Astronaut’s photo shows Earth as you’ve never seen it before
But the photograph, captured from the International Space Station (ISS) where Pettit arrived in September ... both a sunset ...
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First satellite made of wood launched into space
LignoStat -- the satellite is named after the Latin word for wood -- will soon be launched into orbit about 250 miles above ...
World's first wooden satellite launched into space
LignoSat, developed by Japanese researchers, will be released into orbit about 250 miles above the Earth from the ...
Highest-altitude U.S. voters to cast their ballots from space
Astronauts on the International Space Station, including two who are stuck there after a Boeing Starliner malfunctioned, said ...
Remember those Starliner astronauts still in space? Don’t worry, they can vote.
Ahead of the Nov. 5 election, four Americans are in space who may want to vote. Fortunately for them, NASA has long had a ...
What Is Low Earth Orbit? A Basic Explainer
There's nothing innate about the Earth or its atmosphere that marks the boundaries of low Earth orbit. This is a distinction ...
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Here’s How US Astronauts Voted From Space
Space station astronauts used NASA’s communications network to cast their ballots from over 200 miles above Earth.
Small Asteroid Impacted Earth Recently - See An Orbit Animation
Asteroid 2024 UQ impacted Earth above the Pacific Ocean. The space rock was about 3 feet (1 meter) wide. It was detected by ...
US elections 2024: Sunita Williams to cast her vote from space, here is how
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is poised to make history by casting her vote in the upcoming US presidential election from ...