What’s the Difference Between Docking and Berthing?
Some spacecraft dock with the International Space Station and others berth with the station. Docking: The spacecraft can maneuver and attach to the station…
Student Experiments Launched to the ISS on NG-10
On Monday, November 19, Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor operated the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 to capture a Northrop Grumman Cygnus capsule that launched on…
Student Spotlight: High School Girls Sent Live Bees to the Space Station
Please introduce yourselves. SARAH: We are Team NESS, an acronym for the names of the four girls on the team: Nova, Erin, Sarah, Skye. It…
Student Spotlight: Reaching Beyond the Stars
The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) has been my greatest achievement so far. At first it was just a project that explored the speed…
Sustainability Onboard the ISS
Sustainability as a whole is difficult to define. It encompasses a number of niches with different interpretations. However, sustainability can be easily divided into…
EarthKAM: A Classroom with a View!
We are happy to feature this guest post to wrap up Earth Science Week! My name is Maggi Klug and I am a Graduate…