Spaceflight Archive
14 June 2013, 04:48 PM ET
Current ISS crewmember Karen LuJean Nyberg recorded a special message to commemorate the 50th anniversary of cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's June 13th 1963 space flight.
14 June 2013, 03:48 PM ET
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go into space. She flew Vostok 6 in 1963, spending almost three days in space and orbiting Earth 48 times.
14 June 2013, 12:17 PM ET
China aims to build a large manned space station in 2020.
14 June 2013, 09:57 AM ET
A mechanic checks the turboprop engine prior to testing in the Altitude Wind Tunnel.
14 June 2013, 09:36 AM ET
Women have been flying to space for half a century.
14 June 2013, 09:35 AM ET
The first woman in space flew on June 16, 1963.
14 June 2013, 06:32 AM ET
Light materials such as plastic help block galactic cosmic rays.
13 June 2013, 05:06 PM ET
A spacesuit at Florida's Kennedy Space Center inspired a lifelong goal.
13 June 2013, 04:46 PM ET
Sunjammer's sail measures 124 feet on a side.
13 June 2013, 04:04 PM ET
Vladimir Putin has a $50 billion plan to bring manned missions to Russia, perhaps in a bid to attract commercial clients.
13 June 2013, 12:36 PM ET
NASA centers' new passport gives guests the mission to visit them all.
13 June 2013, 11:29 AM ET
Three astronauts entered China's orbiting laboratory today (June 13).
13 June 2013, 10:05 AM ET
The X-2 drops away from the B-50 Mothership on an unpowered flight.
13 June 2013, 07:00 AM ET
The crew module on the Orion spacecraft is designed for multiple flights.
12 June 2013, 05:14 PM ET
Canada's commitment to the International Space Station expires in 2020.
12 June 2013, 04:10 PM ET
A behind-the-scenes look at astronaut training and rover labs at the Canadian Space Agency.
12 June 2013, 04:01 PM ET
Not all astronauts are in orbit over the taste of Tang.
12 June 2013, 10:36 AM ET
Fire behaves very differently in space. How different fuels achieve combustion in the microgravity of orbit is under study at the University of California's San Diego School of Engineering.
12 June 2013, 09:48 AM ET
The International Space Station moves away from the Space Shuttle Discovery after a 1999 mission.
11 June 2013, 06:13 PM ET
Planetary Resources' Arkyd space telescope may add planet-hunting to its skill set.
11 June 2013, 04:53 PM ET
Clarke wrote beloved sci-fi novels and invented the communications satellite.
11 June 2013, 02:53 PM ET
The facility will help Iran manage its satellite activities, officials say.
11 June 2013, 12:49 PM ET
Fusion could potentially open vast swathes of the solar system to manned exploration.
11 June 2013, 12:37 PM ET
Some big moments in the 21-year astronaut career of Canada's famous spaceflyer.
11 June 2013, 12:27 PM ET
A few ideas that could open up the solar system to human exploration.
