Washington: Six International Space Station (ISS) astronauts rushed to safety as a piece of a Russian satellite whizzed by. The astronauts orbiting 320 km above the planet were stirred from their slumber Saturday to jump into emergency escape pods. They were told by the ground control to scramble into two docked Soyuz spacecrafts in case a piece of a wrecked Russian satellite should smash into the ISS. The emergency was...
11:13 AM, Mar 25, 2012
Houston: US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the launch date for the first test flight of a commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission, which will test a vehicle intended to carry cargo and eventually crew to orbit represents an important step for the burgeoning private space industry, experts say. SpaceX is going to send its unmanned space capsule Dragon to rendezvous...
07:50 AM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi: The India-Pakistan border appears as an orange line in a photograph taken by the Expedition 28 crew on the International Space Station (ISS) on August 21, 2011. The photo was released on September 4, 2011. The fence between the two countries is floodlit for surveillance purposes. In the photo: Srinagar (L), Islamabad (bottom C), Lahore (centre near the border line) and Delhi (top C) can be seen as...
02:57 PM, Sep 06, 2011
Cape Canaveral: US space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday to deliver a last batch of supplies to the orbiting outpost on the final flight of the US shuttle program. Commander Chris Ferguson gently eased Atlantis into its parking slip on the station's Harmony node at 11:07 am EDT (1507 GMT) as the spacecraft soared 230 miles (370 km) over the Pacific Ocean. "Welcome to the...
07:32 AM, Jul 11, 2011
Vatican City: Pope Benedict XVI will be in satellite contact with two Italian astronauts aboard the International Space Station in what would be the first papal call to space. The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano reported Friday that the hookup will happen on May 4 after shuttle Endeavour docks with the station. Liftoff is set for next Friday. Two Italian astronauts will be meeting up on the space station. Roberto Vittori...
01:10 PM, Apr 23, 2011
Washington: US space shuttle Discovery has lifted off on its own final scheduled flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deliver a storage room to the International Space Station (ISS). According to NASA TV, the shuttle blasted off at 4:53 pm. (2153 GMT) on Thursday. "Good to be here", Discovery Commander Steve Lindsey radioed soon after the three main engines shut off and the external fuel tank was...
07:03 AM, Feb 25, 2011
Cape Canaveral: Musical astronaut Catherine Coleman has plenty of flutes to pick from aboard the International Space Station. One is her own. Two belong to members of the Irish group, The Chieftains. And one belongs to the flutist with the Jethro Tull band. "A pretty well-rounded spectrum, and I am having a great time up here with them," Coleman said. On Wednesday, she played a couple tunes for radio and...
01:33 PM, Feb 10, 2011
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