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Though oddly beautiful in its own way, it’s a sight no astronaut wants to see: their spacecraft, the only way they have to return to Earth, ejecting countless iridescent droplets …read more Continue reading Damaged Soyuz May Leave Crew Without a Ride Home
Astronauts and mission control on the ground are busy investigating a leak aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS), after a mysterious plume erupted from its exterior on Wednesday. All crew members are … Continue reading Spacewalks shelved as Russian ISS module springs a significant leak
Microgravity wreaks havoc on the bodies of astronauts, which is bad news given humanity’s space-bound ambitions. A NASA experiment housing fruit flies on the International Space Station has now shown that artificial gravity can help reduce some of thos… Continue reading Artificial gravity reduces spaceflight’s health toll in fruit fly tests
In what’s described as a key advancement for the development of systems to help propel humans into deep space, scientists have demonstrated a method of extracting oxygen from water in microgravity using magnets. The technology shapes as a cost-effectiv… Continue reading Chemistry breakthrough extracts oxygen from water using magnets
In a major upset, Roscosmos Chief Yury Borisov announced in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia will formally withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024, putting the future of the space lab in jeopardy.Contin… Continue reading Russia to walk away from International Space Station after 2024
Nanoracks, in conjunction with NASA’s Johnson Space Center, has successfully expelled 172 lb (78 kg) of trash from the International Space Station (ISS) in a high-tech bin liner that was ejected using the station’s Bishop Airlock on June 2 to then burn… Continue reading Nanoracks takes out the ISS trash in orbital reentry bags
For the first time since the retirement of the Space Shuttle, the United States now has the ability to control the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) without Russian cooperation after a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft became the fi… Continue reading Cygnus cargo ship allows US to control ISS orbit without Russian help
NASA has awarded service contracts worth up to US$3.5 billion through 2034 to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to provide new space suits to the agency and private firms, for use on the International Space Station (ISS) and on the Moon.Continue Readin… Continue reading NASA awards contracts for next-generation space suits it’ll rent
Boeing’s Starliner passenger spacecraft has successfully returned to Earth. At 5:49 pm CDT, the uncrewed capsule landed at the US Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico at the end of a six-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS).Co… Continue reading Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft safely touches down in New Mexico
Boeing is back in the business of human spaceflight after its uncrewed CST-100 Starliner passenger spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 8:28 pm EDT, fulfilling the key objective of Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2).C… Continue reading Boeing’s Starliner successfully docks with the ISS