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New uses for Space Station
For more than a decade, the International Space Station has been a busy orbiting research lab. But it could soon take on a new role as a testbed for ambitious missions deeper into space.
Future ventures could include Mars missions,… Continue reading
Boeing Prepares Space Shuttle Atlantis for Final Mission
- Dedicated workforce has supported shuttle program since 1972
- Mission STS-135 will deliver critical supplies to International Space Station
Boeing engineers and technicians are preparing Space Shuttle Atlantis and its payload for the program’s final mission, which is scheduled to launch… Continue reading
Thales Alenia Space delivers first Cygnus PCM to Orbital Sciences Corporation
New commercial cargo vehicle for the International Space Station preparing for launch in late 2011
Thales Alenia Space announced that it has delivered to Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) its first Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) developed to transport cargo to… Continue reading
AMS: ready to discover the particle universe
The largest and most complex scientific instrument yet to be fitted to the International Space Station was installed today. Taken into space by the Space Shuttle, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer will sift ten thousand cosmic-ray hits every minute, looking for… Continue reading
Endeavour to deliver Astrium-built HD camera system to the ISS
- Astrium developed and delivered HD video camera assembly for the Columbus module in record time
- Live images from space in full HD will improve medical documentation and facilitate operation and maintenance of the space station
On what will probably be… Continue reading
SpaceX not allowed to dock with ISS until safety proven
Russia will not permit the first U.S. commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) unless its safety is fully tested, a high-ranking Russian space official said on Friday.
The statement comes in the wake of media reports… Continue reading
Russian cargo spacecraft undocks from ISS
 
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MOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) — Russia’s cargo spacecraft Progress M-09M undocked from the Pirs module of the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, the Mission Control Center (MCC) announced.
According to the MCC, located outside Moscow, the Progress… Continue reading
Japanese rocket ferrying supplies to space station
TOKYO – A Japanese rocket carrying an unmanned cargo transporter to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off Saturday, said reports from Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAEA) has announced that the launch was a… Continue reading
NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Continue Providing Cargo Mission Services for International Space Station
HOUSTON, December 13th, 2010 — NASA has selected Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to support cargo mission services for the International Space Station (ISS). The potential value of the contract is $171M, with a three year base and additional options running… Continue reading
New Space Station Crew Members Launch From Kazakhstan
HOUSTON — NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka launched to the International Space Station aboard their Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft at 6:10 p.m. CDT, Thursday, (5:10 a.m. Friday local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in… Continue reading
Boeing Submits Final Bid for International Space Station Cargo Contract
HOUSTON, Sept. 30, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has submitted its final bid for NASA’s Cargo Mission Contract (CMC) for the International Space Station (ISS). Boeing’s bid draws on more than 50 years of the company’s… Continue reading
Boeing Transfers US Portions of International Space Station to NASA
HOUSTON, March 5, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today officially turned over the U.S. on-orbit segment of the International Space Station (ISS) to NASA with the signing of government form DD-250 at the conclusion of an Acceptance Review Board meeting… Continue reading