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Going up! Japan to test mini 'space elevator'
Sep 04, 2018 (AFP)
The test equipment, produced by researchers at Shizuoka University, will hitch a ride on an H-2B rocket being launched by Japan's space agency from southern isl...
UAE announces first astronauts to go to space
Sep 03, 2018 (AFP)
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktou named the new astronauts as Hazza al-Mansouri, 34, and 37-year-old Sultan al-Neyadi. Writing on Twitter, he said the duo "r...
Russia to Stop Transporting US Astronauts to ISS in April 2019
Sep 03, 2018 (Sputnik)
"The landing of the Soyuz-MS spacecraft in April will end our obligations under the contract with NASA related to the transportation of American astronauts to t...
NASA competition aims to convert carbon dioxide on Mars into useful products
Aug 31, 2018 (SPX)
NASA's new CO2 Conversion Challenge, conducted under the Centennial Challenges program, is a public competition seeking novel ways to convert carbon dioxide int...
Space station reports 'leak', crew not in danger
Aug 30, 2018 (AFP)
"Overnight and in the morning there was an abnormal situation -- a pressure drop, an oxygen leak at the station," Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as s...
Lockheed Martin begins final assembly on NASA's Orion
Aug 30, 2018 (SPX)
The capsule structure, or pressure vessel, for NASA's Orion Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2) spacecraft was welded together over the last seven months by Lockheed M...
When cars fly? Japan wants airborne vehicles to take off
Aug 29, 2018 (AFP)
The initiative aims to draw up a roadmap by the end of the year on commercialising flying cars, a concept that so far remains largely theoretical. Japanese gove...
Star Gosling took flying lessons for new astronaut film
Aug 29, 2018 (AFP)
The Canadian actor renewed his Oscar-winning partnership with "La La Land" director Damien Chazalle for "First Man", which tells how Armstrong overcame tragedy ...
For first time in decades, astronaut quits NASA training
Aug 29, 2018 (AFP)
Robb Kulin resigned from NASA effective August 31 for personal reasons, spokeswoman Brandi Dean said, declining to provide further details. It's not an easy gig...
Russia's Kalashnikov branches out from rifles to robots and e-cars
Aug 29, 2018 (AFP)
The remarkable transformation by the manufacturer most famous for the AK-47 automatic rifle is without precedent in its 200-year history. Kalashnikov produces 9...
Students experience the power of controlling satellites in space
Aug 28, 2018 (SPX)
Using a trio of autonomous satellites on the International Space Station, SPHERES-Zero-Robotics gives students the chance to develop software to guide robots th...
Interns create dynamic visualization of NASA's space-to-ground communications resources
Aug 24, 2018 (SPX)
NASA's Near Earth Network (NEN) leverages more than 15 antennas across the globe to provide a downlink for critical space and Earth science data collected by th...
Heat shield install brings Orion spacecraft closer to space
Aug 23, 2018 (SPX)
On its return, the spacecraft's heat shield will need to withstand temperatures of nearing 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit during its fiery re-entry through the Earth'...
Technologies for deep space survival
Aug 22, 2018 (SPX)
Given current technologies, the trip to the Red Planet would take roughly eight months each way. The implications are clear. Spending eight months in a capsule ...
Pristine no more: cruise ships, crowds swamp Montenegro
Aug 22, 2018 (AFP)
Now it is facing a different kind of assault, that of gargantuan cruise ships disgorging throngs of tourists threatening a place that was only a few years ago c...
Roscosmos, Abu Dhabi discuss UAE cosmonaut's month-long flight to ISS
Aug 22, 2018 (Sputnik)
"The flight with the participation of the UAE cosmonaut is scheduled for April 2019. The launch will be carried out with the help of the manned transport spacec...
Watch live: Astronauts to play first ever tennis match in space
Aug 21, 2018 (UPI)
NASA astronaut Drew Feustel, commander of Expedition 56, has previously professed his love of tennis and was instrumental in arranging the historic match. He wi...
What is NASA's Heat Melt Compactor?
Aug 20, 2018 (SPX)
This work is critical for potential future missions traveling farther from Earth, to the Moon and Mars, and for longer periods of time. Current modes of trash d...
NASA Administrator Views SLS Progress During First Visit to Marshall
Aug 17, 2018 (SPX)
Significant progress has been made on SLS, with many of the rocket's major elements finished or nearing completion for Exploration Mission-1, the first integrat...
Goonhilly and Spacebit parpace to accelerate commercial space exploration through blockchain technology
Aug 17, 2018 (SPX)
The Goonhilly-Spacebit collaboration will result in applications utilising tokenised ground station and spacecraft data, blockchain-based data management, new c...
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