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Space Station

NASA’s Particle-Hunting ISS-CREAM Will Be Anything But Vanilla

May 30, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Balloon-based research on cosmic particles that began over a century ago will get a big boost next year — all the way up to low-Earth orbit, when NASA’s Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (CREAM) will be sent to the Space Station thus [...]

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How to Make Your New Space Roomate Feel at Home: Shave Your Head

May 29, 2013

International Space Station astronaut Chris Cassidy surprised the new crew arriving at the station earlier today, welcoming them aboard with a new look: he shaved his head to match his new crewmate, Luca Parmitano, who always sports a bald noggin. You can watch the video below to see Parmitano’s reaction. During a televised video conference [...]

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Soyuz Crew Sets Record for Fastest Trip to Space Station

May 29, 2013

The crew of Expedition 36 aboard the Soyuz TMA-09M set a record for the fastest trip ever to the International Space Station. From launch to docking, the trip took 5 hours and 39 minutes. That’s six minutes faster than the previous Soyuz that used the new “fast track” four-orbit rendezvous. Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of [...]

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Watch Live: Soyuz Fast-Track Launch to the Space Station

May 28, 2013

Three new International Space Station crew members are set to launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch is scheduled for is 20:31 UTC (4:31 p.m. EDT) Tuesday (2:31 a.m. May 29, Baikonur time). The new Expedition 36 crew will take an accelerated four-orbit, 6-hour journey to Space Station. They [...]

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Engineering Students Develop a Super “Space Stethoscope”

May 21, 2013

Even though astronauts receive some general medical training in preparation for a stay aboard the ISS, most of them still aren’t medical professionals by any means — and with the inherent difficulties of microgravity and the relatively noisy environment inside the Station, even a simple diagnostic task like listening to a heartbeat can be a [...]

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