Plans to robotically capture and corral a small asteroid into a stable lunar orbit so it can be explored byU. S.astronauts as early as 2021 got a chilly reception as the strategy was outlined Tuesday before the House Space Subcommittee, a NASA oversight panel. The lawmakers and a panel of experts that included [...]

Even in outer space…the beat goes on! The heart beat that is. But how best to monitor its condition on lengthy space treks, say to Mars? An engineering team of students has designed a new stethoscope for NASA to deliver accurate heart- and body-sounds to medics who are trying to appraise astronauts’ health on long [...]

Three International Space Station astronauts reached Earth safely late Monday, including the first from Canada to command the six person orbiting science laboratory. The landing followed a flurry of activities that led to a Saturday spacewalk for the repair of a thermal control system leak within the station’s electricity producing solar power system. Chris Hadfield, [...]

Three International Space Station crew members, including the orbiting lab’s first Canadian commander, are scheduled to depart for Earth late Monday, following a whirlwind spacewalk over the weekend by two U. S. astronauts to stem a sudden leak in the ammonia cooling system. Canadian Chris Hadfield and one of the spacewalkers, Tom Marshburn, are to [...]

  Now ranked as the most innovative place to work within the U. S. federal government, NASA on Sunday marked the 52nd anniversary of the first American spaceflight. On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan B. Shepard lifted off from Cape  Canaveral, Fla., aboard the Mercury capsule he christened Freedom 7 at 9:34 a.m., EST. [...]