By Kent Klein Washington 03 June 2008 Astronauts at the International Space Station have attached a $1 billion Japanese laboratory to the orbiting outpost. During a space walk Tuesday, mission specialists Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan unlocked the...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 March 2008 South Koreans are now counting the days to their country's historic first astronaut in space, set to launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on 8 April. The mission is full of landmarks: it will be the first time a Sout...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 03 November 2007 NASA astronauts have successfully repaired a damaged solar wing at the International Space Station. The operation was completed Saturday, after being postponed twice so engineers could further study how...
By Alex Villarreal Washington 27 October 2007 Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have successfully attached a new room to the station. They completed the task during the first of five spacewalks planned during their two-week mission. V...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 05 September 2007 South Korea has chosen an expert on artificial intelligence for the country's first foray into space. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the new astronaut beat out tens of thousands of competitors for a flig...
By Greg Flakus Houston 02 August 2007 In October, NASA, the U.S. Space Agency, plans major additions to the International Space Station (ISS) in two separate missions, both of which will be under the command of female astronauts. The two women who wi...
By David McAlary Washington 03 May 2007 Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. is shown posed for a studio portrait in his space suit in this June 1962 file photo One of the first U.S. astronauts and only the fifth American in space, Walter Schirra, has die...
By Brian Wagner Miami 06 February 2007 A U.S. astronaut has been arrested for allegedly trying to kidnap and kill a female Air Force officer. From Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that incident with Lisa Nowak involved an apparent rivalry over the...
By David McAlary Washington 10 July 2006 U.S. space shuttle astronauts are on their second spacewalk in three days, acting as orbiting mechanics at the International Space Station. They are making repairs to the outpost's cooling system and its rail...
Broadcast: Apr 09, 2003 Two U.S. astronauts took a spacewalk Tuesday to perform exterior maintenance on the International Space Station. It was the last opportunity to fix hardware while the outpost h...