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Space station: a stepping stone or eye-sore?

Saturday marked the 10th anniversary of the launch of the first module to become the International Space Station, the largest man-made structure in space. But it is still incomplete, with another four pressurised modules yet to be added to the 10 that are already there in orbit about 300km above Earth.

Space station crew conduct spacewalk

space-station-crew-conduct-spacewalk Space station crew conduct spacewalkUS and Russian crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) began a space walk late Monday to collect science experiments attached to the outside of their orbiting home. Both the crewmen installed a probe Tuesday aimed at tracking down problems.

Return of the space station

SOME 350km above your head in outer space, nations are pulling together to build an outpost in space that can be used by all to carry out experiments away from the pull of the Earth’s gravity. Each time the Space Shuttle launches, it takes another section to the International Space Station (ISS), which is then bolted on making it grow and grow. Work started on the ISS in 1998 when the first section was sent into space and since then 22 more Space Shuttle flights have added various sections making the ISS now bigger than a football field. It is so big that it can easily be seen from Earth; in fact it is the brightest object in the night sky after the moon. However, as the ISS has no external lights of its own, we can only see it for about an hour after sunset or about an hour before sunrise when it is dark on Earth but the Sun is still s

New Space Elevator Consortium

A coalition of leaders working on the concept of a space elevator has joined forces to form the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC). The new independent group is designed to promote standards and foster research relating to the construction of an Elevator to Space at the global level. Founding members of ISEC include the Spaceward Foundation, the Space Elevator Reference, the Space Elevator Blog, EuroSpaceward and the Japan Space Elevator Association. Heading the new organization is Ted Semon of the Space Elevator Blog, who will serve as president. Michael Laine, president of the space elevator company Liftport is excited about the consortium. "I think it’s a great thing," he said. "This has been in the works for months, and the need to bring the different organizations under one roof has been long overdue.

Russia to make 39 space launches next year: Space Agency

Russian Space Agency Roskosmos will make 39 space launches in 2009 from the Baikonur and Plesetsk space centres, the agency press service said today. Roskosmos said the launches would be made as part of the Federal Space Programme, the Glonass federal programme, an international cooperation programme, and a number of commercial projects. Four Soyuz manned spaceships and five Progress freighters would be launched from Baikonur (Kazakhstan) to the International Space Station (ISS). As of next year, the ISS crew is to be increased from three to six. A Proton rocket would put into orbit two Express communication satellites, two Glonass satellites, 17 communication satellites, two weather and ocean monitoring satellites, one emergency situations monitoring satellite, and six astrophysical satellites to study planets within the solar system.

Shuttle Endeavour leaves space station

In this image rendered from video and provided by NASA-TV, space shuttle Endeavour is seen from the International Space Station.Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven have left the international space station, ending a 12-day visit to give the orbiting complex better living quarters for bigger crews.

Photos: Space station marks a decade aloft

Way back when, the Space Age was essentially a series of sprints in a feverish competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The first satellite in orbit. The first man in space. The first landing on the moon. But starting more than a decade ago, the space race gave way to cooperation between the onetime Cold War foes, along with partners from other nations, in what has become an endurance event: the construction, maintenance, occupation, and operation of the International Space Station.

Photos: The space station marks a decade aloft

Way back when, the Space Age was essentially a series of sprints in a feverish competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The first satellite in orbit. The first man in space. The first landing on the moon. But starting more than a decade ago, the space race gave way to cooperation between the onetime Cold War foes, along with partners from other nations, in what has become an endurance event: the construction, maintenance, occupation, and operation of the International Space Station.

U.S., Russian space station crew complete spacewalk at space station

MOSCOW - American astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov completed a nearly six-hour spacewalk to perform maintenance work and mount experiments on the international space station.

U.S., Russian space station crew complete spacewalk at space station

MOSCOW - American astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov completed a nearly six-hour spacewalk to perform maintenance work and mount experiments on the international space station.

Incredible Hubble Space Telescope Images Appear in 2009 Space Calendar

Free Shipping and Discounts Available for "Year In Space" 2009 Desk Calendar Thirty-two million light-years away, the gently curving arms of spiral galaxy NGC 628 harbor the glowing embers of newborn stars. A globular cluster some eight thousand light-years away from Earth contains stars that were born early in the Universe's 14-billion year history. Thousands of sparkling young stars nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603 illuminate its colorful gas clouds. These incredible Hubble images are just some of the 53 full-color space images selected to appear in the "The Year In Space" 2009 desk calendar. http://www.YearInSpace.com. Published in cooperation with The Planetary Society, "The Year In Space" is a 144-page desk calendar featuring 53 weekly color space images carefully selected from NASA's archives, world-famous observatories, pla

NASA: Space Station crew installs probe, launches experiment in space walk

Winding up a space walk in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, an astronaut and a cosmonaut installed a probe on the outside of the International Space Station to monitor electromagnetic energy.

The space beer, brewed from barley cultivated in the International Space Station in 2006, is shown in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2008.

A students shows the space beer, brewed from barley cultivated in the International Space Station in 2006 in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2008. Japan's beer giant Sapporo will produce 100 liters of the 5.5 percent alcoholic brew which are not for sale in the next year. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Bose in Space

Credit: Expedition 18 Crew, NASA Explanation: There's no place like home. Peering out of the window of the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut Greg Chamitoff takes in the planet on which we were all born. About 350 kilometers up, the ISS is high enough so that the Earth's horizon appears clearly curved. Astronaut Chamitoff's window shows some of Earth's complex clouds, in white, and life giving atmosphere and oceans, in blue. The space station orbits the Earth about once every 90 minutes. It is not difficult for people living below to look back toward the ISS. The ISS can frequently be seen as a bright point of light drifting overhead just after sunset. Telescopes can even resolve the overall structure of the space station. The above image was taken early last month from the ISS's Kibo laboratory.

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