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12 Scientist-Astronaut Candidates Graduate at Embry-Riddle Through Project PoSSUM
May 01, 2017 (SPX)
PoSSUM, an acronym for Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere, uses research aircraft, high-altitude balloons, and commercial suborbital spacecraft to...
Elon Musk teases future plans at TED
Apr 30, 2017 (AFP)
It was during a talk on Friday at a prestigious TED Conference in Vancouver, where the tech entrepreneur was discussing his ventures building electric cars and ...
NASA spacesuits over budget, tight on timeline: audit
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
An audit report out Wednesday by the NASA Office of the Inspector General found that the US space agency has spent lots of money and time on developing new spac...
Lunar, Martian Greenhouses Designed to Mimic Those on Earth
Apr 25, 2017 (SPX)
Agency researchers believe while there are many challenges for human exploration beyond Earth, they are convinced there are solutions. According to Dr. Ray Whee...
AGU journal commentaries highlight importance of Earth and space science research
Apr 24, 2017 (SPX)
The essays, covering a broad swath of scientific disciplines and written by notable scientists in their fields, discuss the critical role of research, the growi...
Astronaut Airman launched to International Space Station
Apr 24, 2017 (AFNS)
On April 20, 2017, Col. Jack D. Fischer became the most recent American Airman to travel to space in support of the International Space Station mission. He was ...
'Better you than me,' Trump tells record-breaking astronaut
Apr 24, 2017 (AFP)
Whitson, 57, marked 534 days in orbit and counting on Monday, beating NASA's previous record-holder Jeff Williams, but remains still far short of the world titl...
Cygnus docks with ISS, delivering 28 Cubesats from multiple customers
Apr 23, 2017 (SPX)
The largest portion of this mission includes 28 CubeSats from the QB50 Mission. The QB50 Mission consists of dozens of universities located around the world - i...
Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station
Apr 22, 2017 (AFP)
Working from inside the orbiting lab, US astronaut Peggy Whitson and her French counterpart Thomas Pesquet operated the station's external robotic arm to grab t...
Russian, American two-man crew blasts off to ISS
Apr 20, 2017 (AFP)
The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft with veteran Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA rookie Jack Fischer onboard successfully docked to the ISS at 1319 GMT, Rus...
NASA Engages the Next Generation with HUNCH
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
For more than 50 years, NASA has sponsored programs to get students interested in the aerospace industry. This involves extensive outreach efforts, finding and ...
Russian, American two-man crew reaches ISS
Apr 20, 2017 (AFP)
The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft with veteran Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA rookie Jack Fischer onboard successfully docked to the ISS at 1319 GMT, Rus...
Soyuz-FG rocket to be installed at Baikonur on April 17
Apr 19, 2017 (Sputnik)
The launch of the Soyuz MS-04 piloted spacecraft will take place on April 20, at 07:13 GMT. Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and US astronaut Jack Fischer wi...
US giant Discovery plans huge Costa Rica eco-resort
Apr 18, 2017 (AFP)
The US media and entertainment group's new facility, being developed with Sun Latin America in Guanacaste province, will have facilities including a farm, a bea...
Orbital ATK launches cargo to space station
Apr 18, 2017 (AFP)
The barrel-shaped Cygnus spacecraft, nestled atop a white Atlas V rocket, soared into the blue sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11:11 am (1511 GMT). "Liftoff...
Two Russians, one American land back on Earth from ISS
Apr 10, 2017 (AFP)
"Touchdown confirmed," said a commentator on NASA Television, describing it as a "textbook" landing. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough was accompanied by Russian s...
No Roscosmos plans to send space tourists to ISS before 2020
Apr 10, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russia's Roscosmos state corporation has no plans to send space tourists to the country's segment of the International Space Station (ISS) before 2020, Roscosmo...
You Say Tomato, I Say Tomatosphere: ISS Science to the Classroom
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
The Tomatosphere project has given millions of children the chance to participate in real-life science in space, helping organizations like NASA, the Canadian S...
NASA Invests in 22 Visionary Exploration Concepts
Apr 10, 2017 (JPL)
A mechanical rover inspired by a Dutch artist. A weather balloon that recharges its batteries in the clouds of Venus. These are just two of the five ideas that ...
Curtiss-Wright ships miniature network data system for Orion
Apr 06, 2017 (SPX)
Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions division has successfully delivered eight of the nine data acquisition flight units that it is building for use on NASA's Ori...
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