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Air Force doctor solves NASA's poop problem
Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)
Laughlin's 47th Medical Group commander helped solve a long-time problem for citizens of Earth who are launched into space. Col. Thatcher Cardon, invented promi...
NASA to develop oxygen recovery technologies for future deep space missions
Feb 15, 2017 (SPX)
NASA has selected two proposals for the development of oxygen recovery technologies that could help astronauts breathe a little easier on deep space, long-durat...
Endurance athletes: Swig mouthwash for improved performance
Feb 15, 2017 (UPI)
There may be a performance enhancing substance hiding beneath the bathroom sink. New research suggests a few gargles of a sugary solution, like mouthwash, offer...
Russia's first private space tourism craft flight test set for 2020
Feb 15, 2017 (Sputnik)
First flight tests of Russia's reusable suborbital space tourism craft are slated for 2020, the head of the company that is spearheading the effort told Sputnik...
Looking to the future: Russia, US mull post-ISS cooperation in space
Feb 10, 2017 (Sputnik)
NASA may have to book seats for American astronauts on Russian Soyuz spaceships in 2018. Radio Sputnik discussed the issue with John Logsdon, Professor Emeritus...
Progress Underway for First Commercial Airlock on Space Station
Feb 07, 2017 (SPX)
The International Space Station allows NASA to conduct cutting-edge research and technology demonstrations for the next giant leap in human exploration and supp...
Full Braking at Alpha Centauri
Feb 03, 2017 (SPX)
In April last year, billionaire Yuri Milner announced the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative. He plans to invest 100 million US dollars in the development of an u...
A new recruit for ESA's astronaut corps
Feb 03, 2017 (ESA)
Matthias Maurer, from Germany, has started his astronaut training as part of ESA's astronaut corps. Matthias was among the 10 finalists in 2009 selection, and i...
The Outer Space Treaty has been remarkably successful - but is it fit for the modern age?
Feb 01, 2017 (SPX)
Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science Space exploration is governed by a complex series of international t...
New Era of Space Travel: Private Station May Replace ISS by Late 2020
Feb 01, 2017 (Sputnik)
Houston-based Axiom Space is seeking to establish a privately-owned, international commercial space station. The launch of the first module is expected in 2020 ...
Progress MS-03 cargo spacecraft to reenter January 31
Jan 30, 2017 (Sputnik)
Representative of the Russian Mission Control Center said that Progress MS-03 cargo spacecraft, which has served out its time at the International Space Station...
Scientists and students tackle omics at NASA workshop
Jan 27, 2017 (SPX)
As Houston gears up for the Super Bowl, scientists and students are tackling Omics during the 2017 NASA Human Research Program (HRP) Investigators' Workshop in ...
Airbus delivers propulsion test module for the Orion programme to NASA
Jan 25, 2017 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space delivered to NASA a propulsion test module for the Orion programme. The Propulsion Qualification Test Model (PQM) will be used to check...
Mister Trump Goes to Washington
Jan 24, 2017 (SPX)
Here are a few key space issues that the new President must address. One of the most obvious issues and a large budget item is the International Space Station (...
NASA to rely on Soyuz for ISS missions until 2019
Jan 19, 2017 (Sputnik)
If NASA intends to continue sending astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) or the moon, the space agency has little choice but to rely on Roscosmos...
Lomonosov Moscow State University to Launch 'Space Department' in 2017
Jan 19, 2017 (Sputnik)
This year Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), named Russia's best institution of higher education in 2016, will add a department of space sciences to its l...
'Hidden Figures' soars in second week atop box office
Jan 15, 2017 (AFP)
"Hidden Figures," a story about three black women mathematicians who helped NASA put the first men in space, soared into its second week atop the box office, in...
French, US astronauts install batteries outside space station
Jan 13, 2017 (AFP)
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet floated into space on his first-ever spacewalk Friday, and helped install three new, refrigerator-sized lithium-ion batteries to...
The dust never settles on the Space Station
Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)
When your house gets dusty, the dust settles, falling down to lower surfaces, awaiting your attention with the vacuum cleaner or duster. Not so on the Internati...
Real time imaging and transcriptome analysis of medaka aboard space station
Jan 11, 2017 (SPX)
Space travel in a reduced gravity environment can have lasting effects on the body. For example, researches clearly show that astronauts undergo a significant d...
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