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NASA, Boeing update Starliner orbital flight test date
Feb 19, 2021 (SPX)
As preparations continue for the second uncrewed flight test, teams remain focused on the safety and quality of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and successful ...
NASA's Perseverance rover beams back spectacular new images
Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)
The high-resolution still was extracted from a video taken by the descent stage of the spacecraft that had transported the rover from Earth. At that moment, the...
National Student Space Conference 2021
Feb 18, 2021 (SPX)
The National Student Space Conference is the premier event for students interested in space, bringing together students, academics, and professionals from acros...
Astronauts training for space station missions
Feb 18, 2021 (XNA)
Several astronauts have spent the past year in hard training and are now in the prelaunch training phase, focusing on extravehicular activities and some other o...
Russian Progress Cargo Craft Docks to Station
Feb 18, 2021 (SPX)
The spacecraft is carrying a little more than one ton of nitrogen, water and propellant to the station and the Expedition 64 crew members who are living and wor...
Several tech payloads from ISS National Lab on Northrop Grumman CRS-15
Feb 18, 2021 (SPX)
The launch, which will take place from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, will deliver thousands of pounds of critical supplies and research to the spa...
Space for all is this student's goal
Feb 18, 2021 (SPX)
That's the plan, at any rate. On Earth, Maya Nasr and other members of the MOXIE team will be holding their own breath as they wait to see if the instrument the...
GMV-led consortium EUSTM is shaping the future of European Space Traffic Management
Feb 17, 2021 (SPX)
Space activity has increased exponentially in recent decades. The emergence of new public and private actors, plus new concepts such as small satellites and lar...
NASA fears gap in astronaut crew at multibillion-dollar space station
Feb 17, 2021 (UPI)
Such a gap would occur only if a crew had a problem that forced them to leave the space station early, but it would represent a costly "lost opportunity that ca...
In tit-for-tat move, Russia denies visa to NASA envoy
Feb 17, 2021 (AFP)
"It was a retaliatory measure," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency. Citing sources in the space sector, R...
ISS Progress 77 Sets Off From Baikonur Cosmodrome
Feb 16, 2021 (Sputnik)
The ISS Progress 77 cargo ship is setting off to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, carried by Russia's Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket. The spacecraft ...
Early crewed travel to Mars
Feb 12, 2021 (SPX)
At a minimum, any Martian trip is going to be a major hassle. Transportation costs alone will surely be in the hundreds of millions of dollars, or more. Slight ...
Ball Aerospace to integrate and test sailcraft for NASA solar propulsion demonstration
Feb 11, 2021 (SPX)
"Solar Cruiser will be an important step in the advancement of solar propulsion technology that could enable future missions studying the Sun, space weather and...
The Planetary Society Presents NASA Recommendations to the Biden-Harris Administration
Feb 11, 2021 (SPX)
The recommendations are to: + Deepen our commitment to NASA's science programs + Continue human spaceflight on the path from the Moon to Mars + Take active step...
NASA weighs options for additional Soyuz Mission to ISS
Feb 10, 2021 (SPX)
NASA now is considering obtaining a supplemental seat on the upcoming spring Soyuz crew rotation mission for a NASA astronaut to add additional capability to th...
For billionaire Jared Isaacman, the space tourism era begins
Feb 10, 2021 (AFP)
The tech entrepreneur will blast off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, in what will be the first all-civilian mission into Earth's orbit, which he will command and p...
Astronauts of India's first human spaceflight will be treated to Indian cuisine
Feb 10, 2021 (Sputnik)
From lip-smacking upma and poha for breakfast to biryani for lunch, and korma with chapatis for dinner, Indian scientists have prepared a special menu of popula...
Russia launches resupply ship to int'l space station
Feb 09, 2021 (UPI)
The three-stage Soyuz-2 rocket launched as scheduled at 1:15 a.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It was late morning in Baikonur when liftoff occurred, and t...
Best way to get around the Solar System
Feb 08, 2021 (SPX)
In order to get to any of these places, the easiest way is to first get into Earth orbit. This first step requires leaving the terrestrial surface on a launch v...
Calnetix Technologies Supplies Key Components for NASA's Next-Generation CO2 Removal System
Feb 05, 2021 (SPX)
The design and development of the Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber (4BCO2) is being led by NASA and is planned for installation on the International Space Stati...
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