International Space Station

The most popular video sharing website in the world, YouTube, has teamed up with NASA and several other key figures ...

Astronauts spot Texas wildfires from the ISS

September 8, 2011

After hurricane Irene, the wildfires ravaging through texas are also visible for astronauts on the International Space Station, as these ...

Space Station may be in danger if astronauts are evacuated temporarily

byMihai Andrei

August 30, 2011

A few days ago we were telling you about the possibility of the International Space Station being temporarily evacuated, given ...

Photo of a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit. Credit: NASA

International Space Station might be abandoned in November

byTibi Puiu

August 28, 2011

Following the recent failed launch of an unmanned vehicle in a three stage Soyuz rocket this past Wednesday, the International ...

Photo of a comet plummeting towards Earth's atmosphere taken from on-board the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Ron Garan. (c) NASA/Ron Garan

Stunning photos of the Perseid meteor shower

byTibi Puiu

August 16, 2011 - Updated on February 16, 2016

I was lucky enough this weekend to be away from the city and at an altitude of about 1800m, deep ...

The International Space Station to get sunk in the Pacific for 2020 retirement

byTibi Puiu

July 27, 2011

A watery death awaits the International Space Station after its programmed retirement in 2020, according to a recent statement released ...

Shuttle Atlantis as it enters Earth's glowing atmosphere. Click for a better, larger view. (c) NASA/Johnson Space Center

[Amazing Photo] Atlantis re-entering Earth’s atmosphere

byTibi Puiu

July 22, 2011

I know some of you are either nostalgic or plain tired of all the Atlantis posts we've been publishing lately, ...

I'll admit, it doesn't look like much here, but wait till you hit play on the embedded video.

[VIDEO] The ISS and Atlantis shuttle as seen in broad daylight

byTibi Puiu

July 20, 2011

Incredibly enough, using a a simple, standard issued astrophotography set-up, amateur astronomer Scott Ferguson was able to film in incredible detail ...

STS-135 mission crew: commander Chris Ferguson (centre right in photo), pilot Doug Hurley (centre left), and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim. (c) NASA

Final ever shuttle mission scheduled for July 8

byTibi Puiu

June 29, 2011

NASA just confirmed the shuttle's last-ever mission will launch on July 8th. The space shuttle Atlantis will blast off headed for ...

This image taken from NASA television shows astronauts Andrew Feustel, top, and Mike Fincke exiting the hatch on the International Space Station at the start of the second spacewalk early Sunday May 22, 2011. (c) AP Photo/NASA

Big astronauts don’t cry on Endeavour’s last mission

byTibi Puiu

May 26, 2011

This Wednesday morning, Andrew Feustel and Mike Fincke floated out on a spectacular 6 hour long spacewalk outside the International ...

China Astronaut Training Center presentation depicts China's planned space station. (c) China Astronaut Research and Training Center

China unveiles detailed plans for its own Space Station

byTibi Puiu

April 27, 2011

Only a decade since China launched its first human being into orbit, and three years since the first space walk ...

The International Space Station as photographed by an STS-133 crew member on space shuttle Discovery. (c) NASA

Space junk didn’t hit the International Space Station – red alert canceled

byTibi Puiu

April 5, 2011

Remarkably, a growing issue NASA scientists face everyday is space junk - tiny bits of scrap, bolts, rocket modules from ...

‘Yuri Gagarin’ blasts off to the ISS

byMihai Andrei

April 5, 2011

It's a pretty busy period for the people over at the International Space Station (ISS). Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome last night ...

Artist impression of Japan's robotic cargo ship, the H-2 Transfer Vehicle, entering Earth's atmosphere. (c) JAXA

Japanese spaceship loaded with ISS trash burns after entering Earth atmoshpere

byTibi Puiu

March 30, 2011

Yesterday, Japan's unmanned space freighter Kounotori 2, of the H-2 Transfer Vehicle class, intentionally entered Earth's atmosphere where it crashed ...