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Virgin Galactic re-opens ticket sales for $450,000
Feb 15, 2022 (AFP)
Previously, only people who had paid a deposit to be on a waiting list could buy new tickets -- but now sales are once more open to everyone. "We plan to have o...
Global patent filings surged to record high in 2021: UN
Feb 10, 2022 (AFP)
Even as Covid-19 took a vast human and economic toll, international patent applications continued to grow, with Asia, and China in particular, cementing their l...
China joins industrial design IP treaty
Feb 05, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing has entered WIPO's Hague System for the international registration of industrial designs -- as well as the Marrakesh Treaty, making books for the visual...
Northrop Grumman's 17th Resupply Mission packed with science and technology for ISS
Feb 04, 2022 (SPX)
Here are details on some of the scientific investigations traveling to the space station on this mission: Protecting our skin Deterioration of skin tissue, a no...
Astronaut hits 300 days in space, on way to break NASA record
Feb 04, 2022 (SPX)
CAPCOM Woody Hobaugh from Mission Control in Houston congratulated both Vande Hei and Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov on reaching their 300-day milestone today. Li...
New ISS National Laboratory tool expands visibility of ISS-related educational resources
Feb 01, 2022 (SPX)
Through Expedition Space Lab, schools, museums, and other educational organizations can easily access unique content from ISS National Lab Space Station Explore...
NASA provides updated International Space Station Transition Plan
Feb 01, 2022 (SPX)
As NASA looks forward to a decade of results from research and technology development aboard the International Space Station, the agency is taking steps to ensu...
Caltech names Laurie Leshin Director of JPL
Jan 28, 2022 (JPL)
She joins JPL from WPI, one of the nation's oldest private STEM universities, where she has served as president since 2014. She is the first woman president in ...
US issues visa to Russian ISS cosmonaut
Jan 28, 2022 (Sputnik)
"The United States has issued an entry visa to Roscosmos cosmonaut Nikolai Chub. The cosmonaut is headed to the United States for training at the Johnson Space ...
SCOUT releases autonomy software to enable safer and less complex space operations
Jan 27, 2022 (SPX)
"Our first SCOUT-Vision system was launched into orbit in June 2021 and the software packages we're offering today are due in part to the success of that missio...
Beaming with science
Jan 27, 2022 (ESA)
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer captured the resupply vehicle in all its glory as it departed the orbital outpost at 15:40 GMT/16:40 CET. It splashed down approxi...
US undermines safety of Russian cosmonaut's at ISS by denying visa, Roscosmos says
Jan 26, 2022 (Sputnik)
Earlier in the day, a source told Sputnik that the US did not grant Chub a visa. The cosmonaut, who joined the Russian crew in 2012, was to take training at the...
Five Space Station Research Results Contributing to Deep Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2022 (SPX)
Over the past few months, scientists shared the outcomes of space station studies that could help us recover more water from life support systems, construct Moo...
STEM student experiments win Flight Opportunity in NASA Tech Contest
Jan 22, 2022 (SPX)
Administered by Future Engineers, the challenge aims to inspire students to seek a deeper understanding of Earth's atmosphere, space exploration, coding, and el...
NASA Offers $1 Million for Innovative Systems to Feed Tomorrow's Astronauts
Jan 21, 2022 (SPX)
In coordination with the Canadian Space Agency, NASA is calling on the public to help develop innovative and sustainable food production technologies or systems...
NASA Solar Sail Mission to Chase Tiny Asteroid After Artemis I Launch
Jan 21, 2022 (SPX)
Launching with the Artemis I uncrewed test flight, NASA's shoebox-size Near-Earth Asteroid Scout will chase down what will become the smallest asteroid ever to ...
Wanted: recycling methods to keep astronauts alive
Jan 20, 2022 (ESA)
While human settlements on the Moon and Mars are still to come - along with a planned Mars Transit habitat - the fundamentals of living in space are already bei...
Russia's only female cosmonaut to travel to space in September
Jan 20, 2022 (AFP)
Kikina, a 37-year-old engineer, will be only the fifth professional woman cosmonaut from Russia or the Soviet Union to fly to space. Last year, the Russian spac...
Crash test dummy
Jan 20, 2022 (ESA)
The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle was a joint ESA-NASA plan to create a small lifting body glider, like a mini Space Shuttle, that could bring astronauts home from t...
Russian cosmonauts conduct EVA to complete Nauka Lab Module integration to ISS
Jan 20, 2022 (Sputnik)
Watch a live broadcast from the International Space Station (ISS) as Roscosmos astronauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov are performing a spacewalk to integr...
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