26 February 2018
Why do we go into space?
... raises the question of what life will look like 250 years after the famous flight of Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961. This flight, which was part of a Cold War “space race” between two governments...
02 May 2019
Blue Origin's 11th test flight ends in success
... that navigates zero gravity, similar to a performance. Other payloads include TESSERAE: Self Assembling Space Architecture, Floral Cosmonauts: Crystal Electro-Nucleation and Queen Bee Maiden Flight.
27 August 2019
Soyuz MS-14 successfully docks with ISS on second attempt
... vital supplies to help keep the station crew going, Skybot F-850 is making its debut at the ISS. Cosmonauts plan to perform a number of tests on the robot including movement tests and how well it can communicate with...
01 April 2020
Alcohol in Space
... “first reported alcohol consumption” by Russian spacefarers was during the 1971 Salyut-7 mission when one of the cosmonaut’s birthdays was celebrated with a small bottle of Armenian Cognac; apparently, Cognac was regularly smuggled on board the...
