International Space Station
After 141 days aboard the International Space Station, three astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth Thursday night and their landing will be streamed live.
Private space exploration company SpaceX is planning its next payload delivery via rocket to the International Space Station on Mar. 1.
Later this month, NASA will host its first ever Google+ Hangout with the crew of the International Space Station (ISS). According to PC Mag, U.S. astronauts Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn, along with the Canadian Space Agency's Chris Hadfield, will join the group video to chat about their life aboard the space station on February 22 at 11 a.m. EST.
As Super Bowl Sunday kicks, millions of households across the country will be hosting their own football-themed Super Bowl parties, complete with abundant booze and yelling at the television. One Super Bowl party, however, might be the most interesting one of all, and it won't even be located on this planet. That's right folks, the astronauts up at International Space Station (ISS) are going to have the Super Bowl beamed up to them for their viewing pleasure.
The International Space Station is due for renovation, and NASA believes that the private company Bigelow Aerospace is up for the job.
NASA announced that it has awarded a $17.8 million contract to aerospace contractor Bigelow Aerospace for an inflatable space habitat extension that will complement the International Space Station.
Christmas has gone where no Christmas has gone before...space.
Check out NASA's robotic astronaut helper.
a company founded by former NASA scientists involved in the Apollo missions is hoping to offer tourist flights to the moon by 2020.
NASA American Space Mission
On the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and his crewmates, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin, hosted an unorthodox Thanksgiving celebration
International Space Station commander Sunita Williams used an experimental prototype system to drive a small LEGO robot in Germany.
"I think it's going to be something special, and I will get unforgettable memories," said cosmonaut Oleg Notivsky before launching off towards the International Space station in a Soyouz rocket with fellow Russian Eygeny Tarelkin, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, and a toy hippo.
Satellite operator Orbcomm announced on Friday that a prototype satellite was lost after one of the engines on SpaceX's Falcon 9 failed early during Sunday's launch towards the International Space Station.
The privately owned company is the first to launch a resupply mission to the space station from the United States.
