Expedition 64 crew members return from International Space Station
After185 days aboard the International Space Station, 2 Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut went back to Earth early Saturday early morning. NASA’s Kate Rubins and Roscosmos’ SergeyRyzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 12: 55 a.m. EDT after leaving the station in the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft at 9: 34 p.m. […]
Brother of African-American NASA astronaut pulled from historic space station mission blames racism
In thisSept 16, 2014 picture supplied by NASA, astronaut Jeanette Epps takes part in a spacewalk training session at the Johnson Space Center inHouston In June 2018, Epps was expected to be the very first African-American to reside on the International Space Station, however on Thursday,Jan 18, 2018, NASA revealed it was pulling her off […]
Astronaut set to be first African-American on Space Station crew removed from flight
NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, seen here in November 2017 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, has actually been removed from her set up exploration to the International Space Station in June 2018.(AndreyShelepin/ GCTC by means of NASA) A NASA astronaut who was slated to end up being the first African American […]
Eyes on the sky: When and where will China’s rogue space station fall to Earth?
Scientists throughout the world are thoroughly keeping track of China’s disposed of Tiangong -1 space station, which will plunge into Earth’s environment at some time in the coming months. In a post onJan 12, the European Space Agency (ESA), which is hosting a global tracking effort, stated that the re-entry window is in between March […]
These NASA robots are heading to the International Space Station
The International Space Station sits at an elevation of around 220 miles above the Earth in this image taken by Expedition 27 team member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking.( AP/NASA) InsideNASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley is a test environment that mimics the International Space Station’s pressurized pills. Here, aerospace […]
How NASA astronauts spent Christmas on the International Space Station
The International Space Station.( AP/NASA) It’s uncertain if Santa himself made any shipments to the NASA astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) in time for Christmas Day. After all, such a journey would involve his reindeer whooshing approximately 17,500 miles an hour– without air– to reach the team hovering 250 miles above the Earth. […]