Space Flight
Rare Images From Inside a Soyuz During Flight
[/caption] Cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev recently arrived at the International Space Station, along with astronauts Cady Colemand from the US and…
More Images, Details on SpaceX’s Dragon Flight
[/caption] SpaceX has released more images and more details about the successful flight of Falcon 9 and the Dragon capsule…
Secret X-37B Mini Space Shuttle Lands
The X-37B mini space shuttle made a stealth landing during the early morning hours, landing at Vandenberg Air Force base…
Secret Mini Space Shuttle Could Land on Friday
[/caption] The US Air Force announced that the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, a miniature, unmanned space shuttle could return to…
Soyuz and 3 ISS Crewmembers Return Home
The Expedition 25 crew landed safely in Kazakhstan at 11:46 p.m. EST Thursday (Friday 10:46 a.m. Kazakhstan time). The trio…
The Cutest Little Spaceship that Never Flew
[/caption] Of all the missions and spacecraft that NASA has shelved over the years, I found the X-38 Crew Return…
Stubborn Shuttle Discovery Refuses to Launch on Final Mission
[/caption] UPDATE: The launch has now been delayed until Nov. 30, as a crack was found in the foam on…
NASA’s Year of Finales Continues with Last ET and SRB Events
[/caption] As the space shuttle program draws to a close, NASA is working to highlight the historic nature of each…
Fleet of Solar Sail Spacecraft Envisioned for Future Data Gathering Missions
[/caption] Future missions to explore the outer planets could employ fleets of ‘data-clippers’, maneuverable spacecraft equipped with solar sails, to…
NASA Considering Rail Gun Launch System to the Stars
[/caption] The idea for using rail guns to launch objects to space has been around for years – even Isaac…