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Russian Astronauts to Hold Terminator Experiment in Space
Jan 11, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russian astronauts will conduct a geophysical experiment, named "Terminator," onboard the International Space Station. The goal of the experiment is to study at...
Hubble provides interstellar road map for Voyagers' galactic trek
Jan 09, 2017 (SPX)
NASA's two Voyager spacecraft are hurtling through unexplored territory on their road trip beyond our solar system. Along the way, they are measuring the inters...
Emerging tech aims to improve life for handicapped
Jan 08, 2017 (AFP)
Emerging technology is giving new hope for the handicapped, and harnessing brainwaves for the physically disabled and helping the visually impaired with "artifi...
The hidden artist of the Soviet space programme
Jan 08, 2017 (AFP)
When Galina Balashova designed her first space habitation module for Soviet cosmonauts, she drew a landscape on its interior wall, something that could remind t...
Two US astronauts complete spacewalk to upgrade ISS
Jan 06, 2017 (AFP)
Two American astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Friday to upgrade the orbiting outpost's electrical system. Americans Shane Kimbroug...
NASA Assigns Upcoming Space Station Crew Members
Jan 05, 2017 (SPX)
NASA is assigning veteran astronaut Andrew Feustel and first-flight astronaut Jeanette Epps to missions aboard the International Space Station in 2018. Feustel ...
Tech outlook dampened by political uncertainty
Jan 04, 2017 (AFP)
As tech industry leaders gather for an annual extravaganza showcasing hot new products, political uncertainty is casting a cloud over the sector. The election o...
Tech show looks beyond 'smart,' to new 'realities'
Jan 02, 2017 (AFP)
The mega-extravaganza of the tech world in Las Vegas is showcasing an array of new devices that get smarts from computer chips, sensors and artificial intellige...
Launch of Russia's new progress spacecraft set for February 2
Jan 01, 2017 (Sputnik)
The launch of Russia's Progress MS-05 space freighter to the International Space Station (ISS) is preliminary set for February 2, 2017, although it could be pos...
Space station battery replacements to begin New Year's Eve
Dec 30, 2016 (UPI)
The batteries that store the energy generated by the International Space Station's four solar panel arrays are being replaced. The initial work, which will be e...
NASA Readies for Major Orion Milestones in 2017
Dec 23, 2016 (SPX)
From the beginning of assembly work on the Orion crew module at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to testing a range of the spacecraft systems, engineers m...
India achieves advances multiple space systems in 2016
Dec 23, 2016 (IANS)
The year 2016 was a bag of mixed fortunes for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with successes on the technological front and setbacks on the legal ...
'Passengers' and the real-life science of deep space travel
Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)
From "Aliens" to "Interstellar," Hollywood has long used suspended animation to overcome the difficulties of deep space travel, but the once-fanciful sci-fi sta...
Spacewalk for Thomas Pesquet at ISS
Dec 20, 2016 (ESA)
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be the 11th European to perform a spacewalk when he ventures outside the International Space Station next month. Lasting up to...
Trump sits down with tech execs, including critics
Dec 15, 2016 (AFP)
Donald Trump met Wednesday with some of America's most powerful tech executives in a bid to mend fences with a largely pro-Hillary Clinton industry and promote ...
NASA Communications Network to Double Space Station Data Rates
Dec 14, 2016 (SPX)
Life aboard the International Space Station depends upon massive amounts of data, used for everything from commanding the station to providing real-time high-de...
NASA Tech - it's all around us
Dec 14, 2016 (JPL)
Next time you share an amazing GoPro video with a friend, consider that NASA made that technology possible. The image sensors that would later be used in GoPros...
NASA's Exo-Brake 'Parachute' to Enable Safe Return for Small Spacecraft
Dec 14, 2016 (SPX)
NASA's "Exo-Brake" will demonstrate a critical technology leading to the potential return of science payloads to Earth from the International Space Station thro...
Bill Gates urges Trump to inspire Americans like JFK did
Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)
Bill Gates on Tuesday called on Donald Trump to inspire Americans to embrace innovation as John F. Kennedy once did by urging them to fly to the moon. "In the s...
Major Assembly Complete on System that will Pack a Powerful Push for Orion
Dec 13, 2016 (SPX)
The propulsion system that will give the Orion spacecraft the in-space push needed to travel thousands of miles beyond the moon and back has completed major ass...
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