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Inside the Boeing Capsule That Could Be NASA’s Next Space Taxi
Boeing is gunning for the contract to transport NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, and yesterday it showed off its latest design for the insides of its intergalactic ferry, the CST-100...
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What Happens to Your Skin in Space
Thought good old Commander Hadfield already taught you everything there is to know about space livin’? Shame on you — there’s always more to learn. Like about how your skin moults and floats off your...
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Inside the International Space Station’s Tool Kit
When you’re floating in space, it pays to be prepared, so it’s perhaps no surprise that the International Space Station packs a pretty impressive tool kit. Those obsessed by workshops and making,...
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This Is How NASA Will 3D Print in Space
NASA recently announced that it plans to take a 3D printer into space in 2014 — and now it wants you to see how it will work. This video — complete with some awful music — shows off how astronauts will...
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How Insanely Fast the ISS Moves
The International Space Station orbits the Earth at 8 kilometres per second — but it’s tough to visualise just how fast that is. When you think about it in terms of how far the thing moves during the...
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Watch Today’s ISS Spacewalk Right Here, Right Now
While you’re just sitting at your desk, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Mizurkin and Fyodor Yurchikhin on the International Space Station have been awake for hours preparing for today’s spacewalk to...
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Apparently This Isn’t a UFO Floating Around the Earth Like a Jellyfish
Yesterday, astronaut Chris Cassidy spotted something really weird floating outside the window of the ISS. Like a bright, shiny, golden jellyfish, the strange object was hovering around the space...
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Astronauts Arrive Home in a Brilliant Ball of Fire
Without any context, it looks like something has gone terribly, terribly wrong in the photo above taken around midnight last night. But that little ball engulfed in flames is doing just fine—and so are...
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ISS Crew “Flew Blind” on Their Way Back to Earth
While exciting in some ways, homecoming, yay!, the trip home from the International Space Station is a scary enough journey even when everything goes right. Now imagine doing it with no height sensors...
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An Experimental Cargo Ship Launched For the ISS Today
The first flight of the Cyngus, a new experimental spacecraft, lit off at 10:58AM today from NASA’s newly popular Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia. The Cygnus is an unmanned cargo vessel, and...
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The First Cygnus Spacecraft Successfully Docked With The ISS
The Cygnus spacecraft, which launched from Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia on September 18th, successfully docked with the International Space Station this morning after astronauts aboard...
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How Life Would Look If the Moon Was as Close to Earth as the ISS
Even though it might not look like much when it’s so far away, the Moon is pretty huge. In fact, if it was a little closer, as close as the ISS for example, it would monopolise the entire sky. Yetipc1,...
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Even the Sunrise is Out of This World on the ISS
Astronaut Karen Nyberg just tweeted this breathtaking photo of a sunrise, taken from humanity’s most awesome scenic overlook — the International Space Station. Nyberg has been keeping busy up there,...
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Did a USB Stick Infect a Russian Nuclear Plant with Stuxnet?
There’s a common misconception that you need to be connected to the internet to get infected with malware. Well, that’s not true, and according to renowned cybersecurity expert Eugene Kaspersky, the...
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My Breathtaking Ride From Earth to the International Space Station
The rumble of power just got stronger and more insistent as we heard the countdown in Russian through our headsets and then, “Pusk.” Liftoff. It was a very different sensation than my two Shuttle...
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The ISS, Earth’s Ultimate Outpost, Turns 15 Today
Where were you when the ISS launched its first module in November of 1998? Some of us watched, others were in school, still other weren’t even alive yet. Either way, it’s hard to believe that today is...
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The International Space Station’s Mission Has Been Extended Until 2024
The White House has just announced that the United States has extended its lease on the International Space Station through the 2024 fiscal year. This is great news for both NASA and science in...
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How Low Earth Orbit Astronauts Are the New Pioneers
The first element of the International Space Station (ISS) launched over fifteen years ago, on November 20, 1998. For more than thirteen years at least two human beings have been continually living off...
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Scientists are Going to Create the Coldest Spot in the Known Universe
The universe is freezing. In spots like the Boomerang Nebula the temperature drops all the way down to one degree Kelvin. But if NASA scientists have their way, the known universe will have a new...
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This Stunning Picture of the Earth’s Atmosphere is Better Than Sci-Fi
This image may look like the opening scene from a high-budget sci-fi film, but it is in fact a real photograph, snapped by astronaut Koichi Wakata from the International Space Station. Captured on...
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