WATCH LIVE: NASA honors former astronauts with Congressional Space Medal of Honor
Former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken will be awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for bravery in NASAโs SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2) to the International Space Station in 2020.
Space station air leak forces middle-of-night crew wakeup
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. โ A small air leak at the International Space Station finally has been traced to the Russian side, following a middle-of-the-night search by astronauts. Space station deputy program manager Kenny Todd said the good news is that โinstead of a bunch of haystacks, we're down to maybe one haystack." But he added: โIt's still a needle we're looking for.โNASA is sending up extra air supply tanks on its next space station delivery, scheduled for a Thursday departure from Virginia. As long as the leak does not worsen, Todd said, the space station should be fine through next spring. In two weeks, two Russians and an American are scheduled to arrive at the space station, followed by crew of three Americans and a Japanese on SpaceX's second launch of astronauts, now targeted for Oct. 31.