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NASA's Robotic 'Sniffer' Confirms Space Station Leak, Repair
Sep 19, 2017 (SPX)
"By locating and monitoring this ammonia leak, RELL verified station's safety status and avoided a risky spacewalk to find the leak," said Adam Naids, RELL proj...
Diet tracker in space
Sep 15, 2017 (ESA)
An optimal diet, paired with constant exercise, is essential to counteract the effects of spaceflight on the human body. Bone loss, muscle atrophy and depleted ...
Three astronauts reach ISS for five-month mission
Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)
Russia's Roscosmos space agency said that the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft "successfully docked" at the ISS at 0255 GMT in a statement on its website. The Soyuz rocke...
Three astronauts blast off for five-month ISS mission
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
The Soyuz MS-06 rocket carrying Alexander Misurkin of the Russia's Roscosmos space agency, NASA first-time flyer Mark Vande Hei and his veteran colleague Joe Ac...
What's hot and what's not at Berlin's IFA tech fair
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
- On the out - - Tablets: the fever that greeted Apple's launch of the iPad in 2010 has long dissipated. Smartphones boast increasingly large screens and high p...
ESA retrieves NASA astronauts with new procedure in wake of hurricane
Sep 05, 2017 (ESA)
One of the consequences of the devastating hurricane Harvey was the delayed take-off for NASA's G5 plane out of Houston. In order to cope with this delay and st...
'Star Trek' actor Shatner sends message to Voyager
Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)
Star Trek actor William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk, read the message from mission control in Houston, before it was beamed out to Voyager 1, according to ...
Voyager Spacecraft: 40 Years of Solar System Discoveries
Sep 04, 2017 (SPX)
The identical spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, took off in August and September 40 years ago and were programmed to pass by Jupiter and Saturn on different ...
Record-breaking NASA astronaut comes back to Earth
Sep 03, 2017 (AFP)
Peggy Whitson, 57, is also the oldest female astronaut in the history of space exploration, was the first female International Space Station commander, and hold...
The wackiest innovations at Berlin's IFA 2017
Sep 03, 2017 (AFP)
Here's a look at some of the most eye-catching inventions: - DIY cyborg - Long the province of amateur "biohackers", some firms are trying to take chips you can...
Trump names former Navy aviator to head NASA
Sep 02, 2017 (AFP)
Bridenstine, 42, who backed Trump during the US presidential campaign, had long been considered the favorite for the job of NASA administrator. But the nominati...
'Gifted' high-tech takes spotlight at Berlin's IFA fair
Aug 30, 2017 (AFP)
As smartphones and other electronic devices make greater use of artificial intelligence (AI), the digital assistants already pervasive in our lives are set to b...
ISS Orbit Increases Almost 2,000 Feet After Adjustment Maneuver - Control Center
Aug 29, 2017 (Sputnik)
The International Space Station (ISS) has increased its average altitude by about 1,970 feet after an orbit adjustment maneuver using Progress MS-06 cargo space...
NASA should continue large strategic missions to maintain leadership in space
Aug 28, 2017 (SPX)
NASA's large space science missions play critical roles in each of the agency's four science divisions - astrophysics, earth science, heliophysics, and planetar...
Forty years on, Voyager still hurtles through space
Aug 27, 2017 (AFP)
Forty years ago, NASA rocket scientists sought to answer this question by launching the Voyager spacecraft, twin unmanned spaceships that would travel further t...
Lockheed Martin Powers-up Next Orion Spacecraft for First Time
Aug 24, 2017 (SPX)
"Orion was designed from the beginning to take humanity farther into space than we've ever gone, and to do this, its systems have to be very robust and reliable...
Setting the Spaceplane Stage
Aug 24, 2017 (SPX)
A new spaceplane stage has been set by decades of NASA work done at Langley Research Center on horizontal-landing, or HL, lifting bodies. Sporting a design remi...
Turning human waste into plastic, nutrients could aid long-distance space travel
Aug 23, 2017 (SPX)
The researchers are presenting their results this week at the 254th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS, the world's lar...
System tests prepare Orion for deep space exploration
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
To ensure everything performs as planned, the Orion spacecraft destined for Exploration Mission-1 was successfully powered up for the first time this week in Or...
Russian Space Cameras on ISS May Replace US Models in 2018
Aug 21, 2017 (Sputnik)
Earlier in the day, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the Russian Mission Control Center (MCC) that two Russian members of the crew of the International Spa...
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