01 August 2018
What now for the ISS as new audit report questions commercial interest
For the past 20 years, the International Space Station (ISS) has served as an off-world floating laboratory for inhabitants around the globe to learn ...
10 September 2018
IAU wrong about Pluto's planetary status say scientists
... to Pluto, such as Quaoar, Sedna and Eris, which actually appears to be larger than Pluto, helped push the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2006 to relegate Pluto to the status of dwarf planet. Cue a reprint of posters and planetary...
23 November 2018
3D printed body parts being studied for future astronauts
... new normal for keeping astronauts alive on long duration flights beyond low Earth orbit? Heading to the International Space Station (ISS) in December, is an experiment that gives body-building a whole new meaning. Due for delivery...
04 December 2018
SpaceX sets two new highs in its latest launch
... Middle East, Asia and Australia. SpaceX is now busy preparing for its 16th resupply mission to the International Space Station tomorrow (5 December) at around 1.16pm ET/18.16 GMT from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air...
01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
...." Providing that the launch proceeds as scheduled on Saturday, then Crew Dragon will be on target to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday around 6 a.m. EST (11:00 GMT). Although a flight readiness review (FRR) has been completed...
25 March 2019
Moon isolation experiment begins in Moscow
... away in total isolation for 122 days. The six team members are part of the SIRIUS (Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station) missions; a series of isolation studies that are intended to subject a select group of people...
