Monthly Archives: Tháng Năm 2020

International Space Station Benefits for Humanity, 3rd Edition

How does research on the International Space Station benefit life on Earth? Read the stories of innovative science in low-Earth orbit in a new book. More: https://www.nasa.gov/stationbenefits The International Space Station Program Science Forum (PSF) third edition of “International Space Station Benefits for Humanity” compiles the benefits of research on an orbiting microgravity laboratory. The […]

NASA Explorers S4 E3: Training the Astronauts

Astronauts train all over the world, including at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Here, they learn not just how to live in space, but also how to conduct science in microgravity. Astronauts serve as the eyes and hands of researchers while their experiments are aboard the space station, so they must be trained […]

What is SpaceX Launching to the International Space Station?

When it launches on Friday, May 3, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will carry crew supplies, scientific research and hardware to the International Space Station to support dozens of the more than 250 science and research investigations. Learn more about the science headed to space: https://go.nasa.gov/2GjYsME. HD Download: https://go.nasa.gov/2PH97Ff

What’s the Status of NASA and SpaceX’s Mission to Launch Astronauts to Space?

Reporting from the Countdown Clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center — America’s spaceport — officials from NASA provided an update May 29 about the upcoming second attempt on May 30 to launch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to space carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley. Watch this video to see NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, […]

What's the Status of NASA and SpaceX's Mission to Launch Astronauts to Space?

Reporting from the Countdown Clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center — America’s spaceport — officials from NASA provided an update May 29 about the upcoming second attempt on May 30 to launch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to space carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley. Watch this video to see NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, […]

How to Make a Demo-2 Straw Rocket

In 2020, NASA and SpaceX will launch American astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil for the first time since 2011. Would you like to learn how to make your own Demo-2 to launch in your home? Watch this tutorial to learn how. All you will need is paper, markers, scissors, tape, yarn […]

U.S. Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station

At the International Space Station, Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release the Orbital/ATK Cygnus cargo craft June 14, just hours after it was detached from the station. The spacecraft is loaded with trash and other unneeded items. Cygnus is also serving as a platform for an investigation called the […]

Soyuz Landing Spotlighted with New View

A camera mounted on an all-terrain vehicle that was part of the Russian Search and Recovery Forces team in Kazakhstan captured never-before-seen views of the landing of the Expedition 23 crew in the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft east of the town of Dzezhgazkan on June 2, 2010. Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer […]

Inside the ISS – Time Lapse

In Episode 2 of “Inside the International Space Station,” Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum speaks from space with astronaut Mike Massimino about Fossum’s amazing time lapse photography.