Jan 2011
Russian Progress supply ship docks with space station
An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship loaded with 6,000 pounds of equipment and supplies docked with the International Space Station Saturday, two days after launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read More...
Station crew captures Japanese HTV-2 cargo ship (UPDATED)
01/27/2011 07:20 PM Filed in: International Space Station | Space News
A Japanese cargo ship carrying 8,500 pounds of cargo and supplies was plucked out of open space by the International Space Station's robot arm Thursday to complete smooth automated rendezvous. Read More...
Hubble detects what may be oldest, most distant object ever seen
01/26/2011 03:40 PM Filed in: Space News | Space Science
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have found what appears to be a small proto-galaxy 13.2 billion light years away, making it the most distant -- and oldest -- object ever detected. Read More...
Japanese HTV-2 cargo ship rockets into orbit, sets off after space station
01/22/2011 01:00 AM Filed in: International Space Station | Space News
An unmanned cargo craft carrying nearly 8.500 pounds of critical equipment and supplies blasted off from southern Japan Saturday, rocketing smoothly into orbit and setting off after the International Space Station. Read More...
Realtime coverage of Russian EVA-27
Realtime coverage of Russian EVA-27 (space station maintenance) Read More...
United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket boosts secret spy satellite into space
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy, the most powerful rocket ever launched from the West Coast, blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Thursday on a classified mission to boost a spy satellite in orbit. Read More...
Bowen replaces Kopra on Discovery crew; launch still on for Feb. 24 (UPDATED)
Astronaut Stephen Bowen, a veteran spacewalker who flew on the most recent shuttle mission last May, will replace Timothy Kopra aboard the shuttle Discovery for its upcoming flight. Kopra was injured in a bicycle mishap last Saturday. Read More...
Astronaut Tim Kopra, member of next shuttle crew, injured in bike mishap
Astronaut Timothy Kopra, scheduled for launch aboard the shuttle Discovery Feb. 24, was injured Saturday in a bicycle accident, officials said. Details were not released, but officials said "there could be an impact to his mission duties." Read More...
NASA says new heavy-lift rocket not feasible with current budget, schedule (UPATED)
In a report to Congress this week, NASA said the agency's current budget does not include enough money to develop a new congressionally-mandated heavy-lift rocket and deep space exploration capsule by 2016. Read More...
Sturckow will replace Kelly in near-term training for April shuttle flight (UPDATED)
01/13/2011 01:40 PM Filed in: Space News | Space Shuttle | STS-133 | STS-134 | International Space Station
Veteran shuttle commander Frederick Sturckow will replace Mark Kelly in near-term training for an April shuttle flight, allowing Kelly to remain with wife Gabrielle Giffords as she recovers from a gunshot wound to the head. Read More...
Space Adventures plans additional trips to space station
The Russian space agency and the Rocket Space Corporation Energia have agreed to build additional Soyuz spacecraft to carry paying customers to the International Space Station starting in 2013 in a deal arranged by Space Adventures.
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NASA zeroes in on root cause of shuttle tank cracks
Engineers believe they have zeroed in on the root cause of cracks in the shuttle Discovery's external tank. A relatively simple modification should resolve the problem once and for all, officials say, setting the stage for another launch attempt Feb. 24.
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Russian prime minister calls space station, offers sympathy for Giffords shooting
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called the International Space Station Tuesday and expressed his sympathy to commander Scott Kelly over the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wife of Kelly's twin brother Mark. Read More...
NASA managers order 'radius block' stiffeners for all external tank stringers
NASA managers decide to install radius block stiffeners on all the structural ribs, or stringers, making up the intertank section of the shuttle Discovery's external tank to make them less susceptible to cracks during fueling and launch. Read More...
'Moment of silence' honors Giffords, Tucson shooting victims
01/10/2011 02:00 PM
President Obama leads national moment of silence for the victims of the Tucson shooting spree that claimed six lives and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wife of shuttle commander Mark Kelly, critically wounded. Read More...
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wife of shuttle commander Mark Kelly, shot in Tucson
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, wife of shuttle commander Mark Kelly, was shot in the head during a public meeting in Tucson Saturday. A doctor at the University of Arizona trauma center said Giffords was expected to survive. Read More...
NASA rules out early February launch for shuttle Discovery
NASA managers Thursday ruled out an attempt to launch the shuttle Discovery in early February, giving engineers more time to assess repairs and failure scenarios in the wake of external tank cracks discovered after a Nov. 5 launch attempt. Read More...
Engineers consider beefing up all external tank 'stringers'
NASA managers order repairs for recently discovered cracks in shuttle Discovery's external tank and consider additional modifications to beef up all remaining structural ribs, or stringers, in the intertank section of the tank. Read More...