In case you've ever doubted that astronauts are the best, Commander Chris Hadfield is here to set you straight with what is apparently the first music video recorded in space. His song choice? "Space Oddity," by David Bowie. Of course.
Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn completed the most impromptu spacewalk in NASA history ahead of schedule. The two men spent roughly five hours outside of the International Space Station repairing an ammonia pump used to cool the laboratory's engine system.
If there's any phrase an astronaut never wants to mutter, it's "Houston, we have a problem." Calling from the International Space Station on Thursday evening, Commander Chris Hadfield did just that.
The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket by SpaceX — the private space company of which Musk is CEO — contained a number of items destined for the International Space Station, including hand-picked apples. But a significant problem may prevent its arrival.
Reddit's Ask Me Anything feature is often fun because it enables regular old Redditors to talk to really cool famous people like the president or, as was the on Sunday, an astronaut orbiting the Earth.
A Soyuz rocket is lifted off from Kazakhstan this morning carrying three new astronauts to their temporary home on the International Space Station.
Despite some clouds and a slight chance of rain, SpaceX's first ever official mission went off without a hitch in Cape Canaveral on Sunday evening.
Occasionally we get really amazing photos of earth and space from the International Space Station, but the batch recently posted to the ISS Flickr stream contains some of the coolest yet because they don't even look like earth or space.
The first private mission to the International Space Station is over, and roundly hailed as a success, as the SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off Baja, CA. at 11:42 a.m. EDT.
It's official: The first private mission to the International Space Station is a success.
Just before 4:00 a.m. this morning, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral, taking first privately built spacecraft to visit the International Space Station.
After a Russian rocket crashed, NASA is looking in greater earnest for a successor
After a Russian rocket crashed, NASA's unsure about ferrying its astronauts
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