Collaborate Disseminate
“A tomato lost for eight months on the orbiting lab has been located, ” reports Gizmodo, “absolving astronaut Frank Rubio of playful allegations that he ate it.”
NASA’s Veg-05 experiment, a project focusing on growing fruits and vegetables in space, e… Continue reading Mystery of the Missing ISS Tomato Finally Solved
A tool bag that astronauts accidentally let float away during a routine spacewalk at the International Space Station is now orbiting Earth and can be seen with a pair of binoculars. NBC News reports: The bag drifted away from the space station this mon… Continue reading Lost NASA Tool Bag Can Be Seen With Binoculars
Somebody must really have it in for Cruise, because the bad press just keeps piling up for the robo-taxi company. We’ve highlighted many of the company’s woes in this space, …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: November 12, 2023
Jeff Foust reports via SpaceNews: A NASA official opened the door to keeping the International Space Station in operation beyond 2030 if commercial space stations are not yet ready to take over by the end of the decade. Speaking at the Beyond Earth Sym… Continue reading NASA Open To Extending ISS Beyond 2030
Built at a cost of more than $150 billion over the last twenty-five years, the International Space Station is arguably one of humanity’s greatest engineering triumphs. Unfortunately, unlike Earthly construction …read more Continue reading ISS Mimic Brings Space Station Down to Earth
Jude Karabus writes via The Register: NASA has confirmed it will ask American companies to duke it out for the opportunity to deorbit the International Space Station — quietly releasing a request for proposals last week. The specs, which appeared on U… Continue reading Bids For ISS Demolition Rights Are Now Open, NASA Declares
For SpaceX’s 11th crewed mission — its eighth flight for NASA — “A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts will arrive at the International Space Station early Sunday,” reports Space.com, “and you can watch it all live online in a… Continue reading Watch SpaceX Deliver Four Astronauts to the International Space Station
Recently Ars Technica reported on “another application for SpaceX’s Starship architecture that the company is studying,” adding that NASA “is on board to lend expertise.
“Though still in a nascent phase of tech development, the effort could result in… Continue reading SpaceX Studies Use of Starship as a Space Station
Airbus is forming a joint venture with US start-up Voyager to compete to build a replacement for the International Space Station, an internationally funded laboratory in space that is due to be decommissioned by the end of the decade. From a report: Th… Continue reading Airbus Forms Joint Venture in Bid To Replace International Space Station
The international space station is equpped with four 39-foot blankets (11.8-meters), reports CBS News. The first one was delivered in December of 2000 — and now it’s time for some changes:
Two astronauts ventured outside the International Space … Continue reading Adventure in Space: ISS Astronauts Install Fifth Roll-out Solar Blanket to Boost Power