Voyager 1 is heading for the stars after 35 years of flying
…..Related Content. .. Enlarge Photo.This artists rendering provided … ….PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Thirty-five years after leaving Earth, Voyager 1 is reaching for the stars. Sooner or later, the workhorse spacecraft will bid adieu to the solar system and enter a new realm of space — the first time a manmade object will have escaped […]
Russian “Gagarin” arrives at International Space Station
Russian spaceship displaying the name of history’s most well-known astronaut arrived at the International Space Station tonite (April 6) to supply 3 new crewmembers to the orbiting research laboratory. The Soyuz TMA-21 – called “Gagarin” right after Yuri Gagarin, who actually had become the first person in space on April 12, 1961 – easily docked […]