May 26 2010

Space Shuttle Atlantis Makes Final Landing

Tag: Air Travel,Astronauts,NASA,Soyuz,Space Shuttle,Space Station — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:01 pm
Space shuttle Atlantis is back on Earth, bringing home six astronauts from the International Space Station and capping its 25-year-long flight career.

May 17 2010

Spacewalk Hits Brief Power Outage

Tag: Astronauts,NASA,Robots,Soyuz,Space Shuttle,Space Station,Spacecraft,Spaceflight — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 11:09 am
Astronauts began the first of three planned spacewalks Monday from the shuttle Atlantis.

May 06 2010

NASA Tests Orion Capsule’s Launch-Abort System

Tag: Astronauts,Engineering,NASA,Rockets,Safety,Soyuz,Space Station,Space Travel,Spacecraft — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 5:50 pm
A trio of high-performance rocket motors would whisk astronauts to safety in case of an emergency.

Apr 07 2010

U.S. Signs New Deal for Soyuz Flights

Tag: Astronauts,NASA,Private Spaceflight,Soyuz,Space Commercialization,Space Shuttle,Space Station,Spaceflight — Irene Klotz @ 8:23 am
As the shuttle approaches retirement, a new deal has been signed by NASA to pay Russia $55.8 million per seat for six Soyuz flights to the space station from 2013 to 2014.

Mar 18 2010

Space Station Crew Lands In ‘Blizzard-Like’ Conditions

Tag: Astronomy,NASA,Soyuz,Space Shuttle,Space Station,Spaceflight — Irene Klotz @ 2:59 pm
Ahoy there! NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Russia's Maxim Suraev landed in blustery Kazakhstan this morning, wrapping up a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Winds were so high, the crew's Soyuz capsule tipped over on its side at ...
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