Genre: Humans In Space

STS-98 Mission Highlights

After docking to the International Space Station on day 2, station and shuttle crews opened hatches and unloaded supplies: three 12-gallon bags of water, a spare computer, cables to be […]

STS-106 Mission Highlights

STS-106’s mission to the 143-foot-long station focused on unloading nearly three tons of cargo from the orbiter and a Progress supply craft already docked to the opposite end of the […]

STS-113 Mission Highlights

STS-113 dropped off the Expedition Six crew members at the orbital outpost, and brought back the Expedition Five crew at mission’s end. During the 14-day mission, the combined Endeavour and […]

STS-108 Mission Highlights

In December 2001, the space shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station during the STS-108 mission. The primary goals for the four-member shuttle crew of astronauts Dominic L. Gorie, […]

NASA Explorers: Back to Gravity

With the experiment’s journey complete, Elaine Horn-Ranney Ph.D. and Parastoo Khoshaklagh Ph.D. now join the thousands of scientists who’ve performed research aboard the International Space Station, making the most of […]

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NASA Explorers: On Station

Now that our researchers’ experiment is on the International Space Station, it’s time to test how their samples behave in microgravity. This week on NASA Explorers, the astronauts conduct science […]

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NASA Explorers: The Scientists

Putting your life’s work on top of a rocket may seem like a daunting task, but that’s exactly what scientists have been doing for decades as they launch their research […]

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NASA Explorers: Orbiting Laboratory

Things behave a bit differently aboard the International Space Station, thanks to microgravity. Sure, floating looks like fun, but it could also unlock new scientific discoveries. Microgravity makes the station […]

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