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NASA perseveres through pandemic, looks ahead in 2020, 2021
Aug 24, 2020 (SPX)
Following the recent successful launch of a Mars rover and safely bringing home astronauts from low-Earth orbit aboard a new commercial spacecraft, NASA is look...
Moonstruck 'aroma sculptor' builds scent from space
Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)
After years of exploring and reconstructing the scents of planet Earth, the 66-year-old "aroma sculptor" set himself a new goal -- capturing the smell of the mo...
A QandA on the Demo-2 mission
Aug 07, 2020 (SPX)
We caught up with Pat Dunlap and Bruce Steinetz who led efforts at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland to develop a new, robust seal for the Commercial Cr...
Power, bones, bubbles and other Weightless action on the Space Station
Aug 07, 2020 (ESA)
The longest foam More bubbles, please. The Space Station has witnessed the longest science run with foams for the Foam-Coarsening experiment. This research mixe...
Take Me to Mars
Aug 07, 2020 (SPX)
At a minimum, any Martian trip is going to be a major hassle. Transportation costs alone will surely be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Interplanetary s...
Roscosmos teases names of next year's ISS tourist group flight
Aug 07, 2020 (Sputnik)
The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced that the names of two space tourists who will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) will be revealed in t...
Richard Branson space-bound in early 2021 says Virgin Galactic
Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)
The company has repeatedly pushed back the date it will take the first tourists outside earth's atmosphere and said 600 people have forked out $250,000 to reser...
Work Begins on Delta Faucet's Droplet Formation Space Station Experiment This Week
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
Joining the NASA and ISS National Lab representatives at Destination Station that day was NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy-a veteran of multiple space missions, inc...
Explore how space supports daily life around the world
Jul 30, 2020 (ESA)
The knowledge that sends missions to far-off worlds and supports human life in orbit can, and must, make life better here on Earth as well. Satellite data, spac...
ESA Astronauts Maurer and Pesquet continue training at JSC
Jul 30, 2020 (ESA)
A refresher for Thomas and a first for Matthias, the pair are pictured here during emergency vehicle familiarisation training in the International Space Station...
Room with a view: Virgin Galactic gives peek at spacecraft cabin
Jul 28, 2020 (AFP)
The company, founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, provided a virtual tour Tuesday of the inside of the ship that will transport people willing to pay...
Top 10 things to know for NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 return
Jul 28, 2020 (SPX)
1. Where will Behnken and Hurley splash down? NASA and SpaceX are capable of supporting seven splashdown sites off the coast of Florida for the return of Crew D...
Russian Progress resupply cargo spacecraft docks with ISS
Jul 24, 2020 (Sputnik)
Sputnik is live from the International Space Station as the Russian Progress-MS-15 resupply cargo spacecraft, which blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in ...
NASA scientist over the Moon with homegrown radish research
Jul 20, 2020 (JPL)
"They have been used before in space, and they germinate very, very fast," Coleman says. Previously, other researchers had sent radishes to the International Sp...
Spacewalk on Tuesday will conclude space station power upgrade
Jul 20, 2020 (UPI)
Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy will install a final, new lithium-ion battery to complete the 3 1/2-year project. The spacewalk is to begin about 7:35 a.m. EDT an...
Duckweed is an incredible, radiation-fighting astronaut food
Jul 16, 2020 (The Conversation)
NASA and the Translational Research Institute for Space Health asked my lab to figure out how to grow an edible plant for long-term space missions where fresh, ...
NASA touts Russia ties as Rogozin dismisses Artemis as political
Jul 16, 2020 (Sputnik)
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said on 14 July he was still hoping for support from Russia in implementing the ambitious US Artemis lunar program, reported ...
Astronauts conclude third spacewalk on historic SpaceX mission
Jul 16, 2020 (UPI)
Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy spent six hours in space during the 230th spacewalk at the orbiting laboratory. The astronauts replaced six nickel-hydrogen batter...
From the Moon to Mars: China's march across space
Jul 14, 2020 (AFP)
China is among a trio of nations, with the United Arab Emirates and the United States, sending a mission to the Red Planet this month, as Mars is closest to Ear...
Astronauts add expertise, refine space station science in orbit
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
Early explorers on Earth used the instrument to navigate at sea by the stars, but their ships weren't moving quite so fast. Aunon-Chancellor, NASA astronaut Ann...
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