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Data-relay system connects astronauts direct to Europe

Jan 18, 2022 (ESA)

An upgrade to the communications system is delivering broadband internet speeds similar to those enjoyed by families on Earth. It means that experiments on boar...

NASA's newest astronaut class begins training in Houston

Jan 11, 2022 (UPI)

The 10 candidates will now learn engineering systems of spacecraft such as SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule or the lunar Orion capsule, along with training in orbit...

CES show highlights: Robo-dogs, self-sailing boat, brain tech

Jan 08, 2022 (AFP)

Industry behemoths like Amazon and Google stayed away over the virus risk, but the more than 2,200 firms big and small in attendance still pitched their hopes f...

Japan space tourist eyes Mariana Trench trip after ISS

Jan 07, 2022 (AFP)

Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano spent 12 days on the International Space Station last month, where they documented life in space for one million YouTube s...

CES tech fair opens under pandemic shadow

Jan 05, 2022 (AFP)

Despite some obvious gaps on the showfloor -- after high-profile companies like Amazon and Google cancelled over climbing virus risk -- crowds of badge-wearing ...

Nibbling cats and Covid masks: First look at CES tech show

Jan 04, 2022 (AFP)

CES, one of the world's largest trade fairs, is pushing ahead with an in-person edition after being online-only last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are...

Space Station research during 2021

Jan 03, 2022 (SPX)

Here are some highlights of recent results from groundbreaking space station science: More stem-ness in stem cells Spaceflight can affect cardiac function and s...

CES tech fair prepares to draw crowds as Covid surges

Jan 03, 2022 (AFP)

Multiple companies -- including Amazon, BMW and Microsoft -- reduced or canceled their attendance as Covid-19 case numbers broke records, but organizers said sa...

Biden administration extends ISS operations through 2030

Jan 01, 2022 (UPI)

Nelson said in a statement that NASA will continue working with the European Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Canadian Space Agency, and Russia...

2021: A year of space tourism, flights on Mars, China's rise

Dec 30, 2021 (AFP)

Beyond the science milestones, billionaires battled to reach the final frontier first, an all-civilian crew went into orbit, and Star Trek's William Shatner wax...

NASA Research Boosts LED Lamps for Home and Garden

Dec 30, 2021 (SPX)

NASA's lighting research, however, has had benefits far beyond space. It has helped develop biologically oriented LED technology for everyday life on Earth - gi...

Zero gravity conditions in space may advance stem cell research, scientists say

Dec 30, 2021 (UPI)

Biomanufacturing, a type of stem cell production that uses biological materials such as microbes to produce substances and biomaterials suitable for use in rese...

Visual displays in space station culture

Dec 28, 2021 (SPX)

Authors Dr. Justin St. P. Walsh, Dr. Wendy Salmond, and Dr. Alice Gorman have been analyzing the photographs, and have presented their findings in the December ...

Tech 2022 trends: Meatless meat, Web 3.0, Big Tech battles

Dec 28, 2021 (AFP)

Here's a selection of how technology may change lives in the coming year: - Meatless meat - Meat alternatives have become common in an increasing number of US h...

Major tech firms join Consumer Electronics Show exodus

Dec 24, 2021 (AFP)

The three are part of a growing list of companies opting not to put employees at risk by staffing events, exhibits or briefings at the annual gadget extravaganz...

Japanese billionaire urges elites to visit space after ISS trip

Dec 22, 2021 (AFP)

Together with assistant Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Maezawa spent 12 days aboard the ISS, where they made videos documenting daily life in spa...

NASA, Russian space agency evaluate need for space station rescue mission

Dec 22, 2021 (UPI)

The leaking spacecraft, designated Soyuz MS-22, carried U.S. astronaut Frank Rubio, along with cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev to the Internation...

NASA delays spacewalk because of debris

Dec 21, 2021 (UPI)

The space agency said the debris was from a fragment from the upper stage of a Russian Fregat-SB that appeared scheduled to pass near the ISS. "Based on this ne...

Japanese space tourists return to Earth after 12 days on ISS

Dec 20, 2021 (AFP)

Online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano parachuted onto Kazakhstan's steppe at around the expected landing time of 0313 GMT Monday, a...

Russia ready to 'fight' for space tourism supremacy

Dec 19, 2021 (AFP)

Russia flaunted its comeback this month dispatching two cosmic adventurers -- Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant -- to the International Spac...