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On Friday, September 23, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) conducted an important training exercise, which saw them rehearsing the proper course of action in case a cabin pressure leak occurs.
At this point, Expedition 29 only has three crew members, until the next Russian Soyuz space capsul... |
24 September 2011
06:21 GMT |
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Given the recent scare that a falling NASA satellite gave a lot of people, it's worthy to mention that the same type of panic will not occur when the International Space Station (ISS) will be deorbited. At this time, the maneuver is expected to be carried out in 2020.
The orbital lab is as large as a football... |
24 September 2011
05:51 GMT |
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Astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) have recently collected a series of images depicting an alpine lake in Tibet. Upon reviewing the photos, scientists determined that the landscape feature was covered with intricate patterns of ice cracks, which could not be readily explained.
As evidenced in th... |
24 September 2011
03:42 GMT |
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At an industry forum that took place on Friday, September 16, officials at the American space agency again emphasized their need for new spacecraft, capable of reaching the International Space Station (ISS) with both cargo and astronauts.
At this time, NASA is already engaged in efforts to ensure that this will h... |
20 September 2011
02:41 GMT |
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According to a statement quoted by the Russian news site RIA Novosti, it would appear that Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) will not be allowed to dock its Dragon unmanned space capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) this year.
The company wanted to launch the spacecraft aboard its Fal... |
19 September 2011
06:01 GMT |
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After spending more than 164 days in space, Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and flight engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Ron Garan landed successfully last night, when their Soyuz space capsule touched down in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Borisenko and Samokutyaev, both cosmonauts of the Russian Federal S... |
16 September 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Officials with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) announced that they finally managed to develop the organization's schedule for the next couple of months. According to the new launch manifest, a resupply flight in October will be followed by a manned mission in November.
Both these spacecraft will... |
14 September 2011
03:11 GMT |
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When the White House called on the National Academies to determine precisely how many astronauts NASA needed to conduct space exploration after the retirement of the shuttles, the numbers the organization returned were a lot lower than what is actually needed.
According to a new report released by the National Re... |
12 September 2011
03:45 GMT |
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A couple of weeks ago, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying an unmanned Progress resupply capsule failed after launch. The event prompted the Russian Federal Space Agency to ground all Soyuz rocket flights, including those scheduled to serve the International Space Station. Three astronauts are now stranded.
NASA astro... |
7 September 2011
03:24 GMT |
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Yesterday, September 5, the European Space Agency (ESA) finally revealed the name of the long-term mission astronaut André Kuipers will carry out aboard the International Space Station (ISS). His stay will begin in December 2011.
The astronaut was selected to represent ESA and Europe as part of the ISS col... |
6 September 2011
04:51 GMT |
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According to the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos), the Progress 44 unmanned cargo spacecraft crashed yesterday, August 24, about 5 minutes after launch. Early reports indicate a malfunction was to blame for the engine shutdown that led to the mission abort.
The capsule was on its way to the International S... |
25 August 2011
02:51 GMT |
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Yesterday, August 22, the Expedition 28 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) powered up their newest crewmember, Robonaut 2. This is a robotic astronauts designed to assist the astronauts with some of the most perilous and complex tasks on the orbital facility. The machine was launched to the ISS on Febr... |
23 August 2011
05:55 GMT |
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China may launch its technology demonstrator spacecraft ahead of a planned launch data later this year. According to sources in Beijing, quoted by Space, the Tiangong 1 may launch by the end of August.While it represents an essential part of China's commitment to having a space station operational by the early 2... |
17 August 2011
07:30 GMT |
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According to officials at the American space agency, the NASA Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) will change homes next month. The advanced experiment was developed in order to test whether refueling satellites and other spacecraft in space is possible and feasible. The RRM was carried to low-Earth orbit (LEO) aboard th... |
17 August 2011
04:17 GMT |
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The American space agency has just included 7 more companies in its Flight Opportunities Program, which funds near-space flight services on commercial platforms. In other words, these companies integrate and fly scientific or technological payload to the edge of space and back.This is a very important thing for resea... |
10 August 2011
03:45 GMT |
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The American space agency announces that it has just awarded four individual contracts to companies that announced their intention to start research on orbital refueling technologies. In order to move beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO) with more astronauts and larger spacecraft, these gas stations are needed.
NASA has b... |
6 August 2011
04:58 GMT |
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Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will carry out an extravehicular activity (EVA) today. The goal of the maneuver is to install a series of new instruments on the outer hull of the flying laboratory. The spacewalk will be carried out by cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev,... |
3 August 2011
05:15 GMT |
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Officials with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) say that they want the International Space Station (ISS) to be decommissioned through deorbiting at the end of its lifespan, in 2020. All 15 nations involved in the $100 billion project decided to move forward with operations on the space lab for the next de... |
28 July 2011
05:23 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) say that it's time for the International Space Station (ISS) to enter new types of uses. They argue that the orbital outpost can now be converted to a testbed for technologies to be used in future space exploration missions.For the past 10 year or so, the space lab ha... |
27 July 2011
04:46 GMT |
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The Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) is preparing its first space module, which will set the foundation for the country’s planned space station. At the same time, astronauts in the Asian nation are also discussing future plans.They say that collaborating with the International Space Station (ISS) wo... |
25 July 2011
09:33 GMT |
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The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) earlier today, marking the last time any orbiter does this. The event marked the end of the shuttles' presence in space, as a supporter of the ISS and other project. Atlantis is expected to land on Thursday, July 21. The spacecraft un... |
19 July 2011
05:57 GMT |
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The four astronauts making up Atlantis' STS-135 crew are currently getting ready to take the shuttle on a final trip back home, to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. The orbiter is now due to land on Thursday, July 21, at 5:57 am EDT (0957 GMT).
The hatches connecting Atlantis to the International Sp... |
18 July 2011
02:48 GMT |
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Experts managing the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) instrument, an exposed facility (EF) experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS), have just released a detailed view of the Universe showing the location of bright X-ray sources and binary black hole systems. From its orbital perch, attached to th... |
14 July 2011
10:58 GMT |
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One of the high-tech toilets aboard the International Space Station (ISS) suffered a malfunction earlier this week, and a NASA astronauts was tasked to repairing it on Wednesday, July 13. Fixing the commode has several implications for the delicate recycling systems aboard the station. For all their training and year... |
14 July 2011
04:21 GMT |
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All American scientific research that is conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) will from now on be controlled by a nonprofit organization. NASA decided to outsource control of its studies and experiments, in hopes that the group it selected will managed them better. The new organization will be based at ... |
14 July 2011
03:26 GMT |
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In addition to the supplies it delivers to the International Space Station (ISS), the space shuttle Atlantis is also carrying an experiment that could revolutionize the way spacecraft behave and interact in orbit. The instrument is known as the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) and is shaped like a satellite. The missi... |
12 July 2011
04:12 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announced yesterday, July 11, that they decided to extend space shuttle Atlantis' final mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by an additional day. The decision was taken after carefully weighing all the pros and cons. Initially, the flight – which is also ... |
12 July 2011
03:12 GMT |
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The four astronauts of Atlantis' STS-135 crew, aided by the six members of Expedition 28 to the International Space Station (ISS) have begun unloading large amounts of supplies from the space shuttle, and stacking them neatly inside the orbital lab. The effort began today, July 11. The orbiter is carrying a larg... |
11 July 2011
08:00 GMT |
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Shortly after the space shuttle Atlantis docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, July 10, NASA mission controllers began tracking and monitoring a set of space debris that pose a danger to both spacecraft as they spin around the planet. The space junk is apparently on an orbit that takes it very cl... |
11 July 2011
03:04 GMT |
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The space shuttle Atlantis docked for the last time ever to the International Space Station on Sunday, July 10. This is also the last time that an American orbiter flies to the orbital lab. The final approach and the actual docking procedure took place flawlessly. Before this happened, the shuttle rolled over and exp... |
11 July 2011
02:45 GMT |
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The four astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis will soon start preparing for conducting the first heat shield inspection of the STS-135 mission. Videos analyzed by engineering teams on the ground have thus far revealed no reasons to worry about its integrity.
Wake-up is scheduled for 3:59 am EDT (0759 GMT),... |
9 July 2011
03:44 GMT |
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a press briefing on Thursday, July 7, that the imminent closing of the Space Shuttle Program (SSP) and last year's cancellation of Project Constellation do not mean that the future is not bright for American spaceflight. The top official at the American space agency beli... |
8 July 2011
10:41 GMT |
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While mission controllers are keeping an eye on the weather that may prevent the space shuttle Atlantis from launching tomorrow, officials at the American space agency have just released the plan they will follow in the event something goes awfully wrong with the orbiter while it's in space. Every shuttle missio... |
7 July 2011
10:17 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that there is a chance space shuttle Atlantis' final flight may be delayed due to bad weather in Florida. Forecasts indicate that thunderstorms and rain clouds may pass over the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) this Friday. Atlantis is scheduled to fly its final mission &ndas... |
6 July 2011
14:01 GMT |
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The crew evacuation that was ordered aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on June 28 brings the issue of space junk back into the spotlight. The need to act to solve this issue is constantly growing. Space debris, or space junk, are a collection of materials and components that belong to past mission to space... |
29 June 2011
10:58 GMT |
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An imminent threat from pass space debris forced the six members of Expedition 28 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to take refuge aboard the two Russian-built Soyuz space capsules that act as lifeboats for the crew. Mission Control announced that an important piece of space junk was on its way to the stat... |
28 June 2011
10:33 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Johannes Kepler undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, June 20. The spacecraft will soon be destroyed during a fiery reentry over the Pacific Ocean. Flight planners say that the ATV had to go because a Russian-built Progress spac... |
21 June 2011
02:34 GMT |
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The cargo that the space shuttle Atlantis will be carrying to low-Earth orbit (LEO) during its last flight has now been delivered to the Launch Pad 39A facility. This is where the orbiter is undergoing final preparations ahead of its planned July 8 takeoff. The cargo pod containing everything Atlantis will soar to th... |
17 June 2011
12:00 GMT |
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Early next week, the International Space Station (ISS) will be teeming with activity, as members of the Expedition 28 crew will manage the undocking of an unmanned cargo capsule, and the docking of another, just a couple of days later. On Monday, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)... |
17 June 2011
05:22 GMT |
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When the space shuttle Atlantis will take off for the International Space Station (ISS) – on the last mission of the Space Shuttle Program (SSP) – it will carry a robotic experiment that could very easily change the way satellites are designed and built. The orbiter will carry the Robotic Refueling Missio... |
14 June 2011
04:44 GMT |
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Bigelow Aerospace is currently engaged in plans to construct the first-ever space hotel, which officials at the company say will be ready within a few years. The design is based on inflatable space modules, a technology that has already been demonstrated back in 2006.It is the belief of this company that the future o... |
13 June 2011
04:33 GMT |
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Officials from the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that one of their Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV) aboard the International Space Station (ISS) was just used to modify the orbital facility's path in its orbit.The ATV, called Johannes Kepler, carried out there successful reboost maneuvers, during which ... |
11 June 2011
05:27 GMT |
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After a successful launch on Tuesday, June 7, the Russian-built Soyuz TMA-02M space capsule and its crew are now getting ready to dock to the International Space Station (ISS), hundreds of miles above the surface of the planet.The spacecraft is delivering the second half of the Expedition 28 crew, to complete the tea... |
9 June 2011
09:58 GMT |
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Three astronauts will climb aboard the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft tonight, ahead of a planned blastoff to the International Space Station (ISS). The three will finally complete the Expedition 28 crew aboard the orbital lab, after several weeks of the station being manned by only three astronauts. The Russian-built mann... |
7 June 2011
10:01 GMT |
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The LEGO Group has sent astronauts on the International Space Station all the necessary components to construct a miniature replica of the space facility. The pieces were delivered unassembled, and now the Expedition 28 crew needs to put them together in microgravity.This is a very difficult task, they say, but one t... |
31 May 2011
03:41 GMT |
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The space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-astronaut crew are on track for a planned June 1 landing at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. STS-134 is the last-ever mission to be carried out using this orbiter. Upon its return, the spacecraft will be retired to a museum.Endeavour separated from the Internationa... |
31 May 2011
03:24 GMT |
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For the last time ever, the space shuttle Endeavour separated from the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, ready to begin its trip back home. Its final mission ever will conclude with a June 1 landing. The two spacecraft separated at 11:55 pm EDT (0355 GMT on May 30), as the shuttle was getting ready to test... |
30 May 2011
02:52 GMT |
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Yesterday night (May 29), the STS-134 crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour tried out a new docking system that relies on lasers to guide incoming spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).In order to do that, the orbiter had to undock from the facility late on Sunday, and then try to dock again using the las... |
30 May 2011
02:38 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that they now have a new record-holder for most days spent in space by a US astronaut. Michael Fincke, a member of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 crew, has now surpassed the previous, 377-day record.
Late last night, on May 27, he reached the previous record, whic... |
28 May 2011
05:45 GMT |
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Two members of space shuttle Endeavour's crew ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) very early today. They will conduct the fourth and last extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-134 mission, and also the last spacewalk of the Space Shuttle Program (SSP).
The EVA is now being carried out by... |
27 May 2011
02:20 GMT |
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