By Mike Wall, SPACE.comA 3-D printer is slated to arrive at the International Space Station next year, where it will crank out the first parts ever manufactured off planet Earth.The company Made in Space is partnering with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center on the 3-D Printing in Zero G Experiment (or 3-D Print for short), which aims to jump-start an ...

Three astronauts who recently spent months together aboard the International Space Station reunited on Earth on Thursday during a Google+ Hangout to talk about their experiences aboard the orbiting lab and the challenge of readapting to life with gravity."It's great to all be back together," said NASA astronaut Kevin Ford from the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Ford, who returned ...

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield reflects on his space station stardom and the challenging readjustment to life back on Earth during a Google+ Hangout with his NASA colleagues, Tom Marshburn and Kevin Ford.All three astronauts are back in Houston and undergoing rehabilitation after working for months aboard the International Space Station, 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth. The video hangout...    

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield reflects on his space station stardom and the challenging readjustment to life back on Earth during a Google+ Hangout with his NASA colleagues, Tom Marshburn and Kevin Ford.All three astronauts are back in Houston and undergoing rehabilitation after working for months aboard the International Space Station, 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth. The video hangout...    

Pavlof Volcano Eruption, May 18, 2013 NASA The crew aboard the International Space Station managed to snap these three striking images of Alaska's Pavlof Volcano a few days ago, which capture (via their oblique angles) just how far these plumes can stretch and how huge they can be (we usually see these images from directly above, so it's hard to ...