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schwit1 shares a report from UPI: SpaceX confirmed Wednesday it signed a contract to launch the world’s first commercial space station. The company also will perform manned space flights shortly after launching the station into orbit “no later than Aug… Continue reading SpaceX Says It Will Launch First Commercial Space Station By Mid-2025
Every now and again we stumble across something a bit unexpected, and today that’s the fact that there have been quite a few efforts at launching paper planes from as …read more Continue reading Launching Paper Planes From Way, Waaaaaay Up
Thanks to its high orbital inclination, the International Space Station (ISS) eventually passes over most inhabited parts of the Earth. Like other artificial satellites, though, it’s typically only visible overhead …read more Continue reading The International Space Station Is Always Up There
An anonymous readers this surprising story from Mashable:
When a Russian spaceship docked as a lifeboat for three stranded men at the International Space Station in February, one may have wondered if Sergei Krikalev, heading the rescue mission, felt a… Continue reading Cosmonaut Stranded on Mir in 1991 Now Heads Rescue Mission to ISS
SpaceX is livestreaming coverage of its latest launch tonight. SpaceX and NASA were “preparing to launch a fresh crew to the International Space Station,” reports CNN, “continuing the public-private effort to keep the orbiting laboratory fully staffed … Continue reading SpaceX Launch of Six Astronauts to the ISS is Scrubbed
Russia launched a Soyuz spacecraft that will replace a capsule that sprang a coolant leak in December, leaving two cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut without a ride home. CNN reports: Liftoff of the capsule, called the Soyuz MS-23, took place out of Rus… Continue reading Russia Launches Replacement Spacecraft For Astronauts Stranded By Coolant Leak
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Vast Space, a company that emerged from stealth last September with the aim of building artificial gravity space stations in low Earth orbit, has acquired space tug startup Launcher, TechCrunch has e… Continue reading Vast Acquires Launcher In Quest To Build Artificial Gravity Space Stations
Russia’s space agency will hold off returning three astronauts from the International Space Station as it works with NASA to investigate a coolant leak issue that impacted an uncrewed freighter spacecraft last weekend. The Register reports: The Progres… Continue reading Second Soyuz Springs a Leak, Astronauts Stuck On ISS For An Extra Month
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Russia said on Wednesday it would launch another Soyuz spacecraft next month to bring home two cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut from the International Space Station after their original capsule was struc… Continue reading Russia To Rescue ISS Crew On Backup Rocket After Capsule Leak
“Aboard the International Space Station right now is a metal box, the size of a desktop PC tower,” reports Popular Mechanics. “Inside, a nozzle is helping build little test parts that aren’t possible to make on Earth.”
The Washington Post reports:
B… Continue reading Space Station Astronauts Build Objects that Couldn’t Exist on Earth