Spacelab-1/STS-9 launch, 28 November 1983

28 November 1983: Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia on the first flight of ESA’s Spacelab.

UP Aerospace’ SL-8 Flies NASA Technology Experiments

NASA-funded research experiments chosen by NASA's Flight Opportunities Program experience nearly four minutes of microgravity during…

Magnetic field: learning more with Swarm

To learn more about Earth’s magnetic field, the three Swarm satellites were launched on 22 November.…

From launch to landing: Luca’s Volare mission

Luca Parmitano was the first of ESA’s class of 2009 astronauts to visit the International Space…

Concordia students looking for help to launch self-healing satellite into space

A student engineering team seeks to solve a key problem afflicting satellites and spacecraft, but they…

Lighting the Paths Across the U.S.

Thanksgiving is a time for family, for feasting, and for gratitude in the United States. It…

Spacelab-1 Sled experiment, 1981

A test subject sitting on Sled, an ESA experiment launched on Spacelab-1 on 28 November 1983.…

Paxi in the Drop Tower

Paxi free falling in the ZARM Drop Tower and experimenting weightlessness during 4.7 seconds.

NASA Hosts Nov. 26 Teleconference and Nov. 28 Hangout to Discuss Comet Nearing Sun

NASA will host a media teleconference Tuesday, Nov. 26 and a Google+ Hangout Thursday, Nov. 28…

NASA Astronauts Chat Live from Space Station with Maryland Students

Elementary, middle and high school students from Charles County Maryland Public Schools will speak with NASA…