This Week in NASA History: Second Crewed Skylab Mission Returns to Earth — Sept. 25, 1973
This week in 1973, the second crewed Skylab crew splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, after a successful 59-day mission. Here, astronaut Jack R. Lousma participates in extravehicular activity during...
Spacecraft with new ISS crew members will be launched on October 19
The manned launch of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for October 19, the crew will set off to the Baikonur Cosmodrome on October 7, a source in the...
A Mechanical Harmony to NASA’s Webb Telescope Sunshield
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has a giant custom-built, kite-shaped sunshield driven by mechanics that will fold and unfold with a harmonious synchronicity 1 million miles from Earth. Like...
Highlights from a Decade of JAXA and NASA’s Hinode Solar Observatory
Since its launch on Sept. 22, 2006, Hinode, a joint mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA, has been watching the sun nearly non-stop, providing valuable insight into our...
Hubble Finds Planet Orbiting Pair of Stars
Two’s company, but three might not always be a crowd — at least in space. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, and a trick of nature, have confirmed the existence of a planet...
Technical malfunction behind postponed launch of Soyuz MS-02 to ISS detected
The technical malfunction that led to the postponement of the Soyuz MS-02 manned spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS), has been detected and will be fixed, Vladimir Solntsev, the...
ESA: A lot will depend on the results of the first ExoMars mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) will consider proposals for the financing of the ExoMars project and ESA-Russia joint program of Moon exploration at a ministerial conference before the end of the...
Yuri Malenchenko leaves team of Russian cosmonauts
Russia’s Yuri Malenchenko, who is number two after Gennady Padalka in terms of the most total time spent in space, has left the team of cosmonauts, as follows from information available at the...
