It was the first flight of Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft which is a larger version of its earlier spacecraft. NASA ...

Life on the International Space Station isn't always easy. There's not a lot of room, no showers, and no laundry. Photos show ...

we must occasionally raise the altitude of the ISS." Spetch said NASA has used many different ways to maintain altitude in the past, with the main being the Russian segment providing propulsive ...

The ISS includes three main modules connected by nodes: the US Laboratory Module Destiny, the European Research Laboratory Columbus and the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo (Hope). Each was launched ...

Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Dedication; Prologue; 1: An Alternative Plan; Shuffling the Shuttle to Assemble the Station; NASA's Tier-2: An Alternative Assembly Plan; The Interim Control ...