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SpaceX Crew 5 mission set to lift off for International Space Station
Oct 04, 2021 (UPI)
Hurricane Ian previously delayed the Crew 5 mission, along with the launch of the Artemis 1 moon test flight, but the Crew 5 launch is set for noon EDT. The cre...
To boldly go: Star Trek's Shatner spacebound with Blue Origin
Oct 04, 2021 (AFP)
"I've heard about space for a long time now. I'm taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle," said the 90-year-old Canadian actor in a statemen...
NASA TV coverage set for Russian film production mission launch
Oct 04, 2021 (SPX)
Making his fourth flight into space, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov will join actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko for the launch from the Ba...
NASA resets for Crew-5, Artemis I missions post-Ian
Oct 03, 2021 (UPI)
Ian made landfall as a deadly Category 4 hurricane on Florida's west coast last week with a direct hit on the Fort Myers area. The storm caused delays for NASA ...
Soyuz docks to new Nauka module port at ISS
Sep 29, 2021 (SPX)
It is the first time a spacecraft has attached to the new Nauka module, which arrived at the station in July, and is the 20th Soyuz port relocation in station h...
NASA postpones Crew-5 mission over Hurricane Ian
Sep 29, 2021 (UPI)
"The safety of the crew, ground teams, and hardware are of the utmost importance to NASA and SpaceX," NASA said in a statement on the agency's website. The laun...
Virgin Galactic cleared to launch after US closes safety probe
Sep 29, 2021 (AFP)
The FAA told the company it had accepted its proposed corrective actions related to the flight, which saw the SpaceShipTwo vehicle drop below its assigned airsp...
Recreating real food meals as small cubes that taste like candy
Sep 28, 2021 (SPX)
Through a six-step proprietary process, MealCubes pack the highest amount of nutrition and calories in a few cubes that taste like fruity candy. By breaking an ...
For reasons by Vivaldi
Sep 28, 2021 (ESA)
Immersion begins when water covers the subject above the thorax, immobilised with legs and trunk covered with a cotton sheet. Only the arms and head remain free...
Russia, US plan to make more movies in space
Sep 28, 2021 (UPI)
Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, plans to launch a Russian actress, film director and cosmonaut to the International Space Station early next month to produce ...
Blue Origin plans second crewed space launch from Texas
Sep 27, 2021 (UPI)
The NS-18 mission scheduled to lift off on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket at 9:30 a.m. EDT from the company's spaceport about 160 miles east of El Paso. The t...
Blue Origin unveils next flight, TMZ says Captain Kirk to be aboard
Sep 27, 2021 (AFP)
TMZ reported that the 90-year-old Shatner would be on the October 12 voyage, making him the oldest person ever to go to space. Blue Origin revealed the names of...
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returning to Earth after record 371 days in space
Sep 27, 2021 (UPI)
The Soyuz MS-23 detached from the station's Prichal docking module at 3:54 a.m. EDT Wednesday as the orbital was soaring 260 miles over southeastern Mongolia wi...
All-female crew in water-tank spaceflight study
Sep 24, 2021 (ESA)
Volunteers lay down in containers similar to bathtubs covered with a waterproof fabric to keep them dry and evenly suspended in water. As a result, the body exp...
US must prepare now to replace International Space Station
Sep 21, 2021 (UPI)
Abandoning the space station, which is to be decommissioned in 2028, without replacements would only serve the interests of China, which has a new space station...
Expedition 68: NASA astronaut joins 2 Russians for voyage to International Space Station
Sep 21, 2021 (UPI)
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio will fly to the space station aboard a Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which is scheduled to lift off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhsta...
Space archaeologists's offer first consultancy firm for orbital habitats
Sep 19, 2021 (UPI)
The goal of Brick Moon is to help clients "create orbital or planetary habitats that improve productivity, reduce costs, and support crew well-being," according...
Simultaneous presence in space surges to historic maximum of 14 people
Sep 17, 2021 (Sputnik)
This breaks the previous record set in March 1995, when 13 astronauts were in space. Currently, there are seven people on the International Space Station (ISS):...
Russian Gov't allocates $60Mln to build Soyuz for tourist flights
Sep 17, 2021 (Sputnik)
"To allocate in 2021 budget funds ... of 4,412,660 thousand rubles for the expenses of State Space Corporation Roscosmos", the government said in a decree, whic...
Russian actress says 'too late' to fear ISS launch
Sep 16, 2021 (AFP)
Russia's space agency Roscosmos is dispatching the 36-year-old screen star next month to the International Space Station (ISS) along with director Klim Shipenko...
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