08 May 2020
China's prototype spacecraft lands successfully on Earth
... spacecraft marks an important step in the nations ambitions to start work on building a permanent space station in low-Earth orbit. The station will accommodate crews of three astronauts on missions lasting up to six months, according to previous...
13 May 2020
Debris from China's rocket may have hit African villages
... location, such as ocean, a craft will be subjected to an uncontrolled re-entry. This was the case for China’s Tiangong-1 space station back in 2018 and it appeared to be the case for the remains of the Long March 5B as potential reentry areas...
02 April 2020
Thousands Apply to Join NASA’s Artemis Generation, #BeAnAstronaut
...in the summer of 2021. “We’ve entered a bold new era of space exploration with the Artemis program, and we are thrilled to see so ... Program -- to live and work aboard the International Space Station, 250 miles above Earth. There they will take part...
23 November 2018
3D printed body parts being studied for future astronauts
... normal for keeping astronauts alive on long duration flights beyond low Earth orbit? Heading to the International Space Station (ISS) in December, is an experiment that gives body-building a whole new meaning. Due for delivery onboard a Soyuz...
08 January 2021
Asgardia’s project for new module to expand ISS
..., the state-of-art module would ultimately have the capacity to eventually form the core node of an autonomous space station operated by Asgardia. In his article, Dr Ashurbeyli notes that the limited number of available docking ports and related...
23 September 2020
Third move for the ISS this year to avoid space debris
... when data on the event showed that some of the debris was suspected to be in an orbit shared by the International Space Station. Other reports on India's missile test also confirmed that at least a dozen fragments reached altitudes above 1,000...
