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NASA astronauts have completed a grueling seven-hour spacewalk in order to prepare the International Space Station (ISS) for the arrival of a new set of solar panels that will help support the ageing array that’s been serving the station since December… Continue reading Astronauts undertake 7-hour spacewalk to prepare ISS for new solar arrays
The latest resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is carrying a very special shipment of pills from the University of Adelaide as part of a project to develop techniques to allow astronauts to manufacture pharmaceuticals on long deep… Continue reading Placing pills outside the ISS to help astronauts make medicines in space
NASA has announced that it will rely on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the first elements of its future Moon-orbiting space station. The initial core sections of the gateway, including the habitation unit and propulsion element, are currently e… Continue reading SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch NASA moon outpost in 2024
A year after it was selected to supply the first private module for the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space has announced the crew for the first-ever all private crewed orbital space mission. Still awaiting legal clearance and the green ligh… Continue reading Axiom Space announces crew for first all-private orbital mission
The International Space Station (ISS) is getting a major upgrade starting this year, as Boeing is tapped to deliver six new solar arrays. They will provide the orbital laboratory with up to 30 percent more electricity for research and commercial applic… Continue reading Boeing to provide six new solar arrays for International Space Station
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule became the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) in 2012, and after more than eight years, the company has decided it is time for an upgrade. A second, larger version of the Cargo Dragon … Continue reading SpaceX launches upgraded Dragon capsule with extra cargo space
While concerns over COVID-19 probably kept many a guest room empty this Thanksgiving, things were a little different aboard the International Space Station. The four-seat SpaceX Crew Dragon is able to carry one more occupant to the orbiting outpost than the Russian Soyuz, which has lead to a somewhat awkward …read more
The results of a new study in which fruit flies were flown to the International Space Station (ISS) and back could help develop treatments designed to keep astronauts’ hearts healthy on long-haul missions to Mars.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, Scienc… Continue reading Spacefaring flies shed light on heart defect caused by microgravity
Following the historic Crew-1 launch, which saw four astronauts lifted into space from US soil on the first ever crewed operational flight of a commercial spacecraft, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon has now safely docked with the International Space Station.Conti… Continue reading SpaceX’s Crew Dragon delivers four astronauts to the ISS
History was made today as the United States, after a nine-year hiatus, returned to regular crewed space flights from American soil to the International Space Station (ISS) with the launch of the SpaceX Crew-1 mission. At 7:27 pm EST, a Crew Dragon spac… Continue reading Crew-1 lifts off on historic International Space Station mission