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Team Powers On AA-2 Orion Module, Preps for Flight Test Simulation
Jul 23, 2018 (SPX)
Powering on the vehicle is a big milestone toward the flight test and ensures the crew module works in an integrated fashion. Powering up Orion is a lot more co...
Boeing's quest to take astronauts to space station hits snag
Jul 23, 2018 (UPI)
The Starliner is being developed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. It was originally expected to conduct its first crewed test flight by t...
A Two-Dimensional Space Program
Jul 19, 2018 (SPX)
Very few satellites have been placed in low-Earth orbit that are equatorial. The reason for this is that most satellite applications require flight over medium ...
Seeking 72-hour Space Environment Forecasts with Updates on the Hour
Jul 19, 2018 (SPX)
But when it comes to predicting environmental conditions in specific locations within the vast volume of space, no similar forecasting exists. As space launch c...
Scientists Can Now Recycle Water, Air, Fuel, Making Deep Space Travel Possible
Jul 16, 2018 (Sputnik)
The emptiness of space and the vast distances between locations pose huge and unique challenges to space travel. One of the biggest challenges is the need to ei...
First space tourist flights could come in 2019
Jul 13, 2018 (AFP)
Virgin Galactic, founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, and Blue Origin, by Amazon creator Jeff Bezos, are racing to be the first to finish their tests...
NASA and Peanuts Worldwide to Collaborate on Deep Space Learning Activities
Jul 12, 2018 (SPX)
The collaboration, formalized though a Space Act Agreement, provides an opportunity to update the Snoopy character by Charles M. Schulz, for space-themed progra...
Space Station Shrinks Fluorescence Microscopy Tool
Jul 11, 2018 (SPX)
"An astronaut's physiology changes during long duration spaceflight because of the lack of gravity," said Principal Investigator Oliver Ullrich, University of M...
Google parent 'graduates' moonshot projects Loon, Wing
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
The announcement means that balloon project Loon and drone project Wing will be independent companies within Alphabet -- and in theory could be spun off entirel...
Orion Jettison Motor Ready for Crew Escape System Test
Jul 10, 2018 (SPX)
In the unlikely event of an emergency on the launch pad or during ascent, the LAS would activate within milliseconds to whisk Orion and its astronaut crew to sa...
Russian cargo ship docks at ISS in record time
Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)
The "Progress" launched at 2151 GMT on Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and arrived at the space station in the early hours of Tuesday, the age...
Testing Refines Requirements for Deep Space Habitat Design
Jul 10, 2018 (SPX)
The agency will begin Gateway assembly in lunar orbit beginning in 2022, with contributions from U.S. industry and international partners. In this photo, an eng...
Making oxygen from water may pave way for long-distance space travel
Jul 10, 2018 (UPI)
Researchers have previously developed a variety of water-splitting technologies for use on Earth. One of the simplest methods is called photocatalysis -- the te...
India's Manned Spaceflight Plan Gets Boost With Astronaut Escape Feature Trial
Jul 06, 2018 (Sputnik)
"ISRO carried out a major technology demonstration July 05, 2018, the first in a series of tests to qualify a Crew Escape System, which is a critical technology...
Successful Flight Testing Of Crew Escape System - Technology Demonstrator
Jul 06, 2018 (SPX)
The Crew Escape System is an emergency escape measure designed to quickly pull the crew module along with the astronauts to a safe distance from the launch vehi...
'2001: A Space Odyssey,' 50 Years Later
Jul 05, 2018 (SPX)
Film director Douglas Trumbull was a special photographic effects supervisor on the "2001" set. He describes Kubrick as a perfectionist and an innovative genius...
Airbus and United Nations team up for universal access to space
Jul 05, 2018 (SPX)
The five-year renewable MoU aims to jointly build capabilities in developed and developing countries in microgravity experiments and its related benefits. Furth...
Russia, China Consider Joint Space Station - Source
Jul 05, 2018 (Sputnik)
A delegation from China's National Space Administration is set to hold talks with Roscosmos on the possibility of creating a jointly-run orbital station, Sputni...
US Asks Russia to Fix Its Broken Toilet on ISS
Jul 04, 2018 (Sputnik)
NASA bought the Energia-made space toilet in 2007 for $19 million after unsuccessful efforts by US engineers to create their own space toilet, with US designs f...
NASA seeks new ways to handle trash for deep space missions
Jul 04, 2018 (SPX)
When trash accumulates, astronauts manually squeeze it into trash bags, temporarily store almost two metric tons of it for relatively short durations, and then ...
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