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SDL-Supported SmallSat Launched from International Space Station
May 24, 2017 (SPX)
"Following SHARC's successful launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket and delivery to the International Space Station as part of the Orbital A...
'Victory' for US astronauts on critical spacewalk to replace power box
May 23, 2017 (AFP)
"We have declared victory," NASA commentator Rob Navias said about two hours into the emergency spacewalk by space station commander Peggy Whitson, 57, and flig...
SpaceX Dragon to deliver research payloads to Space Station
May 22, 2017 (SPX)
The flight will deliver investigations and facilities that study neutron stars, osteoporosis, solar panels, tools for Earth-observation, and more. Here are some...
Saving time in space
May 22, 2017 (ESA)
Developed by ESA, this 'mobile procedure viewer' uses software on an android smartphone that allows astronauts to perform manual tasks hands-free while connecti...
'Stone Age' Trump going back to horse and cart says Schwarzenegger
May 21, 2017 (AFP)
"He's back in the Stone Age," the Hollywood star told AFP. The former California governor said he despairs of what Trump's energy policy, which is heavy on foss...
SoftBank-Saudi high-tech Vision fund raises $93bn
May 21, 2017 (AFP)
The SoftBank Vision Fund has received participation from industry titans and the likes of Apple, Qualcomm, and Taiwan's Foxconn and collected pledges totalling ...
Joint Statement: The Fourth Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Comprehensive Dialogue on Space
May 19, 2017 (SPX)
This Dialogue represents the strong and shared commitment of two of the world's most advanced spacefaring nations to enhance further bilateral space cooperation...
ISS crew harvest new crop of vegetables grown in space
May 17, 2017 (SPX)
Some of this was consumed at meal-time, and the rest sealed for analysis back on Earth. Understanding how plants respond to microgravity is an important step fo...
Dem Senators call on Trump Admin to not cut NASA Education Progran funding
May 17, 2017 (SPX)
President Trump's budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) would eliminate NASA's Office of Education, which works to inspire and educate students across the...
Older Americans warm to new technology: survey
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
The Pew Research Center survey found 67 percent of US seniors now go online, with the vast majority of those using high-speed connections. The survey found 42 p...
One of first Soviet cosmonauts Gorbatko dies
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
Gorbatko was among the eight young pilots chosen in 1960 from 3,000 candidates in the Soviet manned flight programme to train for the country's first space miss...
Six-legged livestock - sustainable food production
May 15, 2017 (SPX)
Cricket farming can be a sustainable way to produce animal source foods The study demonstrated that cricket farming can be a sustainable means of producing anim...
'Awesomesauce,' proclaims US astronaut on historic spacewalk
May 12, 2017 (AFP)
"Ginormous fondue pot, bubbling over with piping hot awesomesauce," said American astronaut Jack Fischer as he embarked on his first-ever spacewalk outside the ...
External commercial ISS platform starts second mission
May 09, 2017 (SPX)
Thermo Fisher Scientific/Florida Institute of Technology's Charge Injection Device (CID) and Honeywell Aerospace/Morehead State University's Dependable Multipro...
Orbiting at 250 Statute Miles, Florida Tech Experiment Tested
May 09, 2017 (SPX)
The charge injection device, a type of high-contrast camera designed by Daniel Batcheldor, head of the Department of Physics and Space Sciences at Florida Tech,...
NASA Receives Proposals for Future Solar System Mission
May 08, 2017 (SPX)
"New Frontiers is about answering the biggest questions in our solar system today, building on previous missions to continue to push the frontiers of exploratio...
'Road to Nowhere': Retired Cosmonaut Reveals How It Feels to Walk in Space
May 08, 2017 (Sputnik)
Speaking to Latvia's Radio Baltkom, retired Soviet-era Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov admitted that he did not know what he would face in outer space when he b...
Orion Motor Ready for Crewed Mission
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
The Launch Abort System includes three motors, and the motor tested was the attitude control motor. This motor consists of a solid propellant gas generator, wit...
Students Taste Sweet Smell of Success in Culinary Challenge
May 04, 2017 (SPX)
Twenty-eight teams of high school students from Alabama, New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Virginia and the Houston and Dallas areas competed in regional competit...
Honeywell And Paragon To Create Life Support Technology For Future NASA Space Missions
May 03, 2017 (SPX)
Longer duration, human-exploration missions are planned for the future, but there is no easy way to replenish resources such as oxygen and water in space. NASA'...
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