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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
Back in 2015, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Tim Peake brought a pair of specially equipped Raspberry Pi computers, nicknamed Izzy and Ed, onto the International Space Station and invited …read more Continue reading Astro Pi Mk II, the New Raspberry Pi Hardware Headed to the Space Station
The last thing an astronaut or cosmonaut on the International Space Stations wants to hear from one of their crewmates is, “Do you smell plastic burning?” But that’s apparently what happened …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 12, 2021
There was a time when the idea of an international space station would have been seen as little more than fantasy. After all, the human spaceflight programs of the United …read more Continue reading As ISS Enters Its Final Years, Politics Take Center Stage
The International Space Station is about to receive its third robotic arm, which will be capable of “walking” around the Russian segment of the orbital outpost all by itself. The new European-made arm is on its way to the ISS after being launched atop … Continue reading “Walking” robotic arm on its way to ISS
The CRISPR gene-editing tool has been successfully used in space for the first time. Researchers onboard the International Space Station have edited colonies of yeast to study how they repair DNA damage, which could be the first steps towards finding w… Continue reading CRISPR gene-editing tested in space for first time in DNA damage study
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have undertaken three spacewalks over a 10-day period in order to fit a new set of solar arrays to the exterior hull of the ageing spacecraft. The two newly installed roll-out solar arrays will ev… Continue reading Astronauts successfully roll out and power up new solar arrays on ISS
An advanced spacecraft under development by Boeing is set to swing back into action, following a failed attempt to reach the International Space Station (ISS) in 2019. The Starliner capsule is undergoing final preparations ahead of a launch next week, … Continue reading Boeing’s Starliner capsule gears up for second attempt to reach ISS
Procter & Gamble, through its Tide brand, is working with NASA to develop special detergents and washing machines to launder clothes in space. Under a Space Act Agreement, the company’s Mission PGTide (P&G Telescience Investigation of Detergent Experim… Continue reading P & G and NASA team up to tackle astronauts’ dirty space laundry