International Space Station (ISS)

History of International Space Station (ISS)
The International Space Station is the biggest and most complicated scientific project ever launched. This article aims to familiarize you with the history of International Space Station...

The International Space Station (ISS)
A research laboratory revolving at an altitude of 350 km above the Earth with 27,700 km/hr as its average speed - that's the International Space Station. To know more about the largest artificial satellite, read on...

Millionaire Gregory Olsen, Tourist, Blasts Off To Space Station
Instead of spending a couple of days at the beach, Gregory Olsen is spending a couple of days in a rocket, traveling to the international space station as a space tourist.

Spacewatch
The International Space Station's spell of visibility across our skys ends over the coming week as orbit shifts west

Microsoft Software Billionaire First Tourist to Go to Space Twice
Charles Simonyi, who paid $60m for two trips, on board 19th International Space Station mission

'Hello Space Station, This is Barack Obama'
Schoolchildren and senators join US president for 28-minute phone call to International Space Station

International Space Station Laptops Got Virus Infected
The NASA officials have termed this computer virus as W32.Gammima.AG. This low-risk virus, according to Symantec, an anti-virus software company, based in California, is a Window-based virus. It needs to get copied, for its spread, using removable media.

International Space Station: Nasa Prepares to Install Japanese Lab
Astronauts face six hour spacewalk to get Kibo unit ready after delivering parts to repair broken toilet

Robot Frozen in Space
A $200m (£100m) robot at the international space station was today paralyzed and waiting for a software fix to reanimate it

Final Frontier for Origami Paper Planes
Japanese scientists are preparing to unleash a hi-tech paper plane from about 250 miles above Earth on the International Space Station

Toxic Spill Causes Space Station Emergency
Astronauts aboard the international space station declared an emergency yesterday after a toxic spill.

Discovery Backflips for Damage Checks
The space shuttle Discovery today docked at the international space station after performing an unprecedented backflip to enable its underside to be photographed for signs of damage.

Cross Cultural Training
As economic and political spaces between nations become smaller and international trade continues to increase, the movement of people between countries is becoming more fluid.

Astronauts Suffer Oxygen Scare
Two astronauts working outside the international space station had a scare last night when a suspected oxygen leak in one of their spacesuits forced them to rush back inside. The spacewalk to carry out repairs should have taken six hours but ended after just 14 minutes, when pressure...

Nasa Dismisses Astronaut Safety Fears
Nasa sent a new crew to the International Space Station despite warnings that conditions in the orbiting spacecraft posed a serious risk to astronauts, it emerged yesterday. Two senior officials claimed the equipment used to monitor radiation, water quality and the build-up of dangerous...

Cash row eclipses Soyuz pod's return
The crew of the international space station returned to Earth yesterday, landing near the Aral sea in Kazakhstan - almost 300 miles south-west of their target.

Space station in jeopardy
The future of the International Space Station is in doubt due to an American refusal to fund Russia's contribution because of Moscow's continuing assistance to the nuclear programme of Iran, labelled by the US as an "axis of evil" state.

Trauma Support for Orbiting Crew
Psychologists have been called in to help the three-man crew of the International Space Station cope with their stress and grief in the wake of the Columbia disaster, as they remain lost in space with little prospect of rescue. The three astronauts - Americans Donald Pettit and Kenneth...

Nasa must keep faith with ageing workhorse
With seven astronauts dead, bitter battles with the Bush administration over funding, its shuttle fleet grounded and an international space station only half built, Nasa has nowhere to go but up.

Russians say no space odyssey for boy band star
It was meant to be the most expensive public relations stunt in history, launching a boy band singer into orbit for a one-off appearance at the International Space Station.

Nasa chastised for poor space research
Nasa must improve its science research output or "cease to characterise the International Space Station as a science driven initiative", an independent audit has reported.

Space Station Out of the Firing Line
Nasa officials admitted yesterday that they have been forced to move the International Space Station (ISS) to protect it and its crew of three from a piece of flying junk.

Wonders and blunders - International Space Station & MI6
The International Space Station is the epitome of form through function. It appeals to me because it is purely and simply utilitarian.

Second space tourist lifts off
The world's second space tourist lifted off today in a Russian rocket from the Baikonur launchpad in Central Asia, heading for the International Space Station.

Space Shuttle Atlantis Heads Into Orbit
US space shuttle Atlantis lifted off last night from Florida on its mission to international space station Alpha, despite last-minute computer problems that almost delayed the launch. With the launch, astronaut Jerry Ross became the first person to fly into space seven times...

It's Lift-off for Space Holidays
Space agency chiefs have approved plans to turn the $50 billion International Space Station into the ultimate tourist destination. They have finally given in to international pressure, as well as the pleas of their own astronauts, including Apollo pioneer Buzz Aldrin, to permit paying...