Astronauts and Cosmonauts2

50th Anniversary of John Glenn’s Earth Orbit

By Staff Writers on February 19, 2012

February 20 will be the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's Friendship 7 flight. The second man to orbit Earth after U.S.S.R.'s Yuri Gagarin and the... Read more →

Spacecraft Design

SCaN Testbed to Expand Communications Capabilities

By Merryl Azriel on February 19, 2012

The SCaN platform being prepared for testing at NASA's Glenn Research Center (Credits: NASA). The Space Communications and Navigation, or SCaN,... Read more →

Space Medicine1

Can Microgravity Disrupt Astronauts’ Genes?

By Tereza Pultarova on February 17, 2012

Results of research conducted on fruit flies suggest that long term space flight might be more dangerous than expected. Molecular Biologists at... Read more →

News2

Next Chinese Manned Mission Postponed Until 2013

By Joel Spark on February 17, 2012

According to a report from Beijing published in the Economic Times, China has delayed its next manned spaceflight mission until next year. This... Read more →

Press Releases1

ISS to Receive New Centrifuge Facility

By Staff Writers on February 16, 2012

Centrifuge system designed by Astrium and Nanoracks will be sent to ISS by NASA (Credits: Nanoracks). Source: NASA NASA, Astrium Space... Read more →

Media2

Robonaut 2 Shakes Hands on ISS

By Merryl Azriel on February 16, 2012

On February 15 Robonaut, a dextrous humanoid robot stationed on ISS, shook hands with Commander Dan Burbank. It constituted the first man-machine... Read more →