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...
28 April 2021
First piece of China's space station expected to launch this week
... a T-shaped structure that can house a total of six astronauts on stays of up to six months. China is aiming to have its space station fully operational by next year and its expected lifetime is around 15 years, the programme’s planners have said...
22 October 2021
Nanoracks announces plans to launch its orbital space station, Starlab, in 2027
... and leadership in low-Earth orbit.” The firm, who started off in business as a payload provider to the International Space Station (ISS), say Starlab will be able to host a continuous crew of up to four astronauts, who will live and work...
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...
29 April 2021
China launches first section of its massive space station
... March 5B, China's most powerful rocket which is capable of sending a 25 ton payload to orbits near Earth. The Chinese space station named Tiangong – meaning "Heavenly Palace" – will need around another 10 missions to loft the remaining parts into...
