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Virgin to launch commercial spaceflights in June
May 08, 2023 (AFP)
The Unity 25 mission will take place in late May with four company employees on board, said Virgin Galactic, which was founded by British billionaire Richard Br...
Cosmonauts transfer airlock between ISS modules
May 04, 2023 (UPI)
While Prokopyev and Petelin were outside assisting, a third cosmonaut, Andrey Fedyaev, stayed inside the station to operate the European Robotic Arm to move the...
Prep in the pool for Europe's next astronauts
May 04, 2023 (AFP)
Trainees dive into the water to emulate the experience of working in zero gravity, as well as studying a variety of subjects from medicine to geology. The aim o...
US senators launch renewed push to thwart China
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
The push comes after President Joe Biden signed a package last year aimed at boosting competition with Washington's main economic rival, with $52 billion in new...
NASA selects Emily Nelson as Chief Flight Director
May 03, 2023 (SPX)
Norm Knight, the agency's director of flight operations, selected Nelson to replace Holly Ridings, who held the position from 2018 to 2022, and now helps lead t...
Join the webinar on Accessibility in Human Spaceflight
May 03, 2023 (ESA)
On Thursday, 11 May 2023 at 15:00-17:00 CEST, join the webinar organised by ESA's Advanced Concepts Team and ESA's Chief Diversity Officer, with the support of ...
UAE astronaut exits ISS for first Arab space walk
Apr 28, 2023 (AFP)
Alneyadi, 41, dubbed the "Sultan of Space" by his alma mater, become the first Arab astronaut to embark on a six-month space mission when he blasted off for the...
Partners extend operation of International Space Station
Apr 28, 2023 (SPX)
The United States, Japan, Canada, and the participating countries of ESA (European Space Agency) have confirmed they will support continued space station operat...
Russia to stay on International Space Station through 2028
Apr 28, 2023 (UPI)
NASA on Wednesday announced Russia would "support continued station operations" for another five years, while the United States, Japan, Canada and participating...
Creating new and better drugs with protein crystal growth experiments on the ISS
Apr 27, 2023 (SPX)
Proteins are involved in every aspect of our lives, including as essential components of our immune system and as parts of viruses that can make us sick. When w...
Voyager will do more science with new power strategy
Apr 27, 2023 (JPL)
Voyager 2 and its twin Voyager 1 are the only spacecraft ever to operate outside the heliosphere, the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields generat...
How to land on a planet safely
Apr 26, 2023 (SPX)
In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Chungnam National University, the University of Edinburgh, Gyeongsang National University, and the Kor...
Is sex in space being taken seriously by the emerging space tourism sector?
Apr 26, 2023 (SPX)
That's the situation posed by an international group of scientists, clinicians and other interested parties, who have authored a consultative green paper led by...
Russian cosmonauts delay ISS spacewalk
Apr 25, 2023 (UPI)
The delay was announced by Russia's state space exploration company Roscosmos Monday. In a statement on Telegram, Roscosmos said the extravehicular activity "wa...
Northrop Grumman's S.S. Sally Ride departs International Space Station
Apr 21, 2023 (UPI)
The S.S. Sally Ride, named after the first U.S. female astronaut, departed from the Unity module of the International Space Station at about 7:20 a.m. EDT. It b...
Next-Gen suit for NASA's work for space station missions debuts
Apr 21, 2023 (ESA)
Collins Aerospace, working with partners ILC Dover and Oceaneering, is designing and building a new suit for NASA. Designed to fit the diverse astronaut corps s...
Russia releases first feature film shot in space
Apr 20, 2023 (AFP)
"The Challenge" is about a surgeon dispatched to the International Space Station (ISS) to save an injured cosmonaut. Russia sent an actress and a film director ...
NASA shares first Moon to Mars Architecture Concept review results
Apr 20, 2023 (SPX)
"Our first Architecture Concept Review is a milestone that will help our Moon to Mars strategy unfold through the objectives in missions both near and long term...
Calnetix Technologies' high-speed blower system installed on ISS
Apr 19, 2023 (SPX)
"Having our first magnetic bearing blower deployment in space is a great milestone achievement for Calnetix," said Vatche Artinian, CEO of Calnetix. "We are loo...
Russian cosmonauts take spacewalk outside of ISS
Apr 18, 2023 (UPI)
The six-hour-and-40-minute excursion by ISS Expedition 69 cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, who are equipped with helmet cameras, got underway at ...
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