New Russian Docking Port Launches Toward Space Station
SPACE.com - 2 hours 9 minutes agoA Russian rocket launched into space Tuesday carrying a brand-new docking port for the International Space Station.
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A Russian rocket launched into space Tuesday carrying a brand-new docking port for the International Space Station.
The increasing risk to the space shuttle and other space craft orbiting Earth from orbiting junk could be mitigated by a system similar to that used to track birds.
Boaz Intermediate School fifth graders Cristina Ramirez and Noah Williams reached out and touched the NASA space shuttle Discovery on Wednesday. Sure, it was a 1/25th scale model of the shuttle, but the two students appeared genuinely impressed.
Allan McDonald, author of “Truth, Lies and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster,” addresses an audience Wednesday at Western Kentucky University’s Hardin Planetarium.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they're trying to determine if a NASA imaging technique can predict radiation therapy tissue damage experienced by breast cancer patients.
A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qualify for prize money in a $2 million competition to test the potential reality of the science fiction concept of...
NASA's Ares I-X rocket gets a cloud and a dent, astronomers peek into a cosmic jewel box, sunlight sparkles on a Saturn moon's plume, and more in the week's best space pictures.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan are hosting Washington area middle and high school students Thursday for a live discussion with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour pilot Doug Hurley has flown the country's most expensive piece of aircraft, but he still finds himself electrified by Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage's plans for his grand entrance during the pre-race festivities for Sunday's Dickies 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
A Russian rocket launched into space Tuesday carrying a brand-new docking port for the International Space Station.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The former NASA astronaut charged with confronting a romantic rival will be back in court with her trial only a month away.
A new Russian room that doubles as a docking port for the International Space Station is ready for a planned Tuesday launch toward the orbiting laboratory.
NASA has selected C&C International Computers and Consultants Inc. of Hollywood, Fla., to provide institutional support services at the agency's Kennedy Space Center.
DENVER (DP) - Fort Collins High School graduate Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger will be the first Lambkin in space, and Clyde, a stuffed lamb in a handmade spacesuit, will be right there with her.
AP President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One en route to Fort Hood this morning.The expectations on Obama, as commander in chief, are especially high. |