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Kayhan Space Raises $7 million, Unveils First-Ever Autonomous Space Traffic Coordination Service
Sep 20, 2023 (SPX)
Venture capital firms Space Capital and EVE Atlas have funded the extension round, following in-depth reviews of the Kayhan Space technology roadmap and aggress...
Soyuz hatch opens, Expedition 69 expands to 10 crewmates
Sep 18, 2023 (SPX)
NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub joined the space station's Expedition 69 crew of NASA astronauts Jasmin Mog...
Rockets and Porsches: rich Russians flock to Baikonur spaceport
Sep 15, 2023 (AFP)
"Unfortunately, my husband could not come so I am fulfilling my dream and his," said the 35-year-old from the city of Tyumen in western Siberia. "I will bring m...
Two Russians, American reach space station
Sep 15, 2023 (AFP)
Earlier Friday Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard...
US astronaut sets record for stint in space
Sep 13, 2023 (AFP)
"In some ways, it's been an incredible challenge. But in other ways, it's been an incredible blessing," Rubio said Wednesday from the ISS during a chat with NAS...
Kombucha: Ally for Moon and Mars
Sep 12, 2023 (ESA)
Multicellular biofilms found in kombucha, have shown promise in surviving harsh environments on Earth, prompting scientists to investigate their potential to en...
Artificial star
Sep 08, 2023 (ESA)
The test bench seen here generates an artificial star-like light source to test the optical performance of startrackers. Part of the Guidance and Navigation Con...
Virgin Galactic notches fourth spaceflight in four months
Sep 08, 2023 (AFP)
The private astronauts aboard the Galactic 03 mission were among the first people to buy their tickets from the company founded by British billionaire Richard B...
China continues to make strides in space breeding technique
Sep 04, 2023 (XNA)
"My kid likes it a lot and finds it interesting to observe the growth of these special plants," a customer review stated. Over the decades, the plant seeds brou...
Stormy Atlantic off Florida delays return of astronauts from space station
Sep 01, 2023 (UPI)
NASA says the Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, is in good condition and remains docked at the space station. With a splashdown off the coast of Florida,...
Station Hosts 11 Crewmates from Five Countries
Aug 29, 2023 (SPX)
The orbital outpost's newest crew of four, representing the U.S., Denmark, Japan, and Russia, arrived on Sunday aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft. N...
NASA and SpaceX crew of four blast off to ISS
Aug 26, 2023 (AFP)
The Crew-7 mission is commanded by American Jasmin Moghbeli and includes Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Konstantin Borisov of Russia...
Crew-7 Mission successfully launched to ISS
Aug 26, 2023 (SPX)
The Crew-7 mission was commanded by American Jasmin Moghbeli and included Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Satoshi Furukawa of Japan, and Konstantin Borisov of Russ...
A multinational crew blasts off from Florida, heading for the International Space Station
Aug 26, 2023 (SPX)
The four-person crew took off from the historic Launch Pad 39A (LC-39A) at KSC at 3:27 a.m. EDT (0727 UTC) Saturday, almost a day later than previously schedule...
NASA and SpaceX postpone launch of ISS crew rotation mission
Aug 25, 2023 (AFP)
NASA said the mission was "standing down" from a scheduled Friday launch time, but did not provide a reason for the move. "Launch now is targeted at 3:27 am (lo...
US seeks to extend China science accord, but only briefly for now
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
Signed in 1979 by president Jimmy Carter and China's leader Deng Xiaoping, the Science and Technology Agreement has led to exchanges between scientists and univ...
NASA challenges students to fly Earth and Space experiments
Aug 17, 2023 (SPX)
TechRise is open to students in grades six to 12 attending U.S. public, private, or charter schools - including those in U.S. territories. It offers participant...
Indian lunar lander splits from propulsion module in key step
Aug 17, 2023 (AFP)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed that the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3, which means "Mooncraft" in Sanskrit, had "successfully sepa...
Russia's Luna-25 probe to reach Moon orbit
Aug 16, 2023 (AFP)
With the lunar launch, Moscow's first since 1976, Russia is seeking to restart and rebuild on the Soviet Union's pioneering space programme. The lander is set t...
Embracing the future we need
Aug 15, 2023 (SPX)
Today, Sun is a faculty member at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a leading global expert on integrating renewable energy into the electric grid. Back in...
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