Astronauts on the international space station Monday flexed some of the muscles on a robotic arm attached to a new Japanese lab they delivered and helped install on the orbiting outpost.
Two astronauts floated outside the international space station Sunday to tackle a variety of maintenance tasks during the final spacewalk of the space shuttle Discovery's visit to the orbiting outpost.
Astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan of the space shuttle Discovery crew have completed their mission's second spacewalk at the International Space Station on Thursday . The 7-hour, 11-minute spacewalk finished at 22:15 GMT. The two astronauts installed two video cameras on to the new Kibo module.
Crew members have fixed a toilet at the International Space Station with a pump delivered by the shuttle Discovery. After three tests, the toilet appeared to be working, according to an update from US space agency Nasa.
Monday's arrival of the shuttle Discovery at the International Space Station (ISS) has hopefully brought some relief for the crew of the ISS in the form of equipment to repair their broken toilet. Of course, the prime purpose of the mission is to deliver the main component of the Japanese experimental module, Kibo, destined to become the largest module of the ISS and be completed next spring.
Astronauts have run into a big problem at the International Space Station as the main toilet has broken down. Parts for a repair of the toilet are expected to come when the NASA space shuttle Discovery arrives. Until then, the astronauts may have some trouble going to the bathroom.
If you've never seen the International Space Station flying 220 miles overhead, this is the week to do so. The station will be in almost constant sunlight from Wednesday through Friday, offering an incredible view to sky gazers across the country. In order to find out when the station will be visible over your city, visit:
ESA's Jules Verne ATV was used for the first time early this morning to raise the orbit of the International Space Station. A 740-second burn of the Automated Transfer Vehicle's main engines successfully lifted the altitude of the 280-tonne Station by around 4.5 km to a height of 342 km above the Earth's surface. Read more
Preparations for local student amateur radio operators to talk with Koreas first astronaut while in space are complete, organisers for the event said Saturday (April 5). The Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL) said 30 students at a high school in Pyeongtaek, about 60 km south of Seoul, rehearsed procedures to contact the International Space Station (ISS) while it orbits Earth. Read more
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency destroyed a list of names of the 132 people who suggested the name Kibo for the nation's first space laboratory and now has no way of retrieving the information, it has been learned. The agency destroyed the list following the enforcement of the Personal Information Protection Law in April 2005.