The Himalayas, as you’ve never seen them. Must see.
There. Are. No. Words. André Kuipers, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, took this image of the roof of the world from 250 miles above the Earth. As I tweeted a bit earlier, this is...
View ArticleCatching up with the space station crew before they fly home
After six months in space astronauts Oleg Kononenko, Don Pettit and André Kuipers, whose tour of duty began two days before Christmas, will leave the space station Saturday evening to return home....
View ArticleCan you cry in space?
Do astronauts cry? One can imagine many circumstances in which one would cry in space: missing a loved one, a little soap on one’s helmet, or simply witnessing the sheer majesty of the Earth from...
View ArticleAwesome image of a water bubble in space
The following photograph, NASA’s image of the day, is not only awesome, it illustrates two very cool scientific ideas that explain why the water bubble is floating, and why it doesn’t break. 1....
View ArticleWhat if the worst happens? Losing the International Space Station
This weekend, in the series Adrift, I wrote about how the United States became dependent upon Russia for rides into space. The uncomfortable reality is that the International Space Station is hanging...
View ArticleAn endorsement from on high: J.J. Watt is the best football player in the...
Last week Astronaut Terry Virts tweeted a picture of himself in the International Space Station’s cupola wearing a J.J. Watt shirt: This morning I had a chance to speak with Virts, another NASA...
View ArticleHere’s why the loss of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is a big deal for NASA
The loss of today’s Falcon 9 rocket is a critical one for NASA. The vehicle carried 4,000 pounds in supplies, from food and water to about 70 scientific experiments to hardware for the space station...
View ArticleRussian rocket launches much needed supplies to the space station
12:05 A.M. FRIDAY UPDATE: The Progress spacecraft made it safely to orbit, right on time. When it docks with the International Space Station in two days it will deliver 3,100 pounds of much-needed...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Space Station chief expresses disappointment with Congress,...
Mike Suffredini is one of the two or three most important people at NASA that most Americans have never heard of. He’s led the International Space Station — this country’s only human-rated space...
View ArticleAstronaut captures lightning strike so bright it reflects off space station’s...
Sometimes the greatest show on Earth is off Earth. Earlier this month as the International Space Station flew above the Pacific Ocean there were thunderstorms below. And in one moment astronaut Kjell...
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