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NanoRacks Brings 40 Students Experiments to Space Station, New Commercial Customers
Jul 03, 2018 (SPX)
NanoRacks brought the 12th Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) mission to the Space Station. SSEP Mission 12 received 2,498 proposals from 31 communi...
It's in the blood: guiding rafts down Poland's mountain gorge
Jun 29, 2018 (AFP)
Wearing a vibrant blue waistcoat embroidered with colourful flowers and a black mountain cap, he expresses how proud he is to be part of the elite group of 500 ...
NASA leverages public and private partnerships for space science with AI boost
Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)
Entering its third year, FDL is building on a successful track record by expanding its focus to four key research areas: Space Resources, Astrobiology, Exoplane...
Hague, Ovchinin talk ISS mission during presser
Jun 25, 2018 (AFNS)
The two will journey to the International Space Station Oct. 11, 2018, aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft, launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhs...
New head of 'space nation' aims for the stars
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
At a lavish ceremony in Vienna's Hofburg Palace on Monday, some 200 attendees inaugurated Russian scientist and businessman Igor Ashurbeyli as the first "head o...
ASRC Federal subsidiary awarded $1B NASA contract for advanced computing services
Jun 22, 2018 (SPX)
As part of the contract, the company will provide a wide-range of high performance computing services in support of NASA's mission including high fidelity model...
Deep space navigation: tool tested as emergency navigation device
Jun 22, 2018 (SPX)
Sextants have a small telescope-like optical sight to take precise angle measurements between pairs of stars from land or sea, enabling navigation without compu...
Five NASA innovations that could change the way we live and explore
Jun 20, 2018 (SPX)
Detecting Smoke and Fire When detecting hazards in the air, a fast and informed response can save lives. Glenn scientists had this in mind when they developed M...
Space tourism not far off, rocket maker says
Jun 20, 2018 (XNA)
Engineers at the academy in Beijing's southern outskirts are designing a new spacecraft to send anyone willing to pay $200,000 to $250,000 on a suborbital journ...
Astronaut Sally Ride's legacy of encouraging young women to embrace science and engineering
Jun 20, 2018 (SPX)
Much has happened in the intervening years. During the span of three decades, the shuttles flew 135 times carrying hundreds of American and international astron...
NASA Administrator Statement on Space Policy Directive-3
Jun 19, 2018 (SPX)
"NASA strongly supports the White House's continued bold direction in forging a sustainable and focused space policy that strengthens American leadership. It wa...
Space Station Roulette
Jun 19, 2018 (SPX)
In some extreme situations, if there is time, they can use their reentry and return capsule to escape. There are some scenarios in which this works, but there a...
ESA celebrates Unispace+50
Jun 19, 2018 (ESA)
UNISPACE+50 will run from 18-21 June at the Vienna International Centre, bringing together the international community, and reflecting on the past and future of...
ECOSTRESS among science payloads on next ISS mission
Jun 15, 2018 (SPX)
The spacecraft will deliver science that studies plant water use all over the planet, artificial intelligence, gut health in space, more efficient drug developm...
Peggy Whitson, NASA's most experienced astronaut, retires
Jun 15, 2018 (UPI)
"It's been the greatest honor to live out my lifelong dream of being a @NASA Astronaut," Whitson wrote on Twitter. "Thank you to the #NASAVillage and all who ha...
NASA astronauts install high-def cameras during spacewalk
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
The work is part of an ongoing upgrade to the $100 billion orbiting outpost, adapting it for the arrival of a new fleet of US vehicles built by private aerospac...
New NASA position to focus on exploration of Moon, Mars and worlds beyond
Jun 13, 2018 (SPX)
Effective immediately, Steve Clarke is SMD's Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration. He will serve as the agency's interface between the NASA mission di...
Possible launch date of Russia's Nauka module to ISS
Jun 13, 2018 (Sputnik)
The compartment was sent then to the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center to eliminate flaws. In April, a source at Baikonur cosmodrome told Sp...
Second Space Station mission for Alexander Gerst begins
Jun 08, 2018 (ESA)
The trio were launched into space on 6 June at 11:12 GMT (13:12 CEST) in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After 34 orbits of E...
Crew from Germany, US, Russia board ISS
Jun 08, 2018 (AFP)
German Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, NASA's Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Russian Sergei Prokopyev, a relatively inexperienced crew, successfully ...
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