Earlier, Rovio released a few hints of what to expect from Angry Birds Space. We knew that it would take place in… well, …
International Space Station
Robot Shakes Hand with Astronaut on International Space Station
In space, nobody can hear you be uncivil towards someone. That’s why it’s nice to see commander Dan Burbank and Robonaut 2 shaking hands in the middle of the International Space Station.
This little bit of robo-human relations …
Incredible Photo of Space Shuttle Endeavour Docked in Space
It’s one of those shots that makes you go “holy word-I-can’t-say-here”: A space shuttle hanging from the International Space Station like a bird caught midflight, or a high diver reaching around about to leap backwards off a diving board. It’s also the first photograph of a shuttle—the very vehicle that helped assemble the space …
Tiny Stamp-Sized Satellites Carried by Endeavour into Space
Imagine peewee satellites the size of pennies tumbling through space like interstellar insects, collecting data and transmitting it home.
Stop imagining, because three stamp-sized prototypes designed by Cornell scientists went up with space shuttle Endeavour as it flew into orbit Monday morning. Their destination: the International …
Astronauts Safe From Space Debris Threat to International Space Station
Update: It looks like the International Space Station astronauts are safe, and that NASA’s declared the six-inch piece of space junk a non-threat, reports the Associated Press. Our original story follows:
It’s a piece of space debris from a destroyed Chinese weather satellite and it’s due to fly dangerously close to NASA’s …
NASA Delays Endeavour Shuttle Launch to April 29
Space Shuttle Endeavour’s swan song will have to wait an extra 10 days, after a scheduling conflict with a Russian spacecraft forced NASA to delay the shuttle’s final launch from April 19 to April 29.
It’s a matter of who gets to go first, or actually how many get to go at the same time: In this case, an unmanned Russian cargo ship …
NASA, Russian Astronauts Touch Down Safely in Kazakhstan
From the International Space Station to the snowy stretches of central Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and two Russian cosmonauts have safely returned to earth.
The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Kelly and Russians Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri touched down today (March 16), a few minutes before 0800 GMT, bringing to …
The ISS Crew Wishes You A Merry Christmas
They may be as far away from all the celebrations as possible, but the crew of the International Space Station wishes us peace on Earth and a Merry Christmas. Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman of NASA and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency took some time out to beam a message down to …