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Astronauts wrap up spacewalk outside ISS to prep for new solar arrays
Mar 16, 2022 (UPI)
Astronauts Kayla Barron, 34, and Raja Chari, 44, spent six hours and 54 minutes on their spacewalk, having exited the station around 8:15 a.m. EDT -- their seco...
US astronaut to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensions
Mar 15, 2022 (SPX)
NASA insists Vande Hei's homecoming plans at the end of the month remain unchanged, even as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has resulted in canceled launches, brok...
NASA insists space station unaffected by Russian war
Mar 14, 2022 (AFP)
Mark Vande Hei is due to fly to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule with cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov on March ...
US comedian Pete Davidson blasting off to space next week
Mar 14, 2022 (AFP)
The Saturday Night Live star will be the only non-paying guest on the voyage aboard the New Shepard rocket, which is set to blast off from the company's Launch ...
Sanctions could cause space station to crash: Roscosmos
Mar 12, 2022 (AFP)
According to Dmitry Rogozin, the sanctions, some of which predate Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, could disrupt the operation of Russian spacecraft servicing the ...
Space Station to host 'self-healing' quantum communications tech demo
Mar 08, 2022 (JPL)
Quantum computers hold the promise of operating millions of times faster than conventional computers, and distributed quantum sensors may lead to new understand...
'TechWorks' brings dreams of Jordan inventors to life
Mar 06, 2022 (AFP)
He came up with a device to sterilise them with UV rays -- and this is where TechWorks stepped in. A wealth of ideas would not have seen the light of day withou...
How to reach a tumbling target in space
Feb 28, 2022 (SPX)
One of the prevailing theories for its demise is that it simply ran out of fuel. As LEO becomes more crowded, Envisat is a school bus-sized example of a growing...
Tycoons bound for ISS aren't tourists, insists space company
Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)
That's the word from Michael Lopez-Alegria, formerly of the US space agency and now commander of the Ax-1 mission, which will see the crew launch from the Kenne...
Astronaut Matthias Maurer marks his first 100 days in space
Feb 28, 2022 (ESA)
In a Twitter post marking the milestone, Matthias wrote, "100 days may sound like a lot, but it feels like I've only just arrived." Even before launching for hi...
NASA exploring ways to keep ISS afloat without Russian help: official
Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)
Kathy Lueders, who heads the agency's human spaceflight program, told reporters on a call that operations on the research platform were proceeding "nominally" a...
US-Russia tensions spill into space, but ISS safe -- for now
Feb 25, 2022 (AFP)
The outpost was the subject of a menacing Twitter thread by Russian space agency head Dmitry Rogozin, who warned Thursday that US sanctions could "destroy our c...
Tiny probes could sail to outer planets with the help of low-power lasers
Feb 24, 2022 (SPX)
Now, researchers calculate in ACS' Nano Letters that low-power lasers on Earth could launch and maneuver small probes equipped with silicon or boron nitride sai...
Ukraine crisis challenges International Space Station cooperation
Feb 24, 2022 (UPI)
Russia is a major partner with the United States, Europe, Japan and Canada in the space station's maintenance and operation. Russia provides critical cargo and ...
Northrop Grumman launches cargo ship to International Space Station
Feb 21, 2022 (SPX)
The Cygnus spacecraft, which was launched on an Antares rocket, is scheduled to arrive at the space station around 4:35 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 21. NASA Television...
Coca-Cola launching new Starlight drink 'inspired by space'
Feb 18, 2022 (UPI)
The new limited edition drink, called Coca-Cola Starlight, features a taste the beverage maker calls unique, and will be offered in both regular and zero sugar ...
Blue Origin to build more rockets amid expectations to tourist flights
Feb 18, 2022 (Sputnik)
At the FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said the company had "thousands of people in the...
Research project examines how humans live in space
Feb 18, 2022 (SPX)
Shawn Graham, a digital archaeologist and historian at Carleton University, is working with the International Space Station Archaeological Project (ISSAP) to re...
How to design a sail that won't tear or melt on an interstellar voyage
Feb 17, 2022 (SPX)
Igor Bargatin, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, is trying to solve this futuristic problem with ideas take...
NASA offers up to $200M to help push new technologies to market
Feb 16, 2022 (SPX)
Through Tipping Point, NASA seeks to support space technologies that can foster the growth of commercial space capabilities and benefit future agency missions. ...
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