First STS-131 Spacewalk Under Way

Mission Specialists Clayton Anderson and Rick Mastracchio began the first STS-131 spacewalk at 1:31 a.m. EDT.…

STS-131 MCC Status Report #10

Upon waking, the seven astronauts onboard Discovery and the International Space Station’s Expedition 23 crew learned…

NASA’s Shuttle Atlantis Moves to Launch Pad, Liftoff Practice Set

Media are invited to cover space shuttle Atlantis' move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch…

STS-131 MCC Status Report #09

Discovery Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson wound up a 6-hour, 27-minute spacewalk at 6:58…

A View of the Main Engines

The Expedition 23 crew photographed this view of the aft portion of space shuttle Discovery, including…

Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) Starting to Watch the Dynamically Changing Universe

The Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) mounted on the International Space Station has started its…

First STS-131 Spacewalk Begins Tonight

The crew of space shuttle Discovery awoke Thursday at 8:51 p.m. EDT to “Defying Gravity” by…

SMOS First Results

With the launch of CryoSat-2, ESA now has three Earth Explorer missions in orbit. GOCE and…

Comm squadron charges into Guardian Challenge

Peterson Air Force Base is the proud host of this year's Guardian Challenge contest, an event…

AFSPC commander visits Clear AFS