13 October 2017
Moon Express and NanoRacks sign alliance for Moon missions
... for a return mission to the lunar surface. NanoRacks on the other hand, operates on the International Space Station (ISS) via a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s U.S. National Labs. NanoRacks is under contract with NASA to work on a comprehensive...
01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
... that the launch proceeds as scheduled on Saturday, then Crew Dragon will be on target to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday around 6 a.m. EST (11:00 GMT). Although a flight readiness review (FRR) has been completed by SpaceX...
03 December 2021
NASA selects three companies to develop commercial space stations
...Nanoracks and Northrop Grumman to design commercially owned and operated space stations in low Earth orbit (LEO) to replace the International Space Station (ISS), the space agency said in an announcement yesterday. The contracts, worth a total amount...
02 November 2020
ISS marks 20 years of humans on board
... Yuri P. Gidzenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Sergei K. Krikalev of Roscosmos left Earth on a journey to the International Space Station on Oct. 31, 2000, this historic first mission would be the start of almost two decades of continuous human...
02 March 2020
Method for sealing Soyuz leak patented by Russian rocket firm
... orbiting above Earth, but that is how astronauts filled the breach on a Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station when it was found in 2018. Now, according to Russian news site RIA, the company behind the manufacturers...
18 October 2019
First all-female spacewalk is underway!
... Koch and Jessica Meir, have embarked on the first all-female space walk in an historic first. The duo floated feet-first out of the International Space Station’s Quest airlock on Friday lunchtime (BST), for a five-and-a-half-hour...
