04 April 2018
A storm hunter and space junk collector on its way to the ISS
... these new weather phenomenon were finally captured on camera by ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen during his mission on the International Space Station in 2015. ASIM will therefore use a suite of instruments including light sensors and X- and gamma-ray...
05 September 2018
Soyuz leak investigations focus on human error
Investigations into an air leak in a Soyuz return spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) have been stepped up as it was revealed this week that the hole was most likely a result of human error rather than a micro-meteorite impact...
25 February 2022
Space Station rides above international conflict
...the fabric of the International Space Station, apart from through its membership of ESA, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, renowned for his off the cuff comments, also waded into the debate at the end of the week. Speaking to the floor of the...
04 November 2022
NASA’s climate change mineral dust detector
Critical elements of a new instrument attached to the International Space Station (ISS) this summer, and designed to examine the chemical composition of atmospheric mineral dust, is powered by hardware from high-performance electronics company Alpha ...
31 July 2025
Space Station Crew-11 astronauts set for launch
..., 31 July) from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 12:09 Florida time (16:09 UTC) to the International Space Station (ISS). The weather outlook is currently 90 percent go and the weather in the recovery zone along the Atlantic Ocean is positive. This...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... Standard Payload Rack (ISPR) cultivation system for potential testing onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Furthermore, a Future Exploration Greenhouse (FEG) is designed with respect to future planetary bio-regenerative life support...
