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India's woman fighter pilot trailblazer eyes space
May 06, 2025 (AFP)
"This is where my adventure began," Shivangi Singh, 29, told AFP at the Air Force Museum in New Delhi, recalling her first visit as a child when she "gawked" an...
Axiom advances space health tech and cancer studies with Ax 4 mission
May 05, 2025 (SPX)
Among the highlighted studies is a collaboration with UAE healthcare provider Burjeel Holdings to explore the viability of space missions for astronauts with in...
Who gets to be called an astronaut? Private space travel has reignited debate over use of prestigious title
May 05, 2025 (SPX)
The term astronaut was only rarely disputed until the first "celebrity" suborbital flight in 2021. In the 1960s, pilots flying the experimental, rocket-powered ...
Trump honors space exploration on National Astronaut Day
May 05, 2025 (UPI)
On May 5, 1961, Shepard's Freedom 7 capsule reached an altitude of 116.5 miles in a suborbit for 15 minutes. One month earlier on April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri...
Gateway to the Stars: Inside Paris's Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace
May 03, 2025 (SPX)
A Runway Through Time The visit begins in the airy Grande Galerie, where delicate wood-and-canvas pioneers-Bleriot XI, Antoinette VII, Voisin-Farman-hang just m...
Trump NASA budget prioritizes Moon, Mars missions over research
May 02, 2025 (AFP)
The plan would significantly overhaul flagship programs, phasing out the government-owned Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule, and eliminati...
Booming tourism and climate change threaten Albania's coast
May 01, 2025 (AFP)
From Velipoja in the north where the waves are swallowing a century-old forest, to the tourist hotspot of Golem where galloping construction of hotels and resta...
Astronauts complete needed tasks during 6-hour ISS space walk
May 01, 2025 (UPI)
Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers relocated a space station communications antenna and improved the ability to generate power on the ISS. "Additionally, the astron...
Aerospacelab chosen to supply satellite platform for JAXA mission via Mitsui Bussan Aerospace
May 01, 2025 (SPX)
This agreement reflects Aerospacelab's growing influence in the global space sector and its strategic expansion into the Japanese market. The partnership was fa...
Two astronauts plan 6 hour spacewalk for ISS upgrades
Apr 30, 2025 (UPI)
Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers are scheduled to leave the ISS at 8 a.m. EDT, according to NASA. NASA will begin live coverage at ...
Key Takeaways for Mars Colonisation from Survival in the ARK
Apr 27, 2025 (SPX)
Players of ARK are stranded on a harsh island with ancient animals, little resources, and no guidance. They must develop the skills necessary to gather material...
Scientists sound alarm as Trump reshapes US research landscape
Apr 23, 2025 (AFP)
Mass layoffs at renowned federal agencies. Billions in research grants slashed. Open threats against universities. Bans on words linked to gender and human-caus...
ELVIS imaging tech heads to space to advance life detection
Apr 23, 2025 (SPX)
Developed through a collaboration between Portland State University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the ELVIS system leverages volumetric imaging to analy...
First microbes blast off testing production of food for space travel
Apr 23, 2025 (SPX)
As space agencies and private companies aim for distant planets, the logistics of carrying food, water, and fuel become increasingly costly and complex. Feeding...
NASA Notes Key Milestone in Blue Origin's Orbital Reef Development
Apr 22, 2025 (SPX)
The human-in-the-loop tests involved individuals or small teams conducting simulated daily activities within life-size replicas of Orbital Reef modules. These s...
ISRO embarks on Ax-4 mission to advance deep space science and sustainability
Apr 22, 2025 (SPX)
Among ISRO's Ax-4 contributions is a human-centered study examining how astronauts engage with electronic displays in zero gravity. Collaborating with NASA and ...
SpaceX Dragon resupply vessel docks with ISS, heralds experimentation
Apr 22, 2025 (UPI)
The Dragon craft launched at 4:15 a.m. EDT Monday and connected to the zenith, space-facing port of the ISS's Harmony module at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, just 20 minut...
NASA, SpaceX launch 32nd resupply mission to International Space Station
Apr 21, 2025 (UPI)
At 4:15 a.m. EDT, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft took off while aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. T...
Astronaut Pettit, 2 cosmonauts undock from the International Space Station
Apr 19, 2025 (UPI)
The astronaut and cosmonauts departed the ISS at 5:57 p.m. EDT aboard the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft and will take about 27.5 hours to travel from the space station...
NASA's oldest astronaut returning to Earth after ISS mission
Apr 19, 2025 (UPI)
Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner are expected to land outside the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with the help of a parachute at 9:20 p.m. EDT Saturday....
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