Tag: International Space Station
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts safely splash down in Atlantic after spending 170 days in orbit
The Crew-4 mission launched at 3:52 a.m. EDT on April 27 on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Less than 16 hours later, Dragon docked to the Harmony module's space-facing port.
October 15, 2022 -
Lucy spacecraft set to swing by Earth to reach Jupiter asteroids
The Trojan asteroids are trapped in orbits around the Sun at the same distance as Jupiter, either far ahead of or behind the giant planet.
October 14, 2022 -
NASA to address orbital debris, greatest challenge of our era
NASA takes the threat of orbital debris seriously as these objects can endanger spacecraft, jeopardize access to space, and impede the development of a low-Earth orbit economy, including commercial participation.
September 15, 2022 -
Russia blames ‘software failure’ for misfired engines that shook ISS
NASA had said it lost control of the station's positioning minutes later, but it was repositioned back to normal.
July 31, 2021 -
SpaceX, NASA launch 1st operational mission to space
Vice President Mike Pence, who attended the launch with his wife Karen, called it a "new era in human space exploration in America."
November 16, 2020 -
NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to earth after record-breaking space mission
Koch's medical data will be especially valuable to NASA scientists as the agency draws up plans for a long-duration manned mission to Mars.
February 7, 2020 -
Sisters in Space
Very appropriately has the significance of the spacewalk been summed up by Christina ~ "I think it’s important because of the historical nature of what we’re doing," she said ahead of the spacewalk.
October 21, 2019 -
Amid Nipah scare, Union Health Minister assures Kerala of Centre’s full support
A youth who was being treated near Kochi was confirmed to have contracted the virus after a positive report by the National Institute of Virology, Pune.
June 4, 2019 -
Pentagon defends India’s ASAT test, says New Delhi concerned about ‘threats’ in space
The test made India the fourth country in the world after the US, Russia and China to have ASAT capabilities.
April 12, 2019 -
‘Noted India’s account on space debris’: US plays down NASA criticism of ASAT test
NASA head Jim Bridenstine on Monday criticised India's ASAT test saying that it had created 400 pieces of orbital debris and led to new dangers for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
April 3, 2019 -
India’s ASAT weapons test a ‘terrible thing’, has created 400 pieces of debris: NASA
NASA said the creation of orbital debris has led to new dangers for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
April 2, 2019 -
NASA astronauts wrap up mission, return to earth amid US-Russia tensions
The landing came with Russian and US officials investigating the appearance of a mysterious hole in a Russian space craft docked at the orbiting station.
October 5, 2018 -
Free NASA e-book offers inside look at space station flight controllers
The International Space Station: Operating an Outpost in the New Frontier captures the efforts put in to the development, planning and integration of a mission
April 15, 2018 -
NASA’s 3D printable tools could test blood samples on International Space Station
To enable astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to analyse biological samples without sending them back to Earth, NASA researchers, including one of Indian-origin, are developing 3D printable tools that could handle liquids like blood samples without spilling in microgravity. Learning how bacteria affect crew health, or how genes affect aging and disease, can...
February 10, 2018 -
SpaceX launches cargo to space station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida on Monday, sending the US space firm’s last new first-generation Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft sitting on the top, blasted off from a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Xinhua reported. About eight minutes...
August 15, 2017 -
Space Station to get 1st supercomputer
The International Space Station is expected to get its first supercomputer next week. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) said on Friday that it will launch a supercomputer into space on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft next Monday, as part of a joint experiment with the US space agency NASA, Xinhua reported. The system, called the Spaceborne Computer,...
August 12, 2017 -
Three-man crew reaches International Space Station
A three-man space crew from Italy, Russia and the United States has arrived at the International Space Station for a five-month mission. Footage broadcast by Russia's space agency Roscosmos showed the Soyuz craft carrying NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency take off into the dusky...
July 29, 2017