Station in late 2003 and early 2004. The HRS radiators work in a fashion similar to the way a radiator cools a car engine. Heat within the modules is collected at various points and transferred into ...

Two Russian spacewalkers floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday and isolated a leaking radiator as planned, apparently causing residual coolant still trapped inside to make its way ...

One of the biggest goals in space exploration is getting humans to the distant planet, Mars. However, reaching Mars involves not just one but myriad engineering challenges, including the long distance ...

Why it matters: The journey all the way to Mars and back exacts a huge toll in terms of human lifetime – it entails spending multiple years in the hostile environment of space. But NASA is exploring ...