06 July 2018
ESA investigates health risk of living on the Moon
... a high silicate content. And unfortunately for the first space pioneers, the low gravity of the Moon allows the... of the Airway Monitoring experiment on board the International Space Station to monitor lung health in reduced gravity. The experiment...
14 December 2020
Systems shutdown as ISS suffers from power and oxygen failures
... system in the American module, which has resulted in some of the equipment being turned off. The International Space Station is powered by light from the Sun which is captured by a number of solar panels attached to the US Segment, the Russian...
13 August 2021
Stuck valves keep Starliner grounded, August flight now unlikely
... miss out on another test flight to the International Space Station (ISS) before the current launch window closes later ...module ran into trouble soon after docking at the International Space Station (ISS). The launch was then rescheduled for 3 August ...
25 August 2019
Soyuz craft carrying Skybot F-850 fails to dock at ISS
The first mission of the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft that is carrying the humanoid robot Skybot F-850 to the International Space Station has been forced to abort its docking attempt due to a rendezvous system malfunction that occurred at the last ...
12 June 2017
US spy satellite buzzes ISS
... eye on a US National Reconnaissance Office classified satellite (USA 276) to see whether it returns to the vicinity of the International Space Station (ISS). After its launch into orbit from Cape Canaveral by SpaceX on 1 May 2017 analysts around the...
04 August 2021
Starliner launch delayed indefinitely following "valve" problems
... will take whatever time is necessary” to ensure Starliner is ready for its important uncrewed flight test to the space station. Boeing is designing, building, testing and flying the CST-100 Starliner under a contract with NASA’s Commercial...
