Change of Command Ceremony on ISS
On April 25, shortly before the departure of Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, the ISS crew held a... Read more →
ISS Crew Lands Safely
Source: NASA The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly... Read more →
Approaching the Countdown for SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft
SpaceX' unmanned Dragon capsule sitting atop the Falcon 9 rocket getting ready for a maiden launch on May 7 (Credits: NASA). If everything goes... Read more →
Russian Academy of Sciences Finds Rogue Microbes on ISS
A study by the Russian Academy of Sciences has indicated that ISS currently has a population of 76 microorganisms, some of them hazardous. The... Read more →
Asteroid Mining: To Infinity and Beyond, But What are the Legal Implications?
Newly formed Planetary Resources aims to establish commercial asteroid mining (Credits: Planetary Resoures). April 24, 2012 marked a milestone in... Read more →
Famous First Earthrise Over Moon Recreated
On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lowell and William Anders became the first humans to photograph the Earth rising over the... Read more →