Sep 07 ‘Mighty mice’ stay musclebound in space, showing promise for longterm space flight By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Scientists who sent bulked-up, mutant "mighty mice" to the International Space Station say the animals held onto their muscle during the monthlong flight. Continue reading
Apr 09 ‘Houston, we’ve had a problem’: Remembering Apollo 13 at 50 By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A half-century later, Apollo 13 is still considered Mission Control’s finest hour. Continue reading
Mar 03 WATCH: SpaceX’s new crew capsule aces space station docking By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX’s new crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, acing its second milestone in just over a day. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 3:51 Keeping priceless pieces of space history safe By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, nearly five decades after the historic Apollo 11 Command Module brought man to the moon and back, the spacecraft is part of a new adventure in a four-stop traveling exhibition across America. Continue watching
Oct 17 Apollo 11’s capsule went to the moon. Here’s how the Smithsonian prepares it for a shorter trip By Julia Griffin The Smithsonian Institution is prepping the 9,000-pound capsule used during Apollo 11 for a two-year road trip. Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 5:52 NASA scientists try to stop space fires — by setting them By PBS News Hour Confined spaces, low gravity and high concentrations of oxygen mean any unexpected fire on a space station could well be a death sentence, especially since fire extinguishers aren’t very effective away from Earth. So NASA scientists are trying to develop… Continue watching
Feb 20 Record number of Americans apply to be astronauts, NASA says By Michael D. Regan A record number of potential astronauts applied for NASA's space program, eclipsing a number that had been set nearly 40 years ago. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch 2:18 Will 3D printing in space allow us to build new worlds? By PBS News Hour So far, space travel is limited because we have to transport everything we need using rockets. But what if we could build whatever we needed? Jason Dunn, whose company built the first 3D printer to operate in space, shares his… Continue watching
Feb 02 Does spaceflight accelerate immune system aging? By Justin Scuiletti According to a new study, spaceflight may have detrimental effects on the immune system. Continue reading
Jan 12 ‘Close but no cigar’ for SpaceX rocket bumpy landing By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy On Saturday, SpaceX's fifth resupply capsule successfully docked at the ISS. But part of the mission was a flop. Continue reading