Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese maritime explorer who while working for the Spanish crown,...

To launch from a stationary pad to 65 nautical miles altitude and an orbital velocity of 17,500...

The EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) Suit is to protect the body from space walks in a vacuum...

The Johnson Space Center houses the Systems Integration Facility where the interface and architecture of the Space Shuttle are mocked-up for astronaut training. To get a good idea of the spaces check out these virtual tours

For NASA astronauts, flight simulators and shuttle mock ups help rehearse the experience of launch,...

Components of the Exterior: Robotic Canadarm 2 Canada has taken on the task of...

Service Module Most of the habitable elements in the ISS are cylindrical modules with most of the...

NASTAR stands for National Aerospace Training and Research. Located in Southampton, PA, NASTAR...

The S0 Space Truss Interactive Truss Assembly Diagram The ISS structure is...

There are striking parallels between the quest for defining the typology of the airport and that of...

The fascination with astronaut training has already been exploited by many companies eager to start...

Weight 1 space station (482,345 lbs) = 6 semi-trucks with maximum cargo (18,000 lbs...

Training facility consists of a large pool with a mock-up of the passenger cabin of the spaceplane...

Long-duration flights, such as a Mir residency, impose very serious psychological demands on...

Tuesday, November 27th, Steve Fossett's wife began the process of declaring her husband deceased. Fosset went missing after taking off from a private airstrip in Nevada on Setember 3rd, 2007. The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) called off searches on October 2nd, but private searches have continued. No remains have been found. Richard Branson ...

Bigelow Aerospace started a series of projects looking at alternative uses for space travel and...

New Global Spaceport Locations New Mexico isn't the only location in the US for a spaceport,...

Looking at how different materials and can inform how the spacestation will be transported into...

Back in Black

Record Spaceport America "The Foster + Partners and URS team has won an international...

Foster's previous work in transportation design made him a logical choice for designing the new...

Robert Bigelow, president of Bigelow Aerospace based in Las Vegas, NV. and owner of the Budget...

'Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one's existence...

“Our gardens need native plants to support a diverse and balanced food web essential to all...

This is amazing and scary. I imagine as aging body builders like Schwarzenegger lose strength,...

Nature has made a determined comeback In the 20 years since Chernobyl's reactor No. 4 turned a...

Ceramic jellyfish by Toronto based artists Alissa Coe and Carly Waito

A lovely little book is about to make it to the big screen. Dr. Seuss's 'Horton Hears A Who'...

I recently had an email exchange about Space Collective with our well-known friend, Obviously Subtle . In the email, he said something that really stuck with me. Referring to what Space Collective is all about, he called it "post religion and post politics." Of course, I already knew what Space Collective was about before I read...

2001: Space Odyssey was released in 1968. Directed By Stanley Kubrick. Spaceships: The...

The Gyroscope is a training device used by those preparing for an extended stay in space, but...

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At 17 miles long Scoresby, on the east coast of Greenland, is the longest fjord in the world.

Zero-Gravity Flights comprise the most widely accessibly method for the layman to experience zero...

The Centrifuge is a piece of equipment that employs the semi-natural simulation of linear...

The Pre-Launch Effort In the early 80's the International Space Station, or ISS, was originally...

Timeline of Stations Prior to the ISS CNN Article on the History of Space...

Definition A space station is defined as an "artificial structure designed for humans to live...

ISS exterior video tour

The 1960's piloted missions to the moon were reason for engineers to begin contemplating the future...

This is the intro video to the program titled "Big Blue Marble". A children's television...

Neutral Buoyancy training in swimming pools & large tanks of water is one way people preparing...

Rocket technology has been critical in man's efforts to explore outerspace. There are some basic...

Unmanned experimental plane by NASA X-43A/Pegasus Launch Getting Ready for Mach 10

As space tourism grows, various spaceports are envisioned in various locales. UNITED ARAB...

History of Salyut Space Station