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...
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...
17 June 2021
China's astronauts arrive at new space station
..., 56, Liu Boming, 54, and Tang Hongbo, 45, are to work and stay on Tianhe, the living quarters of the future space station, for three months. Haisheng, the mission's commander, is a decorated air force pilot in the People's Liberation Army...
29 December 2021
China complains to UN after space station endures 'close encounters' with Starlink satellites
...) of the United States of America have had two close encounters with the China Space Station. For safety reasons, the China Space Station implemented preventive collision avoidance control on 1 July and 21 October 2021, respectively. 1. The first...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... deliver it. Over the past decade, the International Space Station partnership has continually addressed the future of research in...of the ISS. At present, it seems likely that the Space Station will remain in operation until about 2030, but it is ...
30 May 2018
China opens up its space station to the world
... a number of interesting applications from United Nations Member States,” said Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of UNOOSA. “The China Space Station belongs not only to China, but also to the world. Just as the Outer...
