When the Orbital OTK OA-9 resupply mission lifted off on Monday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, its 7,385 lb (3,350 kg) of cargo included centuries-old technology alongside cutting-edge physics experiments.
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When the latest Cygnus cargo mission to the SS lifts off, its manifest will include three CubeSats, including the first equipped with radar. The size of three cereal boxes and weighing only 26 lb (11.8 kg) each, the miniature satellites will be used to demonstrate new technologies in orbit.
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The 14th SpaceX mission to the International Space Station returned safely to Earth. The unmanned Dragon cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at approximately 3:00 pm EDT on May 5, six and a half hours after the craft was released from the station.
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A team of mechanical engineers at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute is working on a new electrical cooling system that has no moving parts. Already being tested aboard the International Space Station, the electrohydrodynamic cooler uses electrically charged fluids to carry away heat.
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As if they don't already have enough on their plate, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are turning storm chasers. On April 13, a remote controlled robotic arm installed the Space Storm Hunter instrument package that will make an extensive survey of terrestrial thunderstorms.
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SpaceX's 14th mission to the International Space Station (ISS), and the second to use a refurbished Dragon cargo ship and Falcon 9 first stage booster in a single mission, has successfully launched. Onboard the unmanned spacecraft is about 5,800 lb (2,630 kg) of experiments and supplies.
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The International Space Station (ISS) is about to get a strange new crew member. The Crew Interactive Mobile Companion – or CIMON for short – is described by Airbus as a kind of flying brain, and will assist with experiments during the upcoming Horizons mission.
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In one of the most remarkable handovers in the history of space exploration, the Trump administration proposes handing over the American commitment to the International Space Station (ISS) over to private enterprise in 2025.
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The Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been given the green light from NASA for its Dream Chaser spacecraft to visit the orbital laboratory in late 2020.
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On this day ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Columbus laboratory was launched into orbit, safely nestled in the mammoth cargo bay of the space shuttle Atlantis.
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