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NanoAvionics and Gama to set sails in space
May 26, 2022 (SPX)
Gama's range of solar sails are aimed at commercial companies and research organisations looking for a cost-effective and less complex setup and propulsion syst...
NASA-supported solar sail could take science to new heights
May 25, 2022 (SPX)
The Diffractive Solar Sailing project was selected for Phase III study under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. Phase III aims to strategical...
Soil, sutures, and climate modeling among investigations riding SpaceX CRS-25 Dragon to ISS
May 25, 2022 (SPX)
Here are more details on some of the research launching to the space station: Mapping Earth's dust The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT), d...
Boeing's Starliner faces one more challenge as it returns to Earth
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
The spaceship autonomously undocked at 2:36 pm Eastern time (1836 GMT) and was set to touch down in New Mexico just over four hours later, at 2249 GMT, wrapping...
NASA, Boeing complete Starliner uncrewed flight test to ISS
May 25, 2022 (SPX)
About four hours after departing the space station, Starliner touched down onto its airbags at 4:49 p.m. MDT, wrapping up the six-day flight, which tested the e...
Self-cleaning spacecraft surfaces to combat microbes
May 24, 2022 (ESA)
Crewmen on the International Space Station are not alone. A microbial survey of surfaces within the orbital outpost found dozens of different bacteria and fungi...
Boeing's Starliner spaceship docks with ISS in high-stakes test mission
May 21, 2022 (AFP)
The spaceship made contact at 8:28 pm Eastern time (0028 GMT Saturday), a little over 24 hours after it blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on ...
Boeing's Starliner to launch uncrewed test flight to International Space Station
May 19, 2022 (UPI)
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to blast off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 6:54 p.m. EDT...
Engineers investigating Voyager 1 telemetry data
May 19, 2022 (JPL)
The AACS controls the 45-year-old spacecraft's orientation. Among other tasks, it keeps Voyager 1's high-gain antenna pointed precisely at Earth, enabling it to...
Blue Origin delays next flight over technical issues
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
"During our final vehicle check-outs, we observed one of New Shepard's back-up systems was not meeting our expectations for performance," the company said in a ...
What you need to know about NASA's Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2
May 17, 2022 (SPX)
NASA's Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) is targeting launch of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 6:54 p.m. EDT ...
Wealthy nations carving up space and its riches, leaving others behind
May 16, 2022 (The Conversation)
Nations that don't have their own satellites providing these services rely on other countries. For those that want to develop their own satellite infrastructure...
ISS Partnership faces 'Administrative Difficulties' NASA Panel Says
May 16, 2022 (Sputnik)
"The geopolitical sanctions that have been levied on Russia that we've seen happen in the last few months have created an environment where there are some admin...
Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the Moon
May 13, 2022 (AFP)
The ground-breaking experiment, detailed in the journal Communications Biology on Thursday, has given researchers hope that it may be possible to one day grow p...
Fifth Blue Origin flight scheduled for next week
May 13, 2022 (AFP)
One of the travelers will be the first woman born in Mexico to go into space. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:30 am (1330 GMT) from western Texas. It will be the fif...
Relations on ISS not changed following Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
May 12, 2022 (Sputnik)
"As far as the international relations go, that has not changed at all. We've had 40-plus year relationship with our international partners and with the Russian...
Ariel Ekblaw on building beautiful architecture in space
May 12, 2022 (SPX)
But what if in-orbit accomodations could be more spacious, livable, and even beautiful? That's a question driving TESSERAE, an ambitious space architecture proj...
Space For Humanity to send its first Citizen Astronaut on next New Shepard flight
May 11, 2022 (SPX)
Katya, an electrical and computer engineer and online science educator, was selected from more than 7,000 applicants from over 100 countries to fly on New Shepa...
New Airbnb feature aims to 'redistribute' tourists from oversold venues
May 11, 2022 (AFP)
The goal is to "redistribute" users away from traveler-jammed venues, such as Venice, Paris or the biggest US cities, Airbnb executives said. Under the new Airb...
Blue Origin NS-21 to fly six customer astronauts
May 11, 2022 (SPX)
Each astronaut on board NS-21 will carry a postcard to space on behalf of Blue Origin's foundation, Club for the Future, whose Postcards to Space program gives ...
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