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Novel camera gives scientists Night Vision from ISS
Dec 10, 2019 (SPX)
Images are captured when no light is visible from the sun or moon by using airglow, which originates from a thin atmospheric layer near 85 kilometers in altitud...
Russian cargo ship docks at International Space Station
Dec 09, 2019 (UPI)
The cargo ship automatically attached itself to the Pirs docking compartment on the Russian segment at 5:35 a.m. ET. "The Progress 74 spacecraft is carrying alm...
ISS-bound Progress MS-13 lifts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome
Dec 08, 2019 (SPX)
he solar array panels were deployed according to the timeline. In the third orbit around the Earth Progress MS-13 started a three-day program of autonomous rend...
AFRL technology set for launch to International Space Station
Dec 05, 2019 (SPX)
The AFRL satellite being launched from Cape Canaveral is called the Very Low Frequency Propagation Mapper or VPM. Its mission is to collect data on the Demonstr...
SpaceX launches 19th cargo mission to space station with robot aboard
Dec 05, 2019 (UPI)
The rocket, lifting off at 12:29 p.m., carried 5,700 pounds of supplies, experiments and a new version of the CIMON robot designed to interact with astronauts. ...
SMAC in the DARQ: the tech trends shaping 2020
Dec 05, 2019 (AFP)
AFP looks at five themes shaping the world of technology after a year in which the public's mood towards the industry grew more distrustful. - 5G's unfulfilled ...
NASA awards UbiQD 2nd contract to Tailor the Solar Spectrum for Enhanced Crop Yield for Space Missions
Dec 05, 2019 (SPX)
The 24-month contract provides $750,000 in funding for UbiQD's collaborative research and development with the University of Arizona's Controlled Environment Ag...
NASA launching RiTS, a 'Robot Hotel' to the International Space Station
Dec 04, 2019 (SPX)
RiTS is set to launch on Dec. 4 aboard the 19th SpaceX commercial resupply mission. Its first residents will be two Robotic External Leak Locators (RELL). Outfi...
China outclasses West in key education survey
Dec 03, 2019 (AFP)
The PISA survey is carried out every three years by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), this time among its 37 member ...
Spacewalkers back inside ISS after completing work to repair particle detector
Dec 02, 2019 (UPI)
During the first few hours outside ISS, Morgan and Parmitano "completed all primary tasks for today's spacewalk and started work on get ahead tasks," according ...
Russian Roscosmos Says Progress MS-12 Burns Up in Atmosphere After Undocking
Nov 30, 2019 (Sputnik)
"The elements of the Progress MS-12 spacecraft that did not burn fell in a non-navigable area of the South Pacific", the representative of the Central Research ...
All toilets at ISS Break Down, astronauts forced to use 'diapers'
Nov 28, 2019 (Sputnik)
There are two toilets at the ISS, both Russian-made - one in the US module and another one in the Russian one. In addition, there are toilets in Soyuz ships doc...
Go for lunch: Japanese yakitori chicken gets space thumbs-up
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
The charbroiled chicken meat on skewers and flavoured with a variety of sauces is hugely popular in Japan and abroad, and a canned version has just won certific...
Boeing CST-100 Starliner takes next step for orbital flight test
Nov 25, 2019 (SPX)
"This is critical to our future as a nation," said Kennedy's center director Bob Cabana. "We've got to get astronauts flying on U.S rockets from U.S. soil, and ...
UAE eyes new frontiers with law to regulate space tourism, mining
Nov 24, 2019 (AFP)
But first, says the chief of the Emirates Space Agency, there needs to be regulation. Within a few months the UAE will enact its first space law, he said, desig...
Boeing Starliner Crew spacecraft heads to pre-launch processing
Nov 22, 2019 (SPX)
Boeing's uncrewed flight test, which is targeted for Dec. 17, will provide valuable data on the end-to-end performance of the rocket, spacecraft and ground syst...
UAE Space Agency Chief calls on region to create Arab Space Agency
Nov 22, 2019 (Sputnik)
"Arab states' collaboration will be key to the success of any future steps in space exploration, including the UAE projects, from the National Space Strategy 20...
Parmitano completes picture perfect EVA to repair Spectrometer
Nov 21, 2019 (ESA)
While all spacewalks are a carefully planned and detailed affair, the four spacewalks for AMS are exceptionally difficult as the bus-sized dark matter detector ...
Boeing Starliner to cost $90 Million per seat
Nov 20, 2019 (Sputnik)
In a report released last week, the IG also stated that the estimated average cost per seat for flights on SpaceX's Dragon capsule, which is contracted under NA...
Sierra Nevada Corp. ships Shooting Star cargo module to Kennedy Space Center
Nov 20, 2019 (SPX)
The cargo unit is to be attached to the back of the company's Dream Chaser spaceplane, still under development, and carry those supplies starting in fall 2021. ...
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