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Tests Prove Out Orion Safety Systems From Liftoff to Splashdown

Mar 27, 2019 (SPX)

At its facility in Elkton, Maryland, Northrop Grumman hot fired a motor for Orion's launch abort system. The attitude control motor is responsible for orienting...

Cosmonauts to Do Tests on ISS to Find Source of Metal Shavings in Damaged Soyuz

Mar 27, 2019 (Sputnik)

Russian cosmonauts will conduct an investigation onboard the International Space Station to try to help determine the source of the metal shavings found in the ...

NASA defends scrapping all-women spacewalk

Mar 27, 2019 (AFP)

On Monday, the US space agency announced that Christina Koch will perform tasks in space Friday with fellow American Nick Hague -- rather than with Anne McClain...

NASA scraps all-women spacewalk for lack of well-fitting suits

Mar 26, 2019 (AFP)

Christina Koch will now perform tasks in space Friday with fellow American Nick Hague -- instead of Anne McClain as originally planned. Had Koch and McClain don...

ESA studies water in space

Mar 24, 2019 (ESA)

Water is precious on Earth but even more so in space where all drinkable water must be transported from home or recycled. As water is a dense and heavy substanc...

Spacewalkers Complete Battery Swaps for Station Power Upgrades

Mar 24, 2019 (SPX)

Astronauts were also able to accomplish several get-ahead tasks including removing debris from outside of the station, securing a tieback for restraints on the ...

The time to apply to space for humanity is now!

Mar 22, 2019 (SPX)

"Space for Humanity has completely re-designed the way users engage with the team, allowing for a more meaningful application process," remarks Todd Youngblood,...

NASA schedules its first women-only spacewalk

Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)

The all-female spacewalk will be supported by a female ground crew: Mary Lawrence will serve as lead flight director and Jackie Kagey will be lead spacewalk fli...

NASA's JPL seeking applicants for First Space Accelerator

Mar 20, 2019 (JPL)

Organized by Techstars with support from Starburst Aerospace, the pilot program will enable the selected companies to collaborate with engineers and subject mat...

3 astronauts on Soyuz craft successfully reach ISS

Mar 15, 2019 (AFP)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and his Russian colleague Alexey Ovchinin, who both survived a dramatically aborted Soyuz launch last year, were joined on the smoothl...

Soyuz MS-12 docks at the International Space Station

Mar 15, 2019 (SPX)

The spacecraft crew consists of Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and flight engineers - NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch. Onboard the Internatio...

NASA astronauts Hague, Koch arrive safely at Space Station

Mar 15, 2019 (SPX)

The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos launched at 3:14 p.m. EDT (12:14 a...

Astronauts on aborted Soyuz launch to blast off again for ISS

Mar 14, 2019 (AFP)

The two men will be joined by US astronaut Christina Koch for lift-off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1914 GMT. The launch will be closely w...

JAXA and Toyota to study joint lunar project

Mar 14, 2019 (SPX)

Such a form of mobility is deemed necessary for human exploration activities on the lunar surface. Even with the limited amount of energy that can be transporte...

Alcohol smell on ISS began dissipating after Crew Dragon undocked

Mar 13, 2019 (Sputnik)

"Samples of air in the station's atmosphere, taken after the Dragon 2 [Crew Dragon] spacecraft undocked [from the ISS], have shown that the isopropyl alcohol co...

Astronauts who survived Soyuz scare ready for new launch despite glitches

Mar 13, 2019 (AFP)

On Thursday, US astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin are scheduled to travel to the International Space Station from R...

Launch vehicle with Soyuz MS-12 CTS is on the launch pad

Mar 13, 2019 (SPX)

Activities under the program of the first launch day have begun. Specialists of RSC Energia and other leading companies of the rocket and space industry are per...

ISS Multilateral Coordination Board Joint Statement

Mar 12, 2019 (SPX)

This international team has not only built the space station and risen to the challenges of its day-to-day dynamic operation, but - most importantly - delivered...

Inspection and encapsulation of Soyuz MS-12 crew spacecraft complete

Mar 11, 2019 (SPX)

Preparations for the launch scheduled for March 14, 2019, from the launch pad No.1 ("Gagarin's launch pad"), are under way in the processing facility of the lau...

NASA's deep space exploration system is coming together

Mar 11, 2019 (SPX)

NASA is focused on launching the first mission, Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), in 2020 to send an Orion spacecraft on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from t...