HOUSTON — Expedition 36 crew members and NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg, currently orbiting aboard the International Space Station, will speak with students gathered at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center at 9:40 a.m. CDT (10:40 a.m Continue reading
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Off and No Longer Running: Space Station’s First Treadmill to be Jettisoned with Trash
UPDATE: This article was updated at 4: 23 p.m. EDT to reflect an error in information provided by NASA: The space station’s original treadmill has not yet run its course. The “Treadmill Vibration Isolation System” (TVIS), which was used by both astronauts and cosmonauts to exercise aboard the International Space Station for more than 12 years was not jettisoned on Tuesday (June 11) onboard a spent Russian cargo freighter, as earlier reported. Continue reading
Off and No Longer Running: Space Station’s First Treadmill Jettisoned with Trash
UPDATE: This article was updated at 4: 23 p.m. Continue reading
It had a good run, but space station’s first treadmill jettisoned
NASA The International Space Station’s first treadmill, referred to as the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System, or TVIS, floats inside the orbiting outpost in May as it was being prepared for Tuesday’s disposal. Robert Z Continue reading
Massachusetts Students Speak With Space Station Astronauts
Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy, Luca Parmitano, and Karen Nyberg will speak from the International Space Station to students at Douglas Public Schools in Massachusetts at 11:35 a.m. EDT, Monday, June 10. Students will be able to ask the astronauts questions about life, work and research aboard the orbiting laboratory. Continue reading
QE2′s Flyby on This Week @NASA – Video
QE2's Flyby on This Week @NASA As the 1.7-mile-long asteroid 1998 QE2 began its relatively close flyby of Earth, telescope images were provided during a live broadcast from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, seen on NASA Television… By: NASAtelevision Continue reading
NASA Television Covers the Launch of the Next ISS Crew – Video
NASA Television Covers the Launch of the Next ISS Crew Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg and Flight Engineer Luc… By: NASA Continue reading
Aerospace Television Saab 91D Safir Oostwold airshow 2013 – Video
Aerospace Television Saab 91D Safir Oostwold airshow 2013 Aerospace Television Saab 91D Safir Oostwold airshow 2013. By: Kanaal van RNLAFDonkey Continue reading
Aerospace Television Pitts S2B PH-PEP flight2 Oostwold airshow 2013 – Video
Aerospace Television Pitts S2B PH-PEP flight2 Oostwold airshow 2013 2nd flight of the day at the Oostwold airshow 2013. By: Kanaal van RNLAFDonkey Continue reading
NASA Space Auction Sells Moonwalkers’ ‘Right Stuff’ – Video
NASA Space Auction Sells Moonwalkers''Right Stuff' May 20 (Bloomberg) — RR Auction Vice President Bobby Livingston discusses the auction of NASA space travel items with Gigi Stone on Bloomberg Television's “Money Moves.” (Source: Bloomberg)… By: Bloomberg Television Continue reading
NASA Hosts Google+ Hangout with Recently Returned Space Station Astronauts
NASA will host a Google+ Hangout with the three recently returned International Space Station astronauts from 3-4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 23 Continue reading
NASA Honors Sally Ride with a National Tribute at Kennedy Center
NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting the general public and journalists to “Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy,” an educational tribute to America’s first woman in space on Monday, May 20. The special event will be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., at 7 p.m. Continue reading
NASA Television to Air Space Station Soyuz Landing
WASHINGTON — NASA Television will provide live coverage May 12-14 as three crew members aboard the International Space Station end five months in orbit and return to Earth for a scheduled landing May 13. Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, Tom Marshburn of NASA and Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will undock their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft from the station at 7:08 p.m Continue reading
NASA Television Viewer Stats Soaring on YouTube – Video
NASA Television Viewer Stats Soaring on YouTube An upbeat animated thirty second promo video reveals astonishing numbers of YouTube viewers visiting the NASA YouTube Channel. By: NASAtelevision Continue reading
SPHERES-VERTIGO Investigation Conducted Aboard The International Space Station
April 18, 2013 Image Caption: NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn conducts the SPHERES-VERTIGO investigation aboard the International Space Station to study the ability to create a three-dimensional model of an unknown object in space using only one or two small satellites. Credit: NASA NASA [ Watch The Video ISS Update: SPHERES-VERTIGO ] It looks like something out of a sci-fi moviefree-formation-flying robotic spheres hovering around the International Space Station with goggles on. The Visual Estimation and Relative Tracking for Inspection of Generic Objects (VERTIGO) study, a part of the Synchronized Position, Hold, Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) investigation explores the use of small satellites equipped to analyze and capture data from specified objects, producing a 3-D model of those objects. Continue reading
NASA's Kepler spacecraft to reveal new planetary discoveries?
The space agency is announcing new sightings found by the Kepler spacecraft mission. Continue reading
NASA TV Provides Coverage of Space Station Spacewalk
WASHINGTON — Two members of the Expedition 35 crew will venture outside the International Space Station April 19 for a six-hour spacewalk to deploy and retrieve several science experiments and install a new navigational aid. NASA Television will broadcast the spacewalk live beginning at 9:30 a.m. Continue reading
New Space Station Crew Members to Launch and Dock the Same Day
HOUSTON — Three new crew members are set to launch to the International Space Station on a six-hour flight to travel from the launch pad to their destination. Chris Cassidy of NASA, along with Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), are scheduled to launch in their Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:43 p.m. CDT, Thursday, March 28, (2:43 a.m Continue reading
NASA TV News Conference to Discuss Planck Cosmology Findings
NASA will host a news conference at 8 a.m. Continue reading
Briefing On Curiosity’s Analysis Of Mars Rock Held By NASA
March 8, 2013 Image Caption: This artist’s concept features NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars’ past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Continue reading