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Russia to launch two new modules to Space Station in April, September 2021
Oct 01, 2020 (Sputnik)
In late July, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin announced that the launch of the Nauka (Science) module was set for Apri...
ISS Crew continues troubleshooting as tests isolate small leak
Sep 30, 2020 (NASA)
The leak, which has been investigated for several weeks, poses no immediate danger to the crew at the current leak rate and only a slight deviation to the crew'...
Russia reports 'non-standard' air leak on Space Station
Sep 29, 2020 (AFP)
The crew on the ISS -- Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy -- have been searching for the air leak since...
Trump tech war with China changes the game for US business
Sep 24, 2020 (AFP)
The White House moves against the popular Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat and the tough sanctions on tech giant Huawei highlight the struggle for technolog...
NASA, US Space Force establish Foundation for broad collaboration
Sep 23, 2020 (SPX)
The agreement, discussed during a Sept. 22 Mitchell Institute virtual event, commits the two organizations to broad collaboration in areas including human space...
ISS moves to avoid space debris
Sep 23, 2020 (AFP)
Russian and US flight controllers worked together during a two-and-a-half-minute operation to adjust the station's orbit and move further away, avoiding collisi...
Aerospace Corporation dives into the future
Sep 22, 2020 (SPX)
The map is designed to take readers on a visceral wild ride through the unknown of space, exploring potential new "jewels of space" and inspiring players from a...
Be a Space Traffic Controller
Sep 22, 2020 (SPX)
It is likely that these positions will be located in an international metropolis such as Washington, Paris, London, Hong Kong, Rome or Moscow. Applicants must p...
Small leak of ammonia detected at US Segment of ISS
Sep 18, 2020 (Sputnik)
Ammonia is used in transferring heat from the US segment on the ISS to space. Moderate levels of ammonia are not so dangerous, but exposure to high concentratio...
NASA's Partnership Between Art and Science: A Collaboration to Cherish
Sep 16, 2020 (SPX)
Since 2013, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore has partnered with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, through the coll...
Israeli tech start-ups take on the Emirates
Sep 14, 2020 (AFP)
A month on from the August diplomatic breakthrough, Eugene Kandel, CEO of Start-Up Nation Central, was already in Dubai selling Israeli technology. Kandel's org...
ISS may need to evade US Military cubesat
Sep 14, 2020 (Sputnik)
Russian Space Agency Roscosmos has warned that the International Space Station (ISS) has a high chance of colliding with the low-orbit US military satellite BRI...
NASA Goddard's first virtual interns reflect on their summer experience
Sep 10, 2020 (SPX)
"Interning at NASA puts me ahead of some of my friends in the same field," said Noah Sandler, a software engineering intern and rising sophomore at the Universi...
NASA declines seat on Russia's Soyuz for US astronaut ISS flight
Sep 09, 2020 (Sputnik)
In May, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine announced that the option of acquiring a seat on the Soyuz MS-18 manned spacecraft, which would be launched in April 2021, is...
Backbone of a spacecraft for missions to deep space
Sep 09, 2020 (ESA)
Built in Turin, Italy, at Thales Alenia Space, this is the third such structure to roll out of production. However, this one is extra special, as it will fly th...
NASA seeks next class of Flight Directors for human spaceflight missions
Sep 02, 2020 (SPX)
Those chosen as NASA flight directors will lead human spaceflight missions to the International Space Station, as American astronauts once again are launching o...
Boeing's Starliner makes progress ahead of flight test with astronauts
Aug 31, 2020 (SPX)
The Commercial Crew Program currently is targeting no earlier than December 2020 for launch of the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) pending hardware readi...
The Seventh Meeting of the Japan-U.S. Comprehensive Dialogue on Space: Joint Statement
Aug 31, 2020 (SPX)
This meeting was co-chaired by representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Space Policy Secretariat, Cabinet Office for Japan, and by repr...
Russian cosmonaut sheds light on how ISS crew deals with suspected air leak
Aug 25, 2020 (Sputnik)
As the current crew of the International Space Station has been forced to isolate themselves in the Russian segment of the orbital facility due to a suspected a...
ISS crew moved to Russian segment for 3 days to search for air leak
Aug 24, 2020 (Sputnik)
"Closing hatches on the American segment and closing the hatch between the American and Russian segments of the station have been carried out", Russia's state s...
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