This is the first photograph of Earth ever taken from space. It was captured on 24 October 1946 from a rocket 105 km above the ground.
Everybody poops. In space, it's pretty difficult and requires a lot of planning.
"Впервые экипаж сокращен с трех до двух человек. В его основной состав вошли россиянин Федор Юрчихин, для которого полет станет пятым в карьере (537 суток на орбите), и американец Джек Фишер, который побывает в космосе впервые. Дублерами стали россиянин Сергей Рязанский и американец Рэндолф...
Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographed brightly glowing auroras from his vantage point aboard the International Space Station on March 27, 2017. Pesquet wrote, "The view at night recently has been simply magnificent: few clouds, intense auroras. I can’t look away from the windows."
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The Mir Space Station was Russia’s greatest space station, and the first modular space station to be assembled in orbit. Commissioned in 1986, the name can be translated from Russian as “peace”, “world”, and even “village” – alluding to the spirit of international cooperation that led to its creation. Owned and operated by the Soviet … Continue reading "Mir: Russia’s Space Station"
“Aquí Gaviota, aquí Gaviota. Veo en el horizonte una raya azul: es la Tierra. ¡Qué hermosa! Todo marcha espléndidamente».Con estas palabras la astronauta rusa Valentina Tereshkova, alias Gaviota su nombre en clave en la misión, se convertía en la primera mujer en ver la tierra desde el cielo anunciaba su paradero.
The huge, hidden cost to severing the bond between art and science.
The World Science Festival tells you everything you ever wanted to know about the space junk orbiting above us.
The docking of two robotic spacecraft, the Tiangong 1 space station and Shenzhou 8 capsule, provided a preview of larger Chinese space complexes planned for the future.
An urban legend tells the story of how, dissatisfied with the micromanagement of their daily timelines, the Skylab-4 crew staged a strike, some called it a
There are a lot of online resources for information about space history, but none can rival the combination of thorough and adorable you’ll find at Historic Spacecraft. The site is full of information about recent and past launches, old space programs, and much more, but it owes its unique charm to the drawings of spacecraft that […]
Russian space officials say Russia may build its own orbital space station after 2020. The project will be given the go-ahead in the event Russia’s partners on the International Space Station fail to...
By Matt Hardigree, Jalopnik The Soviet lunar program was covered up, forgotten after failing to put a man on the moon. These rare photos from a lab inside the Moscow Aviation Institute show a junkyard of rarely-seen spacecraft, including a never-to-be-used Soviet lunar lander. Soviet scientists were well ahead of their American counterparts in moon […]
Mars would not be an easy home for human colonists. See how in this Space.com infographic.
See the shots chosen by National Geographic photo editors as the most memorable pictures from the entire U.S. space shuttle program.
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