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10 Cool Things Chris Hadfield Taught Us to Do While in Space
Chris Hadfield, on behalf of my comrades here on Earth, we salute your return to terra firma.
WATCH: Commander Chris Hadfield Covers ‘Space Oddity’ in Space
Astronaut Chris Hadfield had one more treat for his fans on Earth.
NASA: Spacewalk Planned to Fix Space Station Leak
Two astronauts will do a spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system at the International Space Station.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield Plays with Canada’s New Space Print $5 Bill in Zero Gravity
The new bill will enter circulation in November.
Hint of Dark Matter Found Using $2 Billion Cosmic Ray Detector
(GENEVA) — A $2 billion experiment on the International Space Station is on the verge of explaining one of the more mysterious building blocks of the universe:...
SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station
(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) -- The Dragon cargo ship has left the International Space Station and is on its way back to Earth. Astronauts released the unmanned cargo...
Bad Weather Postpones Return of 3 Astronauts
(MOSCOW) — Bad weather is delaying the return of three astronauts from the International Space Station. The astronauts were scheduled to land in a Soyuz capsule...

SpaceX Dragon’s Engine Problem May Be Fixed
(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — SpaceX says it looks like an engine problem with its orbiting Dragon capsule has been fixed. But the vessel's arrival at the...

WATCH: Astronaut Chris Hadfield Records a Duet With the Barenaked Ladies from the International Space Station
Is there anything @cmdr_hadfield can't do?

Room with a View: Scenes from the International Space Station
The world is a decidedly different place from 250 miles up—one too few of us get to see.

Astronauts Use Toothbrush to Fix International Space Station
When it comes to the care and maintenance of the International Space Station, you’d probably expect astronauts to be armed with an arsenal of expensive,...

Splashdown! Dragon Returns Safely and SpaceX Scores Big
Even before Elon Musk's Dragon spacecraft splashed this morning at 11:42 AM EST, two minutes ahead of schedule, Musk was already promising better things to come...

The Space Station Sends Back Dazzling Home Movies -- of Us
It's easy to forget about the International Space Station. Quick: How long has it been flying? How many people are aboard right now? How big is it? If your...

New Angry Birds Announcement from the International Space Station
Earlier, Rovio released a few hints of what to expect from Angry Birds Space. We knew that it would take place in... well, space, and that it would include some...

Gas Attendant Robot Takes First Step Towards Refueling Satellites in Space
Two weeks ago, while the astronauts in the International Space Station were sound asleep, Mathieu Caron was carefully putting Dextre into place from the safety...

In Celebration of the Robonaut
At the press site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), one figure stood out among the crowd gathered to watch the final launch of the space shuttle Discovery...

Robot Shakes Hand with Astronaut on International Space Station
In space, nobody can hear you be uncivil towards someone. That's why it's nice to see commander Dan Burbank and Robonaut 2 shaking hands in the middle of the...

Facebook Slammed Again Over Zuckerberg’s ‘Autocratic’ Control
As social-networking giant Facebook prepares to go public, the company continues to attract criticism over its corporate governance structure, which is set up to...


