Game Changing Technology

How Space Station Can Help Humans Follow Curiosity

10.18.12 - With all of the excitement of the Mars Curiosity landing, many are looking to move from robots to humans for exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

Preflight Interview: Tom Marshburn

10.17.12 - "When I was little I didn't know I wanted to be an astronaut. I just knew I loved spaceflight."

Preflight Interview: Roman Romanenko

10.17.12 - "I didn’t initially plan to be a cosmonaut, because I grew up in Star City surrounded by cosmonauts."

Preflight Interview: Chris Hadfield

10.17.12 - "If you want to grow up to be an astronaut, growing up as a kid in southern Ontario is a pretty good place to come from."

NASA Commercial Crew Partner Blue Origin Completes Pad Escape Test

10.22.12 - NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Blue Origin conducted a successful pad escape test Friday at the company's West Texas launch site, firing its pusher-escape motor and launching a full-scale suborbital crew capsule from a simulated propulsion module.

NASA to Preview Upcoming Space Station Spacewalk to Repair Ammonia Leak

10.19.12 - NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. CDT (2 p.m. EDT) Friday, Oct. 26, to preview an upcoming spacewalk involving U.S. and Japanese astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television from the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Media questions will be taken by telephone and from other participating NASA locations.

International Space Station Timelines (October 2012)

These are copies of the flight plan timelines used by the crew onboard the International Space Station.

International Space Station Timelines (September 2012)

These are copies of the flight plan timelines used by the crew onboard the International Space Station.