Lands Safely In Kazakhstan After 166 Days In Space

Three crew members from the International Space Station returned to Earth Monday after 166 days in space, during which they made 2,656 orbits around the planet and traveled almost 70.5 million miles Expedition 38 crew members Michael Hopkins of NASA, and Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) touched down southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, at about 2324  EDT (9:24 a.m., March 11, in Dzhezkazgan).

Study Will Examine Differences Between A Twin In Space And One On Earth

Only one set of twins has ever been into space, and now those twins are providing an unprecedented opportunity for scientists to understand better the effects of microgravity on the human body.

Will Undergo Landing Tests Under A Variety Of Ocean Conditions

A full-sized test version of the Orion crew module recently arrived at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA for testing that will examine how it performs under a variety of ocean landing conditions.

The Electromagnetic Levitator Will Be Launched To The ISS On ATV-5 To Test Materials Of The Future On The ISS

Airbus Defense and Space, world’s number two in space technologies, has built the Electromagnetic Levitator (EML) facility which was developed under parallel contracts of the European Space Agency ESA and the DLR Space Administration. EML is a containerless processing furnace for materials research in the European Columbus lab, set to uncover a deeper understanding of advanced alloy and semiconductor materials and their molten state properties for the optimization of industrial scale casting as well as for basic research.

Program For Middle Schoolers Now In Its 10th Year

NASA and Honeywell kicked off the 2014 tour of "FMA Live! Forces in Motion" with middle school students at Wunderlich Intermediate School in Houston Monday. This year marks the 10th anniversary of this innovative collaboration designed to ignite students' interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM.)