Tag: INTERNATIONALSPACESTATION

Robonaut (or R2 for short) just made his grand debut on the International Space Station as the first humanoid 'bot to reach the void above. R2 was dropped off by the Space Shuttle Discovery on its last mission to the final frontier, and on Tuesday (a full two and half weeks after its arrival) crew aboard the ISS finally held an unveiling ceremony for its latest member. Astronauts Catherine ...

It's no secret that the Japanese love their robots. But the country's space agency, JAXA, is hoping that other nations will enjoy its android creations, too. The country of cutting-edge 'bots is planning to send a humanoid robot to the ISS, where it will monitor the health and stress levels of astronauts, and report back via Twitter. ...

There's nothing like images of Earth from space to make you feel both insignificant and full of wonder. This time-lapsed footage, taken from the International Space Station (in HD no less), is some of the most stunning we've seen in a long time. Snapped by NASA astronaut Don Pettit, this footage makes us think we picked the wrong profession. ...

After about 30 years of sending U.S. astronauts into space, NASA announced Thursday that space shuttles Discovery and Endeavour will make their last flights, respectively, on November 1st, 2010 and February 26th, 2011. According to Network World, Discovery's 10-day mission will be to deliver logistics carriers, which are basically cargo holds, and other spare parts to the International Space ...

Fans of the U.S. space program currently enjoy unparalleled and unprecedented access to the cosmos and cosmic travelers. In keeping with its goal to "inspire the next generation of explorers," NASA actively supports and entertainingly promotes public interaction with numerous outer space endeavors. The organization accomplishes its inspirational goal through a variety of participatory channels, ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple has released the initial iPad sales numbers, and -- while certainly impressive -- the stats still fall short of some of the early and exaggerated expectations. According to the company, consumers purchased 300,000 iPads on Saturday, downloaded over 1 million apps, and checked out over 250,000 iBooks from the brand new ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Astronaut Souichi Noguchi is snapping shots from the International Space Station. He's posting the photos to the Web via Twitpic. Our favorite? The Moon, from Space. ...

President Obama has attracted a devoted geek following because of his focus on science and technology. If early reports are accurate, though, his dork devotion will likely take a significant hit next week when a 2011 budget report is released. According to CBC News, a White House official has confirmed that money appropriated to NASA will be insufficient to maintain one significant, six-year-old ...

We know that we've said this before, but we officially have our first Tweet from space! The message sent by astronaut Mike Massimino back in May? That doesn't count anymore. Massimino's quip from orbit was not sent "live," but was actually posted by ground control, to whom he'd e-mailed his missive. Now, Timothy Creamer has bumped Massimino out of the Twitter history books by updating his ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/12/03/first-space-beer-made-with-astro-barley-sold-on-earth/'; Apparently, there's not a lot of work to do on the International Space Station (ISS) these days. Who needs important scientific research anyway? Instead, some Russians and Japanese astronauts decided to grow some barley and make some home-brewed brew. According to the Telegraph, Japan's ...

While NASA astronauts typically tweet banalities about their jobs, the hilarity of one Russian cosmonaut's blog is skyrocketing to infinity... and beyond. Maksim Suraev, a Roscosmos astronaut aboard the International Space Station, has used his blog to give readers some humorous insight into daily outer space existence. Translated into English by Russia Today, the blog features not only ...

Yesterday, six mice boarded the International Space Station to boldly participate in an Italian Space Agency-sponsored study of bone degeneration, Space.com reports. These six will be the first rodents to spend an extended period of time on the space station, where they will be housed and studied until November. Three of those space varmints bear a gene that, scientists believe, fights ...

Truthfully, there's just not enough work being done in the area of advanced underpants, so we're absolutely elated to hear that textile experts at Japan Women's University in Tokyo are picking up the slack and moving forward with an amazing development. Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese astronaut to live on the International Space Station, is current testing the "odor-free" clothing, and it's ...

President Obama took some time out of his hectic schedule yesterday to speak with a higher authority. Flanked by congressmen and local area children, Obama spoke for the first time with the astronauts inhabiting the International Space Station, issuing compliments and cracking jokes. The President was upbeat throughout the conversation, joking with the astronauts that, since the space station ...

While putting a call in to the International Space Station and chatting up an astronaut for a full ten minutes would likely be more than enough to satisfy most science classes, a group of students from Humber College in Toronto decided to go one big step further and do so with a radio system that they designed and built themselves. According to the school, that makes it the first time that's ever ...