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NASA, Boeing investigating why Starliner spacecraft missed orbit

Joey Roulette
Posted at Dec 22 08:56 AM

The Boeing Co Starliner spacecraft that failed to hit the right orbit to reach the International Space Station is healthy, in a stable orbit and expected to land in New Mexico on Sunday morning, NASA said.   Read more »

Boeing sends first crew capsule to ISS this week

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 07:53 AM

Boeing is all set to launch its Starliner spacecraft for the first time to the International Space Station at the end of this week, a key mission as NASA looks to resume crewed flight by 2020. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 18, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 12:28 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Per aspera ad astra

NASA via Reuters
Updated as of Oct 19 12:19 AM

In this still image taken from a NASA video, Jessica Meir walks outside the International Space Station on Friday to replace a broken power controller. Read more »

Emirati becomes first Arab to reach International Space Station

Vyacheslav Oseledko, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 03:01 PM

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan – An Emirati has made history as the first Arab to reach the International Space Station, after blasting off from Kazakhstan. Read more »

Russian humanoid robot boards space station after delay

Maxime Popov, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 12:46 AM

MOSCOW - It was second time lucky on Tuesday as an unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot docked at the International Space Station following a failed attempt over the weekend. Read more »

Docking fails for Russia's first humanoid robot sent into space

Maria Panina, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 06:10 PM

MOSCOW - An unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot to be sent into orbit failed to dock automatically at the International Space Station on Saturday, in a new setback for Moscow.   Read more »

Indian satellite destruction created 400 pieces of debris, endangering ISS: NASA

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 02 11:22 AM

WASHINGTON - The head of NASA on Monday branded India's destruction of one of its satellites a "terrible thing" that had created 400 pieces of orbital debris and led to new dangers for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Read more »

NASA scraps all-women spacewalk for lack of well-fitting suits

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 10:33 AM

The US space agency NASA scrapped Monday a planned historic spacewalk by two women astronauts, citing a lack of available spacesuits that would fit them at the International Space Station. Read more »

LOOK: Hurricane Lane from space

NASA/Handout via Reuters
Updated as of Aug 30 04:55 PM

A photo taken from the International Space Station and moved on social media by astronaut Ricky Arnold shows Hurricane Lane in the early morning hours near Hawaii, U.S., Wednesday. Read more »

Boeing, SpaceX may miss target to send astronauts to space station

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 08:24 AM

The 2 companies were engaged by the US space agency NASA in 2014 to develop rockets that could transport astronauts to the space station when the current contract with Russia's Soyuz expires in November 2019. Read more »

Pope asks spacemen life's big questions in ISS live chat

Ella Ide, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 12:32 AM

Francis chatted with six astronauts at the International Space Station, kicking off the rare interview with a philosophical question on "man's place in the universe." Read more »

Pope Francis to call space station

Reuters
Posted at Oct 10 12:11 AM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will get closer to the heavens this month when he puts in a call to the International Space Station. Read more »

Photobombing the eclipse

Courtesy of Bill Ingalls/NASA/Handout via Reuters
Posted at Aug 22 04:40 PM

Photobombing the eclipse Read more »

Astronauts take spacewalk above Philippine Sea

Reuters
Posted at May 24 03:53 AM

Two U.S. astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Tuesday for a hastily planned spacewalk to replace a computer that failed on Saturday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.  Read more »

NASA plans emergency space walk on International Space Station

Irene Klotz, Reuters
Posted at May 22 07:40 AM

A pair of astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station as early as Tuesday for an emergency space walk to replace a failed computer, one of two that control major US systems aboard the orbiting outpost, NASA said on Sunday. Read more »