It's time for yet another shuttle mission. Irrespective of the poor weather, the shuttle blasted off at around 11:38 p.m. local time. The Shuttle flight STS 120 took off in order to install the 'Harmony' node in the ISS. This time, the mission...
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After some delays and controversies, Mission STS-118 got off to a brilliant start as the seven-member crew headed into space in space shuttle Endeavour at planned 2336 BST on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Endeavour’s...
Russia’s Mission control spokesperson stated that a Russian cargo ship has successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after a three-day orbit flight.
The Russian cargo is carrying more than 2.5 tons of supplies and equipment....
For the space junkies or space cowboys, here's the latest on NASA shuttle launch. NASA gave Endeavor a go for Aug.4th. Endeavor will be launched for it's trip to the International Space Station (ISS) at T-43 hours. Technically, with the 27 hours...
The media reports that people aboard the International space station (ISS)are getting busy again. The astronauts Clay Anderson and Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin are in the process of gearing up for the space walk about to start on Monday.
The...
Delivering the best of its services, Progress 24 cargo craft will be completing some important chores relating to the ISS’s waste material rejection program. The cargo craft is destined to carry the discarded hardware material and various other...
I always wondered what the astronauts cooked up for lunch in space. It seems like my staple food Ramen, has sneaked it's way in the Astronaut menu. Along with Top Ramen and Nissin products, Japanese astronauts will also be able to munch on rice...
Space shuttle Atlantis has covered all the obstacles that were a part of its mission and is now ready to leave the station. The crew faced some problems when the Russian computers aboard the space station crashed, but once some of the systems were up...
ISS can now have some sigh of relief since some of the computer lanes that crashed on Wednesday have come back to life and are working according to their potential. This has again raised some hope that these will not crash in future.
Four of the...
Following the malignant damage caused to Atlantis’s critical heat shield while it’s lift-off, NASA space researchers are looking forward to assign shuttle-repairing chores to the Atlantis crewmembers. The heat shield was damaged at the...
Astronauts will have to make in-orbit repairs on the heat shield of Atlantis. During Atlantis’ liftoff a corner of the heat-protection blanket peeled off exposing a 4-by-6 inch wedge of an engine casing to the left of the ship’s...
Engineers at NASA will now have a sigh of relief as space shuttle Atlantis has been finally launched after a three-month delay because of the hail damage.
The shuttle left Earth at 7:38 p.m. ET, Friday from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space...
Two Russian cosmonauts have installed protective shielding on the Russian side of the International Space Station, in an effort to protect the orbiting post from space debris.
The work was accomplished by Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight...
Researchers at NASA seem to be all set for their upcoming and well-talked mission to the Moon. In the wake of this upcoming mission NASA is trying to strengthen it’s commercial associations and considerably taking measures for the same. We got...
NASA has made public that one of their key Astronauts have experienced a glove slit! Following this, NASA scientists have postponed and rescheduled their Astronaut’s upcoming Space Walk that was to be held relating to the “International...
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