Space Station passes by debris unharmed

The 18 occupants of the International Space Station hastily packed their bags in preparation for a quick escape as a result of a space debris collision warning.  The Station has since safely passed by the debris...

"CQ - this is Canada calling Space"

You might think that ham-radio would have died-out in this age of cellular phones, but there's one place your phone can't call - space.Murray Crandon, Saskatchewan resident and ham-radio enthusiast has made...

Millionaire Richard 'Lord British' Garriott Docks with International Space St...

Richard Garriott, a visionary game designer, just couldn't resist adding the word 'astronaut' to his list of feats. Not enough to almost single-handedly make popular the massively multiplayer and role playing...

U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight

Space shuttle obsolete, American atronauts fly from Russia to ISS; no war in sight. " STAR CITY, Russia: This place was once no place, a secret military base northeast of Moscow that did not show up on maps....

Deal keeps U.S. on International Space Station

" A political stalemate that threatened to boot the United States off the International Space Station eased on Thursday after U.S. lawmakers passed an exemption allowing NASA to buy rides from the Russians,...

Russians believe cause of Soyuz problems found

" Russians believe cause of Soyuz problems foundRussian troubleshooters believe electrical arcing between the space environment and the international space station most likely caused recent problems with explosive bolts used to separate Soyuz re-entry vehicles just before...

A solution to replace space shuttle for ISS, 10 russian Soyuz-ST carrier rock...

Ariane european Space transporter gets a second heavy load rocket the russian Soyuz-ST.  First start 2010 from French Guyana Kourou (North south-america) The rocket will be able to get freight into space or,...

NASA reach out to Japan for shuttle replacement

NASA is planning to retire the Shuttle fleet in 2010, yet the schedule of its replacement is already slipping, according to the agency's 2008 budget request to Congress."This could increase the gap between the...

Soyuz Lands in Kazakhstan

Russia's Soyuz TMA-11 has landed in Kazakhstan, intact but off-course. ON board was a small international crew, including South Korea's first astronaut, Yi So-yeon."The crew are safe, but were subjected to severe...

First Woman Space Station Commander & Team Launched Today

 Flames danced against the dawning sky as the International Space Station's first woman commander and team mates were launched successfully from Baikonur Cosmodrome. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson,...

Drinking astronauts are nothing new

"Drinking astronauts are nothing new * Preview of article to be published 04 August 2007 * NewScientist.com news service Anyone who has read Riding Rockets, Mike Mullane's account of his life as a shuttle...

Billionaire Space Tourist Returns to Earth

"So... uh, what did I miss?""The capsule arrived after a more than three-hour return trip from the orbital station, carrying space tourist Charles Simonyi, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, and American astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, according to a spokesman at Mission...

5th Space Tourist Has Left the Atmosphere

Russia launched a space rocket carrying the 15th expedition to the International Space Station and the 5th space tourist - Microsoft's co-founder, Charles Simonyi. The space craft was launched at 0.31 UTC from Baikonur and was expected to release from the carrier module...

5th Space Tourist Has Left the Atmosphere

Russia launched a space rocket carrying the 15th expedition to the International Space Station and the 5th space tourist - Microsoft's co-founder, Charles Simonyi. The space craft was launched at 0.31 UTC from Baikonu and was expected to release from the carrier module...

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