21 August 2020
A small air leak has been found on the International Space Station, says NASA
... and stressed that the leak is still within segment specifications. It presents no immediate danger to the crew or the space station, NASA added. The atmosphere in the off-word laboratory is normally maintained at a pressure comfortable for the crew...
27 November 2020
Russia's Energia says ISS is close to ruin, nation should build its own space station instead
... Russian Segment of the ISS, Vladimir Alekseevich Soloviev. “Until 2025, Russia has obligations to participate in the International Space Station program. There are already a number of elements that are seriously affected by damage and are going out...
07 November 2018
China unveils its new space station 'Heavenly Palace'
... to house three astronauts on a permanent basis to conduct biological and microgravity research. And China is not keeping the space station all to itself. Earlier this year, the country announced that the lab would be open to "all countries...
02 April 2021
SNC unveils plan to build its own commercial space station
... initially to accommodate astronauts at NASA’s yet-to-be-built Moon-orbiting Gateway project, will be used to construct a full-blown space station, said the company at press conference Wednesday. For the past few years, many reports have surfaced...
08 December 2017
Asgardia leaves International Space Station and commences independent orbit
... November from the Wallops flight facility in Virginia as a part of the OA-8 Antares-Cygnus mission to the International Space Station. Asgardia-1 deployed early today after Cygnus de-docked from the ISS on 6 December and moved to a higher altitude...
19 February 2021
China's astronauts begin training for space station missions
Chinese astronauts have started receiving intensive training for spaceflights tasked with building the nation's space station, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Tuesday. Several astronauts have spent the past year in hard training and...
