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• Astronauts return delayed from International Space Station

  March 14, 2013 6:11 PM

  MOSCOW (AP) - Bad weather is delaying the return of three astronauts from the International Space Station. The astronauts were scheduled to land in a Soyuz capsule in central Kazakhstan early Friday morning, but fog and freezing rain prevented Russian rescue helicopters from flying to the touchdown site. NASA's... more »

• Academy encourages local kids to ask an astronaut

  January 16, 2013 4:42 PM

  US AIR FORCE ACADEMY - Hey kids, have you ever wondered what it's like in space? Why not ask an astronaut about it? This week the US Air Force Academy is collecting questions from local students from kindergarten through 12th grade to be asked of former astronaut and retired Air... more »

• Full Dragon exits space station, Earth next stop

  October 28, 2012 11:58 AM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Dragon has left the space station and is headed back to Earth. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station released the commercial cargo ship Sunday morning. The California-based SpaceX company will steer its unmanned capsule to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday afternoon,... more »

• Private space station delivery set for Sunday launch

  October 7, 2012 12:15 PM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A private company is on the verge of launching another cargo ship to the International Space Station. On Sunday night, California-based SpaceX will attempt to send a California-based SpaceX to the orbiting lab. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:35 p.m. from Cape Canaveral. Forecasters put the... more »

• World's first commercial supply ship ready for space station departure

  May 30, 2012 4:44 PM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The world's first commercial supply ship is closed up and ready for a Thursday flight back to Earth from the International Space Station. Astronauts sealed the hatch to the SpaceX Dragon capsule on Wednesday. It's loaded with 1,400 pounds of experiments and old equipment for... more »

• New and old space technology on display in Colorado Springs

  April 18, 2012 6:39 PM

  The 28th annual National Space Symposium is underway at the Broadmoor. The biggest companies working on new space related technology are showing off their stuff; some of it is hands on. Lockheed Martin Space Systems has several items on display; like a docking simulator for the Orion spacecraft,... more »

• Final space connection: Atlantis docks at station

  July 10, 2011 11:21 AM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A space shuttle has pulled up for the last time at a space station. Emotions were running high Sunday, in orbit and on Earth, as Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station. It's the final docking to a space station ever by a NASA... more »

• NASA clears Endeavour for final launch Monday

  May 14, 2011 7:49 PM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight is set to blast off Monday morning. Mission managers gave the green light Saturday for the final voyage of Endeavour. Forecasters put the odds of acceptable weather at 70 percent. Endeavour will fly to the International Space Station... more »

• Spacewalk 3: More repair work for station crew

  August 16, 2010 8:09 AM

  Space station astronauts have one more big spacewalking chore before they can declare success. Astronauts Douglas Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson will tackle the last of their cooling-system repair work Monday. It will be their third spacewalk in just over a week. This time, they will try to... more »

• Astronauts to make final inspection of Atlantis

  May 24, 2010 8:31 AM

  The Atlantis astronauts have some surveying work ahead of them, now that they're flying free of the International Space Station. The six shuttle astronauts will pull out their newly repaired inspection boom today to check for any micrometeorite damage that might have occurred during the past week and a... more »

• Astronauts make final spacewalk of mission

  May 21, 2010 8:43 AM

  The Atlantis astronauts are making one last spacewalk before leaving the International Space Station. Two of the shuttle crew ventured out Friday morning to finish installing fresh station batteries. It's the third spacewalk this week for the visiting astronauts. Spacewalkers Garrett Reisman and Michael Good will plug in... more »

• Lessons from the Space Station

  May 7, 2010 4:09 PM

  Sixth grade students at the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy in Colorado Springs are spending the remainder of the school year studying the International Space Station. Next week, the students will interview scientists and engineers familiar with the station as part of their project. Two engineers from Boeing and two... more »

• Tweets in space!

  April 5, 2010 1:23 PM

  It appears that social networking reaches even into space. This morning, before suiting up and stepping onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, NASA Astronauts "tweeted" about their experience. Prior to the launch, mission specialist Clay Anderson wrote, "This might be last ground Tweet before launch...have to pack and ready for suit... more »

• After Obama phone call, astronauts get back to work

  February 18, 2010 8:47 AM

  After a time-out for a congratulatory phone call from the president, astronauts onboard the International Space Station got right back to work. They've wrapped up the bulk of the work on Tranquility, a multimillion dollar room shuttled into space by Endeavour. Yesterday, they threw open the shutters on Tranquility's... more »

• Astronauts move old space station docking port

  February 16, 2010 4:16 PM

  Astronauts did some rearranging at the International Space Station for the second night in a row Monday, moving an old docking adapter into a new position. A pair of spacemen used the station's hefty robot arm to remove the 10-year-old adapter from the space station and transfer it to... more »

• Space shuttle Endeavour pulls in at space station

  February 10, 2010 10:47 AM

  Handshakes, hugs and a "good to see you" were plentiful as the International Space Station crew welcomed their shuttle mates aboard today. Endeavour astronauts are delivering a new room and observation deck that will come close to completing construction 200 miles above Earth. The midnight rendezvous occurred as the... more »

• Out of this World! Beer brewed with barley from space station

  December 4, 2009 10:15 AM

  Japanese beer maker Sapporo on Thursday unveiled a new brew that may be out of this world. The new "Space Beer" is brewed with barley grown aboard the International Space Station. A researcher said the barley was taken into space and it didn't change in size, color or protein... more »

• Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag

  November 23, 2009 11:03 AM

  A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday to take care of some odd jobs at the International Space station. Dr. Robert Satcher Jr. and Randolph Bresnik - the father of a new baby girl - got started on the work... more »

• Astronauts get extra moving time at space station

  November 20, 2009 8:51 AM

  The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex are getting some extra moving time. Space shuttle Atlantis has been declared free of any worrisome launch damage. That means the crewmen won't need to conduct another detailed inspection of their ship until after they leave the International Space Station. They will fill the... more »

• Cargo-laden shuttle arrives at space station

  November 18, 2009 12:37 PM

  After making a 360-degree inspection flip in orbit, the space shuttle Atlantis delivered tons of supplies to the International Space Station on Wednesday. Astronaut Nicole Stott, a space station resident for the past two and a half months, was thrilled to see her ride home. She spotted Atlantis from... more »