Stress associated with spaceflight can reactivate the virus that causes shingles, a disease punctuated by painful skin lesions.
03.13.12 - The hot-fire tests supported The Boeing Company's development of its CST-100 spacecraft in NASA's Commercial Crew Development Round 2.
03.13.12 - While Robonaut has been busy testing its technology aboard station, NASA and GM have been working together to find new uses of those technologies.
03.12.12 - Robotic Refueling Mission on the ISS demonstrated remotely controlled robots and specialized tools performing precise satellite-servicing tasks.
The Uragan program aboard the Russian segment of the space station uses photography to study Earth's natural resources by monitoring catastrophes.
03.09.12 - NASA's plans for a new generation of commercially owned and operated spacecraft and launches involve keeping to the agency's high standards for crew safety.
03.07.12 - NASA's highly anticipated Robotic Refueling Mission began operations on the International Space Station March 7-9, 2012.
03.05.12 - Recently, NASA's space shuttles were on the move as part of the transition and retirement activities at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
03.01.12 - When the Space Station was first imagined, the idea was to create a research platform for the benefit of all humankind. That goal is now a reality.
02.27.12 - The pace of research aboard the International Space Station is accelerating, even though the space shuttles used to build it have been retired.