After 199 days in space, Michael Barratt and Gennady Padalka have safely returned to Earth. Expedition 20 landed in Kazakhstan on October 11, at 12:32 a.m. EDT. Padalka has spent 586 days in space over the course of three flights, which puts him sixth on all time list. Sergei Krikalev has the most time in [...]
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ISS Expedition 20 Wrapping up
The International Space Station is getting ready to change crews, officially. While an unofficial “Change of Command” ceremony was held earlier today, Frank De Winne will officially become the Expedition 21 commander Saturday when Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt undock from the station from the Soyuz TMA-14 later tonight.
They will say farewell [...]
LCROSS – NASA smashing satellite into the Moon!
After several months of orbiting the moon, taking images, examining sites, and sending data back to NASA, the two satellites that were launched on June 18, 2009 will finish their mission by crashing into the surface of the moon.
On final approach, the shepherding spacecraft and Centaur will separate. The Centaur will act as a [...]
Vote on Hubble’s Next Discovery
In 1609, Galileo turned his telescope on the night sky for the first time. Now, 400 years later, your vote will help make the momentous decision of where to point modern astronomy’s most famous telescope.
“Hubble’s Next Discovery — You Decide” is part of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA), the celebration of the 400th anniversary [...]
