Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen completed the first of four spacewalks scheduled for Endeavour’s mission to the International Space Station yesterday.
This spacewalk was the 115th in support of ISS construction. The majority of the six hour and 52 minute spacewalk was spent focusing on one of the station’s Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ).
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San Francisco’s Morrison Planetarium, the new $20 million dollar facility that’s a part of the recently reopened California Academy of Sciences, is a technological marvel.
The Morrison Planetarium allows “astronomers not only to show traditional star charts, but to guide visitors through an immersive fly-through of our universe – realistically rendered in real-time. ”
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When in space astronauts can enjoy meals that have been inspired from dishes around the world. Start with an Asian-themed entrée, followed by Mexican fajitas and and all-American cranapple cobbler for dessert.
There is a variety to these meals that can be enjoyed through a syringe, but how good can space food really be? When food […]
You, too, could pull a Homer Simpson and become an astronaut. Canada is looking for two people to start work in August, 2009. All you need to do is apply (and be somewhat qualified, presumably). It’s worth looking into. Read more…
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 24 /PRNewswire/ — The first celebration of Ohio’s rich aerospace history and thriving aerospace industry will take place on May 7 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. The day is dedicated to bringing to light Ohio’s extraordinary and diverse contributions to the aerospace sector throughout the world. NASA Glenn Research Center, Ohio […]
The International Space Station’s (ISS) first female commander and two crewmates are safely back on Earth, but landed well short of their intended landing site as they capped a marathon mission to the orbiting laboratory.
The Russian Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft ferrying Expedition 16 commander Peggy Whitson, of NASA, and her crew to Earth touched down about […]
Crewmembers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) welcomed the arrival of a Russian spacecraft bearing their replacements and South Korea’s first astronaut early Thursday.
Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, and South Korean spaceflyer So-yeon Yi pulled in at the station aboard their Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft, which docked with the outpost’s Earth-facing Pirs module at […]
Durham, NC (PRWEB) April 8, 2008 — Retired astronaut Guion S. “Guy” Bluford, Jr., Ph.D., will inspire educators to help their students build the foundation in mathematics necessary to explore new horizons - as a keynote speaker at MetaMetrics® Inc.’s 2008 Lexile® National Conference & Quantile® Symposium, June 16-19, at the San Antonio Marriott […]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Eight-year-old boys dream of being superheroes — flying high above the clouds with nothing to limit themselves but their imaginations. For young adventurer Danner Cronise, Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G ®), the first and only FAA-approved provider of commercial weightless flights, turned this dream into reality and enabled Danner […]
Astronaut Daniel Tani becomes the first astronaut to lose a close family member while in space, according to NASA. Tani’s 90 year old mom passed away in a car accident when the car she was driving was hit by a train.