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Spacewalk an 'emotional experience' for private astronauts
Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)
Jared Isaacman, the 41-year-old founder and CEO of Shift4Payments, led the recently concluded SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, where a team of four ventured farther...
A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk
Sep 16, 2024 (SPX)
Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman (who also funded the mission) and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis together spent almost half an hour outside their spacecraft at an...
Vegetable seeds from space thrive in Shanxi county, boosting yields
Sep 16, 2024 (SPX)
According to Wang Shouming, a technician at the center, these seeds were initially standard vegetable seeds but were subjected to the unique environmental condi...
Continued success at NASA in jeopardy due to budget strains, aging infrastructure, and short-term focus
Sep 12, 2024 (SPX)
The report points to outdated infrastructure, a need for better alignment between funding and programmatic goals, and inefficient management practices as key ob...
Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap
Sep 12, 2024 (JPL)
After 47 years, a fuel tube inside the thrusters has become clogged with silicon dioxide, a byproduct that appears with age from a rubber diaphragm in the space...
Russia's Soyuz rocket launch to ISS called flawless for NASA veteran's first space trip in decade
Sep 11, 2024 (UPI)
Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner departed Earth in a live-streamed event with NASA astronaut Don Pettit on time at 12:23 p.m. EDT aboard the...
Astropolitics 3.0: Reality Check A Power Struggle Beyond Earth
Sep 10, 2024 (SPX)
As the U.S., China, and emerging players race to dominate outer space, this book cuts through the noise to provide an unfiltered analysis of the geopolitical an...
Astropolitics 3.0: A Reality Check
Sep 10, 2024 (SPX)
Space is no longer the exclusive domain of scientific discovery. In Astropolitics 3.0: Reality Check, the author takes a hard look at the critical developments ...
What's it Like to Spacewalk?
Sep 10, 2024 (SPX)
The frigid vacuum of space presents deadly risks. When astronauts venture beyond the confines of their spacecraft, things are unlike anything on Earth. Space st...
NASA reviews progress of ACS3 solar sail system in orbit
Sep 06, 2024 (SPX)
Now in Earth's orbit, the spacecraft is visible from the ground with its reflective sails fully deployed. During the deployment process, the spacecraft entered ...
Beyond Gravity: Precise in-orbit positioning of Europe's new environmental satellite
Sep 05, 2024 (SPX)
"The opportunity to contribute essential elements to this environmental mission, which aims to enhance our understanding of climate change, is something we are ...
Spacecraft flies closer to Mercury than planned after thruster glitch
Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)
The BepiColombo mission launched in 2018 on a winding path that had been intended to enter the orbit of the planet closest to the Sun in December 2025. But in A...
NASA says Boeing's Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed on Sept. 6
Aug 30, 2024 (UPI)
"NASA and Boeing concluded a detailed Delta-Flight Test Readiness Review on Thursday, polling 'go' to proceed with undocking of the uncrewed Starliner spacecraf...
NASA's Advanced Solar Sail Successfully Deploys in Space
Aug 30, 2024 (SPX)
Over the next few weeks, mission teams will conduct a series of tests to evaluate the sail's maneuvering capabilities in space. These tests will involve adjusti...
NASA shares reduced Crew-9 team that will return stranded astronauts from ISS
Aug 30, 2024 (UPI)
The space agency announced the decision Friday to send only NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard the mission, which will ...
Blue Origin completes latest space tourism flight
Aug 29, 2024 (AFP)
Mission NS-26 marked the eighth human spaceflight for the company, founded by Jeff Bezos, as it presses ahead in the emerging suborbital tourism market. Karsen ...
Blue Origin successfully completes 8th manned New Shepard space tourism flight
Aug 29, 2024 (UPI)
A crew including Nicolina Elrick, Rob Ferl, Eugene Grin, Dr. Eiman Jahangir, Karsen Kitchen and Ephraim Rabin touched down in the reusable RSS First Step capsul...
How to Choose the Right Fiancé Visa Law Firm
Aug 29, 2024 (SPX)
If you love someone from another country and want to bring them to the U.S., navigating the fianc visa process can feel overwhelming. The paperwork, legal jargo...
NASA supports research to enhance astronaut health on extended space missions
Aug 27, 2024 (SPX)
The research will explore various physiological and psychological responses to the unique challenges of space travel, including team performance, communication,...
NASA advances solar sail deployment efforts after initial delay
Aug 27, 2024 (SPX)
A key objective of this technology demonstration is to test the expanding boom system, which is being deployed on a spacecraft of this size for the first time. ...
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