How Astronauts Dock at the Space Station
One of the trickiest questions for a Soyuz spacecraft approaching the International Space Station (ISS) is where to park. The ISS may be larger than a football field, but it’s got only so many ways to...
View ArticleBuzz Aldrin Wants to Colonize Mars Before 2040
By 2039 humans will be calling Mars home, if things go according to Buzz Aldrin’s plan. The second man on the moon is teaming up with the Florida Institute of Technology to develop a master plan to...
View ArticleSee New Horizons’ Entire Pluto Flyby in 23 Seconds
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft completed its near decade-long mission to Pluto with a flyby of the dwarf planet and its moons in July, capturing the best images we have to date. NASA has collected...
View ArticleWhat Space Does to Your Body and Mind
Expedition 44 to the International Space Station has been successfully completed after three astronauts landed in Kazakhstan. The mission saw a cosmonaut clock up more days in space than any other...
View ArticleHalfway Through a Year in Space: How the Science Gets Done
Scott Kelly is surely the only astronaut in history who couldn’t go to space without getting a tattoo first—two of them, in fact. You’d be hard-pressed to find Kelly’s tats, and that’s just how he...
View ArticleWatch An Astronaut Give Himself a Flu Shot in Space
There’s no telling exactly how many Americans will get their recommended flu vaccines this year, but considering the 147.8 million doses that were distributed last season, the number should be pretty...
View ArticleAstronaut’s Stunning Photo Shows the Darkness That Sweeps North Korea at Night
Astronaut Scott Kelly, who is spending the year in space aboard the International Space Station, tweeted a stunning image of outerspace view of North Korea on Saturday showing the vast country without...
View ArticleSee the Best Photos From an Astronaut’s Sixth Month in Space
TIME is following Scott Kelly’s mission in the new series, A Year In Space. Watch four full episodes here. MORE: See more photographs from Scott Kelly’s yearlong mission in space here.
View ArticleWhy an Upcoming Spacewalk Will Be So Difficult
A spacecraft that knows how to repair or maintain itself hasn’t been built yet. That’s especially problematic when the one in question is the International Space Station (ISS)—which is larger than a...
View ArticleSee the Best Photos From Astronaut Scott Kelly’s 7th Month in Space
TIME is producing a series of documentary films, titled “A Year in Space” which can be viewed on a special site, here. MORE: See more photographs from Scott Kelly’s yearlong mission in space here.
View ArticleTwo Americans Conduct a Spacewalk
Long before most Americans even tumble out of bed this morning, astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren will already be at work, preparing for a six and a half hour spacewalk outside the...
View ArticleA Year in Space: Scott Kelly Talks Being Away from Earth
Over 200 days into his year-long space mission, Astronaut Scott Kelly has nearly forgotten what life is like on Earth. “There are certain senses and things that seem like, wow that was so, so long...
View ArticleNASA Says Skull-Faced Zombie Comet Will Make Halloween Flyby
NAIC-Arecibo/NSFThis image of asteroid 2015 TB145, a dead comet, was generated using radar data collected by the National Science Foundation’s 1,000-foot (305-meter) Arecibo Observatory in Puerto...
View ArticleThe Space Station Turns 15, Reaching a Remarkable Milestone
You probably don’t remember what you were doing on Nov. 2, 2000, but astronaut Bill Shepherd and cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev likely do. That was the day they climbed aboard the...
View ArticleWatch a Space Station Spacewalk Live
On Nov. 6, for the second time in just over a week, Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren will take a walk outside. That’s news, of course, because for Kelly and Lindgren, inside means the International...
View ArticleWatch an Astronaut Play Bagpipes Aboard the International Space Station
An astronaut played the bagpipes aboard the International Space Station this week to honor a scientist who had died. U.S. astronaut Kjell Lindgren played Amazing Grace to recognize research scientist...
View ArticleAstronauts Observe a Moment of Silence to Honor Victims of Paris Attacks
All of humanity—or all but the darkest corners where poisonous ideology hides—is grieving along with the people of France for the tragedy they have endured. Indeed, that shared sorrow is not limited to...
View ArticleHere’s What That ‘UFO’ Spotted From the Space Station Really Is
It was a pretty typical day aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 15, what with experiments to run, equipment to maintain, a massive coverup of secret UFO sightings to perpetuate. What’s...
View ArticleSee the Best Photos From Astronaut Scott Kelly’s 8th Month in Space
TIME is producing a series of documentary films, titled “A Year in Space” which can be viewed here. MORE: See more photographs from Scott Kelly’s yearlong mission in space here.
View ArticlePrivate Space Company Tries New Launch After Last Year’s Explosion
Editor’s note: Yesterday’s planned launch was scrubbed due to poor weather. NASA has scheduled a second try today, between 5:30 and 6:00 PM, ET, though weather continues to be a problem. TIME will...
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