19 January 2018
Chinese study proposes using lasers to clear out space debris
A new study, conducted by researchers from the Information and Navigation College at China's Air Force Engineering University, with the help of the Institute of China Electronic Equipment System Engineering Company, suggests that lasers could be ...
12 June 2017
US spy satellite buzzes ISS
... returns to the vicinity of the International Space Station (ISS). After its launch into orbit from Cape Canaveral by SpaceX...of a high profile object like the ISS is politically risky too. “As the ISS is an international cooperation which includes two...
01 August 2018
What now for the ISS as new audit report questions commercial interest
...to do this by extending the operation and utilisation of the ISS until 2030. However, how this will be achieved financially is...higher levels of risk for future missions,” says the report. The ISS is not purely a US endeavour however, as it shares the ...
27 November 2020
Russia's Energia says ISS is close to ruin, nation should build its own space station instead
... should focus on completing its own orbital station instead, says Flight Director of the Russian Segment of the ISS, Vladimir Alekseevich Soloviev. “Until 2025, Russia has obligations to participate in the International Space Station program. There...
14 December 2020
Systems shutdown as ISS suffers from power and oxygen failures
... Generation System (OGS), a system designed to deliver oxygen onboard the ISS, failed three times in October during one week. As of 12 ...to discharge to maintain the electrical loads required by the ISS. But, reports by RIA Novosti say that a battery...
08 January 2021
Asgardia’s project for new module to expand ISS
...obstacle to the future expansion of commercial capabilities on the ISS. “To directly address this, Asgardia has proposed the ... docking, a capability crucial for the time when, following the ISS end of life, the Asgardia module could be re-deployed as ...
