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Russia’s loose cannon of a space boss is sending mixed messages about the future of the International Space Station. Among the conflicting statements from Director-General Dmitry Rogozin, the Roscosmos version …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 8, 2022
After delays due to bad weather back on Earth, Axiom-1 (Ax-1), history’s first all-private mission to the International Space Mission (ISS) returned today. At 1:06 pm EDT, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of Florida.Continue R… Continue reading The first all-private mission to ISS splashes down after 17 days
In an era where anyone with deep enough pockets can hitch a ride to the edge of space and back, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Axiom’s Ax-1 mission to …read more Continue reading Axiom’s Private ISS Mission Was No Space Vacation
History was made today when Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first private crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS), lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:17 am EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Co… Continue reading First private mission to the International Space Station lifts off
With a view to shoring up the supply of scientific cargo to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded contracts for 12 further flights to SpaceX and Northrop Grumman. This extends agreements with two of the agency’s key partners in its ongoing … Continue reading SpaceX and Northrop Grumman earn new resupply contracts for the ISS
NASA has released its updated plans that outline the International Space Station’s (ISS) final years leading up to its eventual disposal in 2030, when it will plunge into the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up somewhere over the South Pacific Ocean.Continu… Continue reading NASA plans fiery end for International Space Station in 2030
NASA has released its updated plans that outline the International Space Station’s (ISS) final years leading up to its eventual disposal in 2030, when it will plunge into the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up somewhere over the South Pacific Ocean.Continu… Continue reading NASA plans fiery end for International Space Station in 2030
When the first astronauts reach Mars, they will be expected to carry out heavy physical tasks after many months of traveling in weightlessness without the benefits of the exercise machines or the Earthside therapists that help astronauts on the Interna… Continue reading How to keep astronauts healthy on missions to Mars
Blue Origin and Sierra Space have revealed plans to place a commercially developed, owned, launched, and operated open-system architecture space station called Orbital Reef into low-Earth orbit between 2025 and 2030.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, Sci… Continue reading Blue Origin and Sierra Space to build commercial “business park in space”
Since the Apollo 17 crew returned from the Moon in 1972, human spaceflight has been limited to low Earth orbit (LEO). Whether they were aboard Skylab, Mir, the Space Shuttle, …read more Continue reading NASA Sets Eyes on Deep Space With Admin Shuffle