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Bishop Airlock Cycles pre-purchased by NASA and ESA
Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)
ESA has pre-purchased five airlock cycles, and NASA six, with an option for four additional cycles at a discounted rate. "The signature of this contract is a co...
Space Station air leak repaired with help from floating tea leaves
Oct 21, 2020 (UPI)
Russian space agency Roscosmos said the station had been experiencing a mysterious air leak since September 2019, but the leak was minor enough that fixing it w...
Company advances plan for private citizen flight to space station
Oct 21, 2020 (UPI)
The company's CEO, Michael Suffredini, said the mission is fully funded, and not by governments. "We're just about done with our contract with NASA, so we expec...
NASA, Department of Energy expand on more than 50 years of collaboration
Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)
The agreement - discussed during the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board meeting Oct. 20 - aptly supports Space Policy Directive-1 and other U.S. national space ...
Space-based technology, human health, and STEM education highlight ISSRDC
Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)
Day 3 of the ISSRDC 2020 Online Series will feature three panel sessions, showcasing the wide-ranging research opportunities available through the space-based e...
Air still leaking from Russia's ISS Module despite recent patch, crew says
Oct 21, 2020 (Sputnik)
On Monday, cosmonaut Ivan Vagner said the leak was repaired temporarily. A source in the industry told Sputnik the fissure was about 1 inch long and the space c...
NSF and CASIS select five transport phenomena projects for flight to ISS
Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)
The solicitation sought investigators interested in leveraging resources onboard the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory for research in ...
Tear in Russian segment of ISS taped with Kapton
Oct 20, 2020 (Sputnik)
"The analysis of the photos suggests that the tear in the Zvezda Service Module is between two and four centimeters long. Cosmonaut [Sergey] Ryzhikov taped it w...
Crew in no danger after ISS issues resolved: Russia
Oct 20, 2020 (AFP)
The crew aboard the ISS had reported issues with the oxygen production system, a toilet and the oven for preparing food. "The problems that occurred on board th...
Air leak rate at Russia's ISS Zvezda module halves after crack sealed with tape
Oct 19, 2020 (Sputnik)
On Friday, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin informed the Moscow-based Mission Control Centre that the pressure in the compartment had declined by 52 mm Hg to 681 mm ...
Twenty years of human presence on Space Station
Oct 19, 2020 (SPX)
The space station orbits Earth every 91 minutes and 12 seconds. Think your workout can beat one station orbit? Just for fun and to participate in the virtual ra...
China passes export law protecting national security, covering tech
Oct 18, 2020 (AFP)
The law, which China's top legislature passed on Saturday, comes into effect on December 1 and allows Beijing to "take reciprocal measures" against countries th...
Landing Coverage Set for NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, Space Station Crew
Oct 16, 2020 (SPX)
Cassidy, the Expedition 63 commander, and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, will close the hatch to their Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft at 4:1...
Orion spacecraft ready to return humans to deep space, officials say
Oct 16, 2020 (UPI)
Life support and radiation shielding systems on NASA's Orion spacecraft, built by Lockheed, make it qualified for deep space missions -- those beyond low-Earth ...
SwRI planetary scientist to fly commercial on SpaceShipTwo
Oct 15, 2020 (SPX)
Dr. Alan Stern, planetary scientist and associate vice president of SwRI's Space Science and Engineering Division, will fly aboard the Virgin Galactic commercia...
NASA's Kate Rubins, 2 cosmonauts dock with ISS
Oct 15, 2020 (UPI)
The spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 1:45 a.m. EDT for the two-orbit, three-hour flight to the ISS, where the crew of Expedition 64 were sc...
NASA Announces Partners to Advance 'Tipping Point' Technologies for the Moon, Mars
Oct 15, 2020 (SPX)
U.S. industry submitted the proposals to NASA's fifth competitive Tipping Point solicitation, and the selections have an expected combined award value of more t...
Oxygen supply fails on Russian segment of ISS, crew not in danger
Oct 15, 2020 (AFP)
The oxygen supply system on the Zvezda module on the orbital lab failed late on Wednesday but a second system on the American segment is operating normally, a R...
European Service Module structure for Moon landing arrives in Bremen
Oct 14, 2020 (ESA)
The structure was transported in an oversized container that keeps the temperature and humidity levels constant, taking a week to travel the 1200 km trip. The E...
New crew reaches ISS in record time
Oct 14, 2020 (AFP)
The mission of the Soyuz space craft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut was of immense importance to Russia's space agency Roscosmos, coming...
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