Power and Data Grapple Fixture Connected to Boom

Greg Chamitoff, with assistance from Mike Fincke, released the six bolts holding the electrical flight grapple…

Ash plume (yellow) observed 22–25 May – Video

Credits: KNMI

Station Spacewalking Milestone Reached

Astronauts and cosmonauts have now spent 1,000 hours spacewalking for assembly and maintenance of the International…

Contrails and volcanic ash – Image

Credits: ESA

Zapping deadly bacteria using space technology

Technology spin-off from long-running research aboard the International Space Station is opening up a new way…

Spacewalkers Press Ahead with Remaining Tasks

Spacewalkers Mike Fincke and Greg Chamitoff have retrieved the power and data grapple fixture from the…

Shuttle Boom Transferred to Station

The space shuttle's robotic arm released the Orbiter Boom Sensor System at 12:50 a.m., and it…

Public viewing area for the live broadcast of Astronaut Furukawa’s ISS expedition mission on June 10 (Fri.)

STS-134 Astronauts Conducting Fourth Spacewalk

STS-134 astronauts Mike Fincke and Greg Chamitoff switched their suits to battery power at 12:15 a.m.…

Satellite Images Show Extent of Mississippi River Sediment

Satellite images show large amounts of sediment throughout coastal Louisiana as a result of flooding on…