Tag: International Space Station
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Lego celebrates 20 years of the International Space Station with an out-of-this-world new model
The Lego International Space Station. (Lego Photo) Lego is aiming high again with a new model for space geeks, this time celebrating the more than 20 years that the International Space Station has been a home to the science and exploration necessary to advancing human space travel and improving life on Earth. The 864-piece Lego…
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Spacewalkers complete another round of solar array battery replacements
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) Monday. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Jessica Meir is seen near the end of Monday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now It took NASA more than 50 years to stage its first all-female spacewalk last October. It took three months before the second…
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SpaceX aces final major test before first crew mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster disintegrated in a fireball — as expected — a few seconds after the Crew Dragon capsule fired away from the top of the rocket in an in-flight escape demonstration Sunday. Credit: Spaceflight Now SpaceX performed a dramatic high-altitude test flight Sunday of the company’s Crew Dragon capsule over Florida’s Space Coast,…
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Koch, Meir continue space station battery replacements on successful spacewalk
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) after completion of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Christina Koch, seen through the helmet camera of crewmate Jessica Meir on Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir floated back outside the International Space Station Wednesday for history’s second…
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NASA and Boeing lay out time frame for reviewing Starliner’s flawed flight and planning next steps
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space capsule, which was christened Calypso after last month’s test flight, is wrapped in plastic for transport back to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. (Boeing Photo) NASA says it’s working with Boeing to set up an independent investigation team to review last month’s less-than-perfect maiden…
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Dragon cargo capsule brings home space station science experiments
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft flies away from the International Space Station Tuesday after release by the lab’s Canadian-built robotic arm. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s 19th Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station ended Tuesday with the capsule’s splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Los Angeles with nearly 3,600 pounds of cargo and…
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Live coverage: Dragon cargo craft departs space station, returns to Earth
Live coverage of the departure of SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship from the International Space Station and its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with several tons of experiment samples and cargo. SpaceX and NASA will not provide live video coverage of the splashdown. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page.…
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Mighty Mice splash down aboard SpaceX Dragon cargo ship after zero-G study on space station
A troop of muscle-enhanced mice was among more than 3,500 pounds of experiments and equipment that came back to Earth today when a robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of a monthlong resupply mission to the International Space Station. Mighty Mice in Space is an experiment studying…
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Koch marks record stay in space for female astronaut
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Christina Koch works with an experiment on the International Space Station in this Dec. 22 photo. Credit: NASA Astronaut Christina Koch, launched to the International Space Station in March, marks her 289th day in space Saturday, breaking retired astronaut Peggy Whitson’s world record for the longest…
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NASA’s Christina Koch adds onto the world endurance record for women in space
NASA astronaut Christina Koch has been aboard the International Space Station since March. (NASA Photo) Every day for the next six weeks, NASA astronaut Christina Koch will be setting a new women’s record for continuous time in space. Koch’s extended stint on the International Space Station follows up on astronaut Scott Kelly’s “Year in Space”…