The robotic Dragon cargo ship splashed down off the coast of Baja California where it could be swiftly retrieved by a recovery team, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Space.com. The space capsule left the station early Sunday after being released ...
Read More »NASA Is Sending a Game of Thrones-Inspired Robot Into Space
Raven will use its sensors to collect information about incoming and outgoing spacecrafts so that ultimately, NASA can develop navigation technology for autonomous rendezvous in space—something that’s a lot easier said than done, Gizmodo reports. “Two spacecraft autonomously rendezvousing is ...
Read More »New crew members arrive at International Space Station
Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA and Flight Engineers Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos welcomed the trio aboard their orbital home, according to the NASA report. In the coming months, the crewmates are scheduled to receive multiple ...
Read More »New crew members from U.S., Russia, Japan launch to International Space Station
According to NASA press release, Kate Rubins of NASA, Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are traveling in an upgraded Soyuz spacecraft, Joinfo.ua reports. They’ll spend two ...
Read More »Astronauts entered the inflated BEAM habitat for the first time today
Astronauts aboard the ISS entered the station’s first inflatable habitat today. At 4:47AM ET this morning, NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka opened the hatch to the expanded habitat and ventured inside to collect air samples and ...
Read More »That is how NASA’s new spaceship looks like
On Friday November 20, Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, finally got NASA’s clearance to launch astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017, Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to Tech Insider. Only one other company — Boeing — has NASA’s ...
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