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Russia bestows medal on US astronaut in failed launch
Oct 08, 2019 (AFP)
Hague along with Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin had a close brush with death when their Soyuz rocket failed minutes after blast-off from Baikonur cosmodrome...
Deep space exploration isn't a far-fetched possibility
Oct 07, 2019 (SPX)
To the disappointment of many, the chances of going that fast, as any scientist will attest, are currently as cold and dark as space. "Light-speed travel is out...
Astronauts will spend much of October outside the space station
Oct 07, 2019 (UPI)
The first of the five trips occurred over the weekend. Expedition 61 flight engineers Christina Koch and Andrew Morgan spent more than seven hours outside the I...
Spacesuits prepped for upcoming spacewalks
Oct 07, 2019 (SPX)
Another five spacewalks to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-a cosmic ray catcher searching for evidence of "dark matter" in the universe and mounted on th...
The first humans in space
Oct 04, 2019 (SPX)
The second human to enter space was Alan Shepard, an American astronaut who was born on November 18, 1923, in New Hampshire. In May 1961, Shepard became the fir...
NASA astronaut Nick Hague, crewmates return safely from ISS
Oct 04, 2019 (SPX)
Hague and Ovchinin launched March 14, along with fellow NASA astronaut Christina Koch. Six hours later, they began their 203-day mission on the station, orbitin...
First Arab on ISS set for Earth return
Oct 03, 2019 (AFP)
Hazzaa al-Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates will touch down in the Kazakh steppes at around 1100 GMT along with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmo...
First Arab on ISS returns to Earth
Oct 03, 2019 (AFP)
Hazzaa al-Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates touched down in the Kazakh steppes at 1059 GMT along with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexe...
Full house for space science
Oct 02, 2019 (ESA)
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano welcomed aboard NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and the first United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut H...
NASA, Roscosmos in talks on more Soyuz seats
Oct 02, 2019 (Sputnik)
On Monday, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said in an interview with CNN that because of the constant delays in the first launches of new US piloted spacecra...
NASA, Boeing, SpaceX closing in on return to human spaceflight for US
Oct 02, 2019 (UPI)
At stake is not only United States dominance, but also scientific advances to be gained from space exploration. More than $20 billion has been spent to develop ...
For scientists, failure can pay dividends down the road
Oct 01, 2019 (UPI)
Researchers at Northwestern University decided to take a closer look at the relationship between professional failure and success for young scientists. Their da...
Japan's Kounotori Spaceship Attached to Station
Sep 30, 2019 (SPX)
Named Kounotori, meaning "white stork" in Japanese, the craft delivered six new lithium-ion batteries and corresponding adapter plates that will replace aging n...
Luca takes leading role for Europe in space
Sep 27, 2019 (ESA)
He will take over from departing Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin. This marks the start of Expedition 61 and the second part of Luca's second space mission kno...
US Air Force releases unique new call to action for ideas
Sep 27, 2019 (SPX)
"This call is intended as a catalyst to transform our capabilities to become the Air Force we need," said Maj. Gen. William Cooley, Air Force Research Laborator...
Fly your experiment to the Space Station with Bioreactor Express Service
Sep 27, 2019 (ESA)
Customers can use existing experiment containers, customise them, or develop an entirely new container to match their requirements. The starting price is euro 1...
Emirati becomes first Arab to reach ISS
Sep 26, 2019 (AFP)
The Russian spacecraft carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates, who was accompanied by Russia's Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir,...
ISS hosts 9 people for first time since 2015
Sep 26, 2019 (SPX)
The approach and docking of the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft, launched aboard a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket earlier in the day, took place in an autonomous regime. After ...
Maldives targets one million Chinese with more direct flights
Sep 25, 2019 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid sought to boost air connectivity between the two countries during his visit to Beijing over the weekend. "During my meeting with...
Researcher explores better use of microbes for space travel
Sep 25, 2019 (SPX)
The romantic notions of exploring and even colonizing space have been re-kindled, with the above and more recent movies such as The Martian and the fictional pl...
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