SpaceX delays mission to International Space Station

California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced today that it has delayed the launch of its "Dragon" space capsule. SpaceX's capsule was scheduled to launch on February 7 aboard its Falcon 9 on a mission to the International Space ... continue

Watch Comet Lovejoy From the International Space Station [Video]

Last week Comet Lovejoy flew into, then out of, the sun, and NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank had the best seat in the house. Burbank, who is currently the commander of the International Space Station, took over 100 ... continue

Draconid Meteor Shower Could Put Space Station at Risk

The Draconid Meteor Shower peaks this weekend with some forecasts predicting up to 600 meteors an hour. The hyperactive meteor shower will be a treat for sky-watchers, but NASA is keeping a close eye on the International ... continue

Orbit the Earth in One Minute From the International Space Station [Time-Lapse Video]

For most of us, this time-lapse video taken from the International Space Station is the closest we'll ever get to actually orbiting the earth. Which is ok, because this video is awesome. Science educator James Drake created this ... continue

That Russian Soyuz crash – it was because of a manufacturing flaw. Ouch.

As the United States pulls out of any near earth space operations NASA is looking to the Russians to provide the needed space shuttling work between earth and the space station using unmanned cargo ships. So needless to ... continue

International Space Station May Be Unmanned Following Russian Space Failure

For the first since 2001 the International Space Station may soon go unmanned. Last week a Russian spaceship crashed back to earth, leaving Russian engineers to determine what caused the crash with only a short term fix ... continue

The International Space Station to join the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean in 2020

First it was the last launch, and landing, of NASA's space shuttle and now we find out that our other bastion in space, the International Space Station will come to the end of its life in 2020 ... continue

Four countries and one space station equals busy place

Not only is it getting crowed in general up there in space but the International Space Station may need to advertise for an air traffic controller is the ISS gets any busier. Right now there are four space ... continue