September 2013

WATCH: Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus cargo ship docks with Space Station

September 30th, 2013|Categories: News, Photography, Video|Tags: , , , , , |

An unmanned cargo ship successfully berthed with the orbiting International Space Station on Sunday following a one-week delay due to a technical glitch, NASA said. ISS astronauts “successfully captured the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo spacecraft with the station’s robotic arm” at 1100 GMT, NASA said. “Following its capture, the spacecraft [...]

Comments Off on WATCH: Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus cargo ship docks with Space Station

Giant Leaps for Space Firms Orbital, SpaceX

September 29th, 2013|Categories: News, Photography|Tags: , , , , , , , |

A successful launch and a separate in-orbit rendezvous on Sunday, both funded largely with corporate dollars, are accelerating what amounts to the privatization of NASA's current human spaceflight efforts. Orbital Sciences Corp. became the second commercial entity to send a spacecraft to the international space station, with its Cygnus cargo [...]

Comments Off on Giant Leaps for Space Firms Orbital, SpaceX

Spot the Space Station

September 19th, 2013|Categories: News, Photography|Tags: , , , |

Have you ever looked up on a clear night sky and wonder where the ISS might be? If so, there’s a website for that. NASA has made it easier for observers to sign up for email alerts or text messages whenever the space station may be visible overhead. Because of [...]

Comments Off on Spot the Space Station