Fincke Sets New U.S. Space Endurance Record
Astronaut Mike Fincke sets a new U.S. space endurance record.
Astronaut Mike Fincke sets a new U.S. space endurance record.
Rough and fast: Riding a Soyuz back to Earth.
Life in space: A photo-op was interrupted today when a false fire alarm blared out on the International Space Station.
A hint at what today’s images of the station and shuttle, taken from the Soyuz capsule, will look like.
The departing Soyuz crew will do a photo-op fly around on Monday to photograph the completed station with a docked shuttle.
Spacesuit malfunction shortens spacewalk at ISS.
Endeavour has docked with ISS.
NASA management appears ready to approve combining SpaceX’s next two test flights of the Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket into one test flight. This despite Russian opposition.
How shall Europe’s ATV freighter to ISS be upgraded?
The competition plays hardball: The Russians say “Nyet” to letting SpaceX’s Dragon capsule dock with ISS on its next flight.
An evening pause: Though this took place last week, on the fiftieth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight, I can’t let it go by, especially because it is so nicely done. Trust me, for two flute players to play a duet with one several hundred miles up in space and traveling more than 17,500 miles per hour while the other is safely on Earth is not easy.