06 July 2018
ESA investigates health risk of living on the Moon
... a high silicate content. And unfortunately for the first space pioneers, the low gravity of the Moon allows the...session of the Airway Monitoring experiment on board the International Space Station to monitor lung health in reduced gravity. The ...
14 December 2020
Systems shutdown as ISS suffers from power and oxygen failures
...supply system in the American module, which has resulted in some of the equipment being turned off. The International Space Station is powered by light from the Sun which is captured by a number of solar panels attached to the US Segment, the Russian...
13 August 2021
Stuck valves keep Starliner grounded, August flight now unlikely
... the flight was delayed after Russia’s Nauka module ran into trouble soon after docking at the International Space Station (ISS). The launch was then rescheduled for 3 August but mission managers called it off after 13 of 24 valves...
12 June 2017
US spy satellite buzzes ISS
... eye on a US National Reconnaissance Office classified satellite (USA 276) to see whether it returns to the vicinity of the International Space Station (ISS). After its launch into orbit from Cape Canaveral by SpaceX on 1 May 2017 analysts around the...
25 August 2019
Soyuz craft carrying Skybot F-850 fails to dock at ISS
The first mission of the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft that is carrying the humanoid robot Skybot F-850 to the International Space Station has been forced to abort its docking attempt due to a rendezvous system malfunction that occurred at the last ...
04 August 2021
Starliner launch delayed indefinitely following "valve" problems
... Boeing decided to stand down from the launch attempt after Russia’s Nauka module caused the International Space Station to spin following a thruster misfire. Boeing then rescheduled Starliner’s launch for 3 August at 5.20 pm GMT (1:20pm ET) to allow...
