By Eric Hand of Nature magazine When it comes to doing science on the International Space Station (ISS), the laws of gravity have been flipped: what goes up mostly stays up. [More]
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I am sitting in a bakery minutes from my house, steps away from the train station, watching still-sleepy counter workers shuffling brioches and muffins to a rising flow of customers. I shouldn’t be here. I should be on that train now leaving the station, heading into New York City.
Read More »Flame Dances on Board Space Station
Starting a fire on the International Space Station might not sound like such a good idea. [More]
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: Train Waiting
"I took this on the way back to the hotel on my last day of a weekend trip to Hamburg, Germany. I was waiting for the train at Landungsbrücken train station when I suddenly see this well-dressed guy walking down the track," said photographer Thomas Leuthard
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: Train Waiting
"I took this on the way back to the hotel on my last day of a weekend trip to Hamburg, Germany. I was waiting for the train at Landungsbrücken train station when I suddenly see this well-dressed guy walking down the track," said photographer Thomas Leuthard.
Read More »NASA Looks to 3-D Printing for Spare Parts for Space Station
Launch $1-billion-worth of spare parts to the International Space Station, and you can keep Earth's orbital outpost going for another decade.
Read More »The Best Video of Earth from Space Ever Made
This timelapse video of photographs taken from the International Space Station between August and October is just stunning: [More]
Read More »SpaceX ‘Dragon’ Capsule Aims to Go to Mars
By Eric Hand of Nature magazine Dragon, the privately built space capsule intended to haul cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), is auditioning for another high-profile role.
Read More »Of Flash Mobs and Four Loko
On an ordinary afternoon at Copenhagen Central Station, a performer sets up a drum in the center of a large hall. A cellist joins him
Read More »Russian Rocket Failure Shouldn’t Force Space Station Evacuation, NASA Tells Lawmakers
The International Space Station likely won't have to be evacuated despite the recent failure of a Russian rocket launched toward the orbiting lab, a panel told U.S. lawmakers today (Oct. 12) on Capitol Hill
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The crossover sport-utility segment is a favorite for families and active sorts who want practicality delivered in a more attractive and engaging package than so-called mommy vans or that near-extinct species, the station wagon.
Read More »Video: Firefighters battle wildfires in Texas, Okla.
Firefighters are battling against wildfires in Texas and Oklahoma. Scott Pelley speaks with Jason Allen of CBS Station KTVT in Dallas-Fort Worth who is near the fire line to find out if firefighters are getting a handle on the situation.
Read More »Astronauts May Evacuate Space Station in November, NASA Says
The International Space Station may have to start operating without a crew in November if Russian engineers don't figure out soon what caused a recent rocket failure , NASA officials announced today (Aug. 29). The unmanned Russian cargo ship Progress 44 crashed just after its Aug.
Read More »Russian Space Station Cargo Ship Crashes in Failed Rocket Launch
An unmanned Russian cargo ship carrying tons of supplies for astronauts on the International Space Station suffered a major malfunction after launching today (Aug. 24) and ultimately crashed back to Earth, NASA officials say
Read More »Astronaut Snaps Spectacular Meteor Photo From Space
The annual Perseid meteor shower peaked this weekend, and one astronaut living aboard the International Space Station captured a stunning view of the light show from space. [More]
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