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Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Stephen Bowen wound up an exhausting nearly seven hour spacewalk, lubricating gear rings and swapping out five of six bearing assemblies on a malfunctioning mechanical joint that keeps solar panels facing the sun. They nearly finished...

With that one astronaut who flopped on losing his toolbox while out in space, the rest of the Nasa’s get along astronautic get along gang are going hard at it again! How that theme song goes….Meet George Jetson….lol Send to Facebook Tell a Friend Technorati Tags: aeronautic, aeronautical,

Like James Bond, who believed that “The World is Not Enough!”, The Planetary Society thinks the Moon is not enough…and frankly I agree with them! The World is not enough… Click . I’ve always liked Lou Friedman and The Planetary Society! Explore the planets, humans to Mars, an international team — what’s not to like?

The European presence in space has become more prominent over the years. The development of the Columbus Laboratory and the introduction of the Automated Transport Vehicle (ATV) are two major milestones that have opened a new era for Europe’s presence in space.

Video: Life-saving water A NASA engineer shows how Engineers Without Borders builds water purification systems in developing nations (Video), CNN Editor's note: CNN has a series hosted by Miles O'Brien titled "Green Warriors" which features the volunteer efforts of JSC personnel via Engineers Without Borders - USA Johnson Space Center Chapter.

The Endeavor shuttle shot into space last week carrying loads of fancy equipment for the International Space Station. Among the new gadgets to be installed is a water recovery system that promises to recycle 93 percent of astronaut urine, sweat, exhaled water vapor, and other waste water back into drinkable water.

Astronauts Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough completed the second spacewalk of space shuttle Endeavour's mission to the International Space Station at 7:43 p.m. EST without incident. "Outstanding job," said commander Christopher Ferguson at the conclusion of the six hour and...

On the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station (ISS), Astronauts Shane Kimbrough (EV3) and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (EV1) have conducted the second of four EVAs during STS-126. As with EVA-1, the spacewalk concentrated on the starboard SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint).

Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Robert "Shane" Kimbrough stepped outside the Quest airlock just before 1:00 P.M. EST on Thursday, starting the second spacewalk of their mission to the international space station. During their six-and-a-half-hour excursion into the vacuum of space,...

Hello, Ten years ago on November 20, 1998 a Russian Proton rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Its mission was to put the first piece of the International Space Station (ISS) into orbit - a 12.5 metre, 19.3 tonne Zarya module. It was the first step for mankind’s most daring space project.