NASA is pretty renowned for screw ups that only it can manage to pull off and after re-recording on the moon landing tapes its reputation has been on a one way trip down the spiral. With the International Space Station (ISS) in eternal need of repairs and pare parts and the space shuttles at NASA’s [...]

Japan has successfully tested the state of the art unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), that has been developed to supply essential items to the International Space Station (ISS). The test was completed when the autonomous vehicle re-entered earth’s atmosphere heating the vehicle surface at 2000 degrees centigrade.
The H-II Transfer Vehicle is a disposable craft that [...]

The Ares I-X prototype rocket, that is considered to be one of the biggest accomplishments of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) finally took off from the Kennedy Space Center launch pad after multiple weather delays. The Ares I-X rocket is expected to be the much awaited replacement for NASA’s space shuttle program and [...]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA today unveiled a new rocket, named Ares 1, that has been designed for future space and moon missions, replacing the aging and the soon to be gone U.S space shuttle fleet.
The flight testing of the all new Ares-1 rocket is expected to commence from next week and is [...]

Exploring new frontiers and what lies beyond in space may not be fictional anymore but the endless difficulties associated with space exploring are just as real. One of these is the difficulty of refueling once a spacecraft has left the Earth’s atmosphere. Returning to Earth to refuel or finding a refueling station were the only [...]

There is absolutely no denying the fact that an astronaut’s job is not at all rosy. The amount of hardships an astronaut endures in the space station is perhaps beyond a layman’s imagination. Nevertheless, it appears to be very fascinating to many of us. The European Space Agency (ESA) has created a wearable augmented reality [...]

That sounds pretty disgusting when you think about it, even though we are saying that the urine will be recycled! Irrespective of your personal tastes and fancy for delicacies, if you want to be a part of the crew that constantly keeps the International Space Station in shape and gets a fabulous view of the [...]