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'Dragon back' as cargo reaches space station
Dec 17, 2017 (AFP)
"Capture confirmed," a NASA commentator said at 5:57 am (10:57 GMT), when the space station's robotic arm, operated by one of its astronauts, attached itself to...
Paolo Nespoli returns to Earth
Dec 15, 2017 (ESA)
Paolo and crewmates Randy Bresnik of NASA and Sergei Ryazansky of Roscosmos touched down on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 08:37 GMT. The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft e...
PARC to Partner with Commercial Space Leader to Accelerate Space R and D
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
The partnership will leverage PARC's expertise in technology innovation and Blue Origin's reusable suborbital rocket, New Shepard, to push new frontiers in four...
Two astronauts, cosmonaut return from five-month ISS mission
Dec 14, 2017 (AFP)
American Randy Bresnik, Paolo Nespoli of Italy and Sergey Ryazanskiy of Russia landed on the Kazakh steppe at 2.37pm local time (0837 GMT) in a Soyuz MS-05 spac...
NASA Establishes Advisory Group for National Space Council
Dec 13, 2017 (SPX)
The official charter for the Users' Advisory Group (UAG) was signed by acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on Dec. 6, and subsequently announced in the F...
Spaceships and Politics: Sputnik Talks to Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev
Dec 11, 2017 (Sputnik)
Sergei Krikalev: This is a very philosophical question, because if we don't remember then it means we probably wouldn't move forward. Not only for Sputnik. It's...
Space Policy Directive calls for human expansion across the solar system
Dec 11, 2017 (SPX)
The policy calls for the NASA administrator to "lead an innovative and sustainable program of exploration with commercial and international partners to enable h...
Tech titans ramp up tools to win over children
Dec 10, 2017 (AFP)
The debut this month in the US of a version of Messenger mobile application for children younger than 12 marked the first time leading online social network Fac...
China pushed global patent filings to record high in 2016: UN
Dec 06, 2017 (AFP)
Some 3.1 million patent applications were filed worldwide last year, rising for the seventh straight year and marking an 8.3-percent hike from 2015, the World I...
Aerospace and Mitchell Institute release new report on policy needs for space operations
Dec 06, 2017 (SPX)
The report, Major Policy Issues in Evolving Global Space Operations, takes a multi-faceted look at the current state of the space industry and how it might evol...
UAE launches programme to send astronauts into space
Dec 06, 2017 (AFP)
"On this day, a new chapter in our history begins with the launch of the first UAE Astronaut Programme," within the next five years, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed ...
Virtual fur flies as 'CryptoKitties' collar blockchain
Dec 06, 2017 (AFP)
Net-based cousins of the Tamagotchi digital pet launched in Japan 20 years ago, "CryptoKitties" are wowing owners of Ethereum, one of Bitcoin's main rivals. Wit...
The Voyagers in Popular Culture
Dec 05, 2017 (JPL)
This year, we celebrated 40 years since the launch of NASA's twin Voyager probes - the two farthest, fastest spacecraft currently in operation. Each Voyager has...
NASA Extends Expandable Habitat's Time on the International Space Station
Dec 05, 2017 (SPX)
After NASA and Bigelow successfully completed collaborative analyses on BEAM life extension and stowage feasibility, astronauts began the process to provide add...
NASA successfully fires Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years
Dec 02, 2017 (AFP)
The unmanned spaceship was launched along with its twin, Voyager 2, more than 40 years ago to explore the outer planets of our solar system, traveling further t...
Space Farms: 'Mark Watney in The Martian Was Right to Add Poop to the Soil'
Nov 30, 2017 (Sputnik)
What we call Martian "soil" is in fact barren dust and rock that would require a serious boost if humans genuinely plan to establish farms on Mars and grow pota...
Building for a future in space: An interview with Dava Newman and Gui Trotti
Nov 30, 2017 (SPX)
We tend to separate science and imagination into hard facts, and whimsical daydreams, but without the merger of the two, space exploration would never have begu...
New motion sensors major step towards cheaper wearable technology
Nov 29, 2017 (SPX)
In a paper published in the journal Materials and Design, engineers from FSU's High-Performance Materials Institute, in collaboration with scientists from Insti...
Does the Outer Space Treaty at 50 need a rethink
Nov 28, 2017 (Sputnik)
When the US and the USSR engaged in a nuclear weapons race, there was a real possibility that doomsday weapons would go to outer space and, eventually, to the m...
Does the Outer Space Treaty at 50 need a rethink
Nov 27, 2017 (Sputnik)
When the US and the USSR engaged in a nuclear weapons race, there was a real possibility that doomsday weapons would go to outer space and, eventually, to the m...
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