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Boeing's Starliner Gets Stacked on the Atlas V Rocket Ahead of May 19 Launch
Boeing's Starliner Gets Stacked on the Atlas V Rocket Ahead of May 19 Launch

5 May 2022, 20:05 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Beoing's Starliner spacecraft was lifted atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket in preparation for its May 19 launch

 
SciHab Space Station Concept Is a Cure to a Dying ISS, Might Even Save It for a Bit
SciHab Space Station Concept Is a Cure to a Dying ISS, Might Even Save It for a Bit

17 Apr 2022, 04:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Space Agency plans to be a continuous presence in space after the ISS is gone with the SciHab idea it recently made public.

 
SpaceX Launches First All-Private Astronaut Mission to the ISS
SpaceX Launches First All-Private Astronaut Mission to the ISS

8 Apr 2022, 19:24 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Today, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off with a Dragon Endeavor spaceraft on top, carrying the first all-privat astronaut mission to the ISS

 
From Orbital Reefs to Inflatable Stations, These Structures Will Soon Occupy Earth’s Orbit
From Orbital Reefs to Inflatable Stations, These Structures Will Soon Occupy Earth’s Orbit

27 Mar 2022, 00:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At the end of last year, American space agency NASA announced it is financially supporting three commercial space station projects

 
ISS Ditches Russian Modules to the Tunes of Ukraine’s National Anthem in Fresh Animation
ISS Ditches Russian Modules to the Tunes of Ukraine’s National Anthem in Fresh Animation

14 Mar 2022, 10:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following Russia's threats to abandon the International Space Station, animation specialist Hazegrayart shows the reduced ISS to the tunes of Ukraine's anthem

 
Russia Leaving the Space Station Could Doom ISS Far Ahead of Schedule
Russia Leaving the Space Station Could Doom ISS Far Ahead of Schedule

3 Mar 2022, 09:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Russia is threatening to abandon the International Space Station two years from now, that may affect plans to de-orbit the ISS

 
Cygnus Spacecraft Gears Up to Carry Crucial Cargo to the ISS
Cygnus Spacecraft Gears Up to Carry Crucial Cargo to the ISS

18 Feb 2022, 19:51 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Tomorrow, on Friday 19th, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft will blast off into space with 8,300 lbs of crucial cargo onboard

 
International Space Station Comes Crashing Down in 2031, to Hit Pacific Ocean
International Space Station Comes Crashing Down in 2031, to Hit Pacific Ocean

6 Feb 2022, 06:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA updates plans for the ISS, sets the date of it crashing into the Pacific Ocean's Point Nemo remote location for January 2031

 
Airbus Jumps on the Train Leading to the Most Remote Human Habitat in History
Airbus Jumps on the Train Leading to the Most Remote Human Habitat in History

11 Jan 2022, 15:43 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Airbus Crisa will be in charging with developing the power system for NASA's future Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO)

 
If Jeff Bezos Moves to Space, This Will Probably Be His Home
If Jeff Bezos Moves to Space, This Will Probably Be His Home

9 Jan 2022, 09:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Blue Origin and a bunch of other companies are working to create one of the world's first private space stations, allowing people their own address on orbit

 
Badminton Is Great on Earth, but a Match in Zero-G Is a Lot More Fun
Badminton Is Great on Earth, but a Match in Zero-G Is a Lot More Fun

4 Jan 2022, 01:43 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Have you ever wondered how a sport that's usually played on the ground looks like in zero-gravity? Astronauts show us how a badminton match is played on the ISS

 
NASA Hands Out $160 Million Contract for Starlab, a Private (and Inflatable) Space Station
NASA Hands Out $160 Million Contract for Starlab, a Private (and Inflatable) Space Station

3 Dec 2021, 13:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The privately-owned Starlab is seen as a replacement for the International Space Station, NASA pumps the first millions into it

 
Russians Endangered the ISS Three Times This Year, And They Don’t Even Seem Bothered
Russians Endangered the ISS Three Times This Year, And They Don’t Even Seem Bothered

20 Nov 2021, 08:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In three instances in 2021, the Russian have put the space station at risk, the last time by blowing a satellite into bits in orbit

 
Russia Blows Up a Satellite in Orbit, Space Station Astronauts Take Shelter
Russia Blows Up a Satellite in Orbit, Space Station Astronauts Take Shelter

16 Nov 2021, 09:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Russia on Monday destroyed one of its own satellites with a missile, the resulting debris field caused quite the commotion on the ISS

 
Blue Origin Wants to Go Higher, Plans to Build Its Own Free-Flying Space Station
Blue Origin Wants to Go Higher, Plans to Build Its Own Free-Flying Space Station

26 Oct 2021, 02:46 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Blue Origins announced plans to build its own space station that will operate as a "mixed-use business park" in low Earth orbit

 
Earth's Orbit Is Getting Crowded, New Inflatable Station Eyes a Spot in Space
Earth's Orbit Is Getting Crowded, New Inflatable Station Eyes a Spot in Space

22 Oct 2021, 02:21 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / As the ISS is starting to show its age, multiple companies are rushing to design the next-generation space station. One of them could look like Starlab

 
China Sends the Second Crew of Taikonauts to Its New Space Station
China Sends the Second Crew of Taikonauts to Its New Space Station

16 Oct 2021, 08:37 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On October 15th, China's second crewed mission launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center to the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong Space Station

 
Russian Spacecraft Fires Thrusters and Pushes the Space Station Out of Position, Again
Russian Spacecraft Fires Thrusters and Pushes the Space Station Out of Position, Again

16 Oct 2021, 04:28 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On Friday, October 15th, a Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft fired its thrusters kept firing its thrusters, pushing the ISS out of place

 
Astronaut Captures Rare Blue Glow Over Earth from the ISS
Astronaut Captures Rare Blue Glow Over Earth from the ISS

11 Oct 2021, 02:09 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has shared a very interesting image. Captured from the International Space Station, the picture shows a blue glow over Europe

 
Cargo Dragon Opens Wide as It Approaches the International Space Station
Cargo Dragon Opens Wide as It Approaches the International Space Station

3 Oct 2021, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The image you see is the SpaceX Cargo Dragon on approach to the ISS back at the end of August, reveals docking mechanism.