Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceWith the hope to reach the International Space Station quicker, the Russians will be testing an abbreviated launch-to-rendezvous process that will take its Progress 48 cargo ship to the ISS in about six hours, rather than the traditional two-day trip.
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceThe United States and Russia have assigned the first crew to stay at the International Space Station for one year in preparation for future explorations of the solar system.
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceThe SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft returned to Earth on Sunday, October 28, 2012, completing the first commercial mission to the International Space Station.
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceNASA announced on November 2, 2012 that it has a new alert called "Spot the Station", which sends an email or test message to people who sign up to see the International Space Station when it passes over the local skies.
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceThe SpaceX Dragon reusable capsule was launched on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, flew to the International Space Station, and returned to Earth on May 31st as the first commercially-built and operated spacecraft to complete such a mission. A video is available to see the entire mission.
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceOn Sunday, October 7, 2012, the SpaceX Dragon space capsule was launched toward the International Space Station aboard its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch phase had one abnormality but the Dragon spacecraft was still able to complete its trip into space and it is now speeding toward its goal, rendezvous and docking with the ISS.
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceAccording to reports surfacing this week (the first week of October 2012), the U.S. space agency NASA has indicated that it is seriously considering the establishment of a space station, with the help of international partners, on the far-side of the Moon. Will NASA be able to do it? Do you like such a plan?
Written by: William AtkinsNASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuopers have landed back on Earth after half a year in space.
{loadposition william08}The threesome landed on the southern Central Asian steppes of Kazakhstan at 4:14 a.m.
The Boeing Corporation announced that it will team up with space tourism company Space Adventures to provide extra seats on its Boeing CST-100 capsules for wealthy space tourists and other people not associated with NASA. These spaceflight participants will travel to the International Space Station.
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