international space station

Space Shuttle Discovery Leaves Space Station For Journey Home

Denise Clay — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:52:01 -0500

At 3:26pm EDT on Tuesday afternoon the space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station to begin the journey home. Discovery and its crew of seven spent over a week completing docked operations at the space station.

Space Shuttle Docks on Space Station with COLBERT Treadmill

Denise Clay — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:51:11 -0500

At 8:54 pm ET Sunday afternoon, the space shuttle Discovery docked with the space station with special cargo COLBERT treadmill aboard. Discovery lifted off with a brilliant show against the Friday night sky loaded with supplies, science equipment and the treadmill named after Comedy Central host Steven Colbert.

Space Shuttle Launch Time Still Set as Planned

Denise Clay — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:12:21 -0500

The space shuttle launch time is still on scheduled with the countdown proceeding as planned. Shuttle Discovery was given the “go” from NASA’s mission management team on Sunday. Scheduled for a beautiful night time launch, Discovery and its crew are schedule to launch at 1:36 am ET Tuesday morning.

Shuttle Launches, But is Hit by Pieces of Insulation

Michael Santo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:40:37 -0500

After five unsuccessful tries, Shuttle Endeavour launched on Wednesday on what will be a 16 day trip to the ISS. Endeavour commander Mark Polansky leads a crew of seven that includes Canadian Julie Payette and NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, David Wolf, Chris Cassidy, Thomas Marshburn and Tim Kopra. Kopra will replace Koichi Wakata of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency as an Expedition 20 flight engineer.

NASA Seeks Public Help To Name Space Station Module

Armen Hareyan — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:06:04 -0500

NASA wants the public to help choose the real International Space Station’s Node 3. NASA will announce the name of the new space station module on April 14th on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report." The program will air at 11:30 p.m. EDT.

Four Students Build Radio System, Contact Space Station

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:08:20 -0600

Four Toronto college students known as "Operation First Contact" recently spoke with the International Space Station, using a radio system they designed and built – a technological accomplishment their professors say has never been matched by students at the undergraduate level.

Space Capsule Lands 260 Miles Away From Target site

Armen Hareyan — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:32:07 -0500

The capsule returning from the space carrying International Space Station crew landed 420 km (260 miles) away from the target site in northern Kazakhstan, but the crew are safe, Russian Mission Control said Saturday.

South Korea's First Woman Astronaut Lifts Off Into Space

seher — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:27:32 -0500

South Koreans are celebrating the launch of their country's first space traveler. Yi So-yeon has become the first South Korean woman to blast into orbit on her way to a research mission on the International Space Station.

Unmanned European Space Craft Docks With Space Station

seher — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:36:22 -0500

An unmanned European space craft has docked with the International Space Station more than 300 kilometers above Earth, heralding a major advance in Europe's space program.

Shuttle Lands After Record Space Station Mission

seher — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:19:11 -0500

The Endeavour has landed, after completing the longest space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

Space Shuttle Endeavour Set for Return to Earth

seher — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:45:26 -0500

The U.S. space agency NASA says the weather forecast is good for Wednesday night's scheduled landing of the space shuttle Endeavour.

US Astronauts Complete Space Walk

seher — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:27:56 -0500

Astronauts at the International Space Station have finished installing a Canadian robotic device to help with future maintenance and construction at the orbiting facility.