SPACE SHUTTLE SRB MILESTONE

Major hardware for the Space Shuttle’s Return to Flight mission, STS-114, is coming together at NASA’s…

ISS COMMANDER RADIOS FROM SPACE

Astronaut Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, used his recently minted ham radio license for the first time November…

NEXT ISS CREW NAMED

Veteran NASA astronaut John Phillips and seasoned Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev are the next crew of…

SWIFT SATELLITE LAUNCHES SUCCESSFULLY

NASA’s Swift satellite was successfully launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The satellite…

‘Spacelift’ for Vendée Globe sailor

When Marc Thiercelin set out on the Vendée Globe, one of the world’s toughest sailing races,…

ISS STATUS REPORT: SS04-040

The Expedition 10 crew is easing into the second month of its six-month stay onboard the…

SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S04-039

The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The…

HUMANS PLUS ROBOTICS EQUALS SUCCESS

Members of NASA’s human and robotic programs are cooperating in new ways to support the Vision…

The driest place on Earth

This Envisat image was acquired over northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth outside…

MAKE THE NEXT GIANT LEAP

The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC), with its Phase 1 call for proposals, invites those…