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Don Pettit spent a busy 220 days at the International Space Station. He conducted experiments, talked with students and ...
Among many of its features, it provides a schedule for ISS flyovers and even a sky map to track it. You can also find out when other bright satellites will be passing over. My favorite free app ...
The spectacle is so vast and luminous that it is visible from space, underscoring the magnitude of China’s maritime presence.
Sino Metals’ pollution of the Kafue River presents an opportunity to forge a more environmentally sustainable partnership.
Nearly 46 years after the Skylab space station caused a sonic boom as it blazed a kaleidoscopic trail across the WA sky, ...
A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to make a crash landing back on Earth early Saturday.
Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft is likely to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after being stuck in orbit for more than ...
Scientists are exploring the possibility of using infrasound to track the fall of space debris. New methods could help ...
Astronomers predict that the 500kg (1,100 lbs) landing module could hit the planet as early as this afternoon.
Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos and our planet. In photos Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos ...
And the show starts tonight. The International Space Station, where an Ohio native was one of two astronauts who recently returned to Earth following an unexpected nine-month stay, will be flying ...
The 50-plus-year-old spacecraft was trapped in Earth orbit for decades. Now, it has likely fallen back home, according to the ...