Photo From the Space Station Captures Tokyo’s Lights at Night
Strings of light emanate from the Imperial Palace in the city’s center and follow the expressway system outward. Months before the world turned its eye…
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Tiangong: China May Gain a Monopoly on Space Stations
China launched Tianhe-1, the first and main module of a permanent orbiting space station called Tiangong (Heavenly Palace 天 宫), on April 29. Two additional…
NASA Delays SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Return to Earth – Here’s Why
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is now targeting a return to Earth at…
Elusive Leak on Space Station Keeps Astronauts in Russian Segment for Another Day
The three Expedition 63 crew members spent another day inside the Russian segment of the International Space Station. This allowed Mission controllers to continue their leak…
NASA Astronauts Gear Up for Spacewalks to Replace Space Station Batteries
Two spacewalks are set to continue upgrading power systems at the International Space Station at the end of the month. The Expedition 63 crew is…
AMS Detector Data From Space Station Challenges Conventional Theories on Cosmic-Rays
Cosmic-ray data collected by the AMS detector on the International Space Station again challenge conventional theory of cosmic-ray origin and propagation. Ever since astronauts attached…
NASA and SpaceX are ‘GO’ to Proceed for Launch of First Astronauts to Space Station from U.S. Since 2011
A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to the International…
Orbital ATK Mission to Space Station Contains New Experiments for Astronauts
Astronauts soon will have new experiments to conduct related to emergency navigation, DNA sequencing and ultra-cold atom research when the research arrives at the International…
NASA Plans Space Outpost on the Far Side of the Moon at Earth Moon Lagrange Point 2
NASA wants to plan a space outpost parked near the Lagrange point, where the Earth’s and moon’s gravitation fields nearly cancel each other out, making…