Mir Space Station
China Launches Mengtian, the Last Major Module to its Space Station
China's Tiangong space station just received its final module, the Mengtian laboratory, making it complete,
1 year ago
Two Veteran NASA Astronauts Michael Foale and Ellen Ochoa Inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at KSC
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL - In a moving ceremony, a pair of veteran NASA astronauts - Michael Foale…
7 years ago
Mir: Russia’s Space Station
The Mir Space Station was Russia’s greatest space station, and the first modular space station to be assembled in orbit.…
9 years ago
What Does NASA Stand For?
Chances are that if you have lived on this planet for the past half-century, you've heard of NASA. As the…
9 years ago
Fire! How the Mir Incident Changed Space Station Safety
Sixteen years ago, a fire on the Russian space station Mir erupted after a cosmonaut routinely ignited a perchlorate canister…
11 years ago