... -spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit, researchers say. The pulsar and its companion star challenge ... views of binary pulsar formation and give researchers a new opportunity for understanding the fundamental properties ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station used its robotic arm on Friday to grapple and then hoist a storage room onto Japan's new orbital research laboratory.
... expanded capability the ISS now provides for on-orbit research and technology development activities and as an engineering test-bed for flight systems and operations critical ...
The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station on Tuesday to take photographs of the orbiting research facility before final maneuvers to prepare its return home.
... -time crew of six established, they noted the outstanding opportunities now offered by the ISS for on-orbit research and for discovery including the operation and management ...
... , if not more, have planets about the size of our own circling in close orbits, researchers say. The findings pose a challenge to the current ... them in very close orbits, according to the first direct measurement of the incidence of such planets, researchers said Thursday ...
HOUSTON, March 7 (UPI) -- Discovery undocked from the International Space Station Monday in preparation for ending its 13th and last trip to the orbiting research facility, NASA said.
For more than a decade, the International Space Station has been a busy orbiting research lab. But it could soon take on a new role as a testbed for ambitious missions deeper into space.
The US company SpaceX on Thursday prepared for the climax of its Dragon capsule's landmark mission to the International Space Station with a high-stakes bid to latch on to the orbiting research lab.
Russian-made Soyuz reaches ISS, drops off trio of astronauts to join 3 current residents on orbiting research station
... on a six-month mission to the International Space Station, earthlings wanting to catch a glimpse of the orbital research lab can easily see it if they know ...
... Space Station on Friday, setting the stage for a Canadian for the first time to take command of the orbital research base ...
Some next-generation weather satellites may not launch in time to replace aging instruments now in orbit, researchers say.
