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Microgravity Science Glovebox Team Celebrates
09.28.11 - The Microgravity Science Glovebox science facility marks 10,000 hours of operation in space.
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Boosters Gave Fiery Muscle to Shuttle Launches
09.27.11 - The space shuttle climbed to space in part on the strength of twin columns of fire and smoke from the solid rocket boosters.
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Aurora From ISS Orbit
09.22.11 - This view of the aurora from Earth orbit was taken from the International Space Station as it crossed over the southern Indian Ocean on September 17, 2011.
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Growing an Interest in Science
09.21.11 - An investigation is stemming out of this world, planting an interest in students in more than a hundred schools across the nation.
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External Tank was Backbone of Shuttle Launches
09.21.11 - The external tank acted as a gas tank for the space shuttle as it headed into orbit.
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Florida is Base for U.S. National Lab
09.19.11 - The U.S. national laboratory aboard the ISS is now managed at Kennedy's Space Life Sciences Laboratory.
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Harnessing the Potential of a Good Run
09.19.11 - After years of chaffing, bruising, and discomfort in some astronauts, running in space just got easier.
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Expedition 28 Crew Lands Safely
09.16.11 - Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Ron Garan landed their Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft in Kazakhstan a few seconds before midnight EDT Sept. 16, with an official landing time of 11:59:39 p.m. Sept. 15.
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Students Gain Love of Space with Summer Camp
09.14.11 - Teachers commonly ask students to share summer experiences. This year a few can say that they controlled satellites on the ISS!
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Keeping Engine Fuel Lines Bubble Free in Space
09.09.11 - You are in space...your spacecraft is tumbling out of control, you need to fire your control rockets...where is your fuel?