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More Hands Make Light Work: Crew Dragon Duo Increases Science Tempo on Space Station
Jun 18, 2020 (SPX)
With the arrival on station of two new sets of hands - NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, whose May 30 launch from U.S. soil on NASA's SpaceX De...
KBR wins $570M NASA contract for human spaceflight operations at Marshall
Jun 16, 2020 (SPX)
Under the Marshall Operations, Systems, Services and Integration (MOSSI) contract, KBR will perform International Space Station payload operations and support t...
First space tourists will face big risks, as private companies gear up for paid suborbital flights
Jun 15, 2020 (The Conversation)
While SpaceX may be the first private space company to accomplish this, it is not alone. Boeing's Starliner and Lockheed's Orion capsule are also being develope...
Kathy Lueders Selected to Lead NASA's Human Spaceflight Office
Jun 15, 2020 (SPX)
"Kathy gives us the extraordinary experience and passion we need to continue to move forward with Artemis and our goal of landing the first woman and the next m...
High School Students Build Lockers for Trip to the International Space Station
Jun 12, 2020 (SPX)
Four such lockers launched on Demo-2 were built by students from around the country through a program called NASA HUNCH-High school students United with NASA to...
Airbnb sees 'bounce' in travel, aims to promote local tourism
Jun 11, 2020 (AFP)
"The travel industry, including Airbnb has been hit hard by COVID-19 and there will continue to be tremendous uncertainty," the company said in a blog post. "Bu...
DDC-I's Deos RTOS selected by MDA to develop communications system for Dream Chaser cargo system
Jun 11, 2020 (SPX)
The subsystem will provide on-board communication signal processing capabilities for the Dream Chaser Cargo System, a cargo transportation spacecraft being deve...
From space, Russian cosmonauts fight chess grandmaster to a draw
Jun 09, 2020 (AFP)
Equipped with an electronic chessboard, cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner played in zero gravity against 30-year-old Russian former child prodigy Ser...
ARISS established dedicated US Organization to support amateur ISS communications
Jun 08, 2020 (SPX)
They will continue promoting amateur radio and STEAM-science, technology, engineering, arts, and math within educational organizations and inspire, engage and e...
CES global gadget fest on track despite pandemic
Jun 03, 2020 (AFP)
The Consumer Technology Association trade group decision to hold a gadget extravaganza known to attract tens of thousands of people bucks a trend of live confer...
ISS welcomes first SpaceX Crew Dragon with NASA astronauts
Jun 02, 2020 (SPX)
The pair of astronauts docked to the space station's Harmony module at 10:16 a.m. EDT Sunday as the microgravity laboratory flew 262 miles above the border nort...
NASA Networks support 1st commercial launch of NASA astronauts from US
Jun 02, 2020 (SPX)
"Our primary focus is robust and reliable communications with the crew," said Neil Mallik, Human Space Flight network director at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Ce...
Dragon Endeavour Docks At Space Station
May 31, 2020 (AFP)
SpaceX's two-stage Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard blasted off flawlessly in a cloud of bright orange flames and smoke ...
Doug Liman to direct Tom Cruise film shot in space
May 29, 2020 (UPI)
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Tuesday that Liman, 54, will direct Cruise, 57, in the new movie filmed aboard the International Space Station. Liman will also...
No SpaceX T-shirts for tourists at Cape Canaveral
May 27, 2020 (AFP)
"We can't sell SpaceX because they're a private company," said Mulberry, the owner of Space Shirts. Her store is located on the main road in Merritt Island, the...
Airbus wins ESA contract to construct third European Service Module for NASA's Orion spacecraft
May 27, 2020 (SPX)
By ordering this additional service module, ESA ensures the necessary continuity in NASA's Artemis programme. The third European Service Module (Artemis III Mis...
Barrett, Raymond speak with U.S. astronaut ahead of historic launch
May 22, 2020 (AFNS)
The conversation with Behnken, an Air Force colonel, came six days before the scheduled May 27 launch of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft in Florida. The launch ...
NASA seeking US Citizens for social isolation study for Moon and Mars missions
May 21, 2020 (SPX)
As many around the world are staying at home in response to the global coronavirus pandemic, NASA is preparing for its next spaceflight simulation study and is ...
US Space Council meets ahead of private, US crewed launch
May 21, 2020 (VOA)
The meeting was held virtually, with Pence in Washington, and NASA administrators and astronauts checking in remotely. The vice president noted that the project...
Robert Polsgrove: Commercial Crew to Human Landers
May 21, 2020 (SPX)
As Human Landing System technical manager, Polsgrove will help one of the companies recently selected by NASA to design what may be the first commercially built...
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