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Zuckerberg streams live chat with men in space
Jun 01, 2016 (AFP)
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took the leading social network on a new journey Wednesday, with a live-streamed chat with astronauts on the International Space ...
BEAM Leak Checks Before Crew Enters Next Week
Jun 01, 2016 (SPX)
BEAM, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, was successfully expanded Saturday beginning two years of tests to demonstrate the new expandable technology. BEAM...
One Carbon Metabolism on the Space Station
Jun 01, 2016 (SPX)
It has been known for some time that time in space affects astronauts' vision. Post-flight vision changes have been reported by many astronauts after they spend...
HERA Mission 10 Crew to Splashdown on Wednesday
Jun 01, 2016 (SPX)
After 30-days in the confines of a simulated spacecraft, the HERA Mission 10 crew will "splashdown" on the evening of Wed., June 1. HERA-the Human Exploration R...
NASA inflates spare room in space
May 28, 2016 (AFP)
NASA on Saturday successfully expanded and pressurized an add-on room at the International Space Station two days after aborting the first attempt when it ran i...
NASA to try again to inflate spare room in space
May 27, 2016 (AFP)
NASA will try again Saturday to inflate an add-on room at the International Space Station, after the first attempt ran into problems due to too much friction. T...
Station Gets Ready to Expand BEAM
May 26, 2016 (SPX)
The final preparations are under way for Thursday morning's expansion of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from the Tranquility module. Back on Eart...
Temporary space station habitat fails to inflate
May 26, 2016 (AFP)
NASA aborted an attempt to deploy a temporary habitat at the International Space Station after it failed to inflate to full size on Thursday. The new room, know...
International Space Cooperation Strongest in Times of Political Crises
May 24, 2016 (Sputnik)
Scientists from different states involved in space exploration tend to work more closely together when politicians fail to set aside their differences, a Roscos...
Alexander Gerst to be Space Station commander
May 20, 2016 (ESA)
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst has been assigned a new mission to the International Space Station, where he will fulfil the role of commander during the second p...
ISS completes 100,000th orbit of Earth: mission control
May 16, 2016 (AFP)
The International Space Station, the space laboratory that showcases cooperation between Russia and the United States, on Monday orbited Earth for the 100,000th...
Canadian astronaut to join ISS in 2018
May 16, 2016 (AFP)
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month mission in late 2018, Science Minister Navdeep Bains...
NASA, Space Station partners announce future mission crew members
May 10, 2016 (SPX)
NASA and its International Space Station partners have announced the crew members for missions to the orbiting laboratory in 2017. The selection includes first-...
New landing date for ESA astronaut Tim Peake
May 02, 2016 (ESA)
ESA astronaut Tim Peake and his crewmates Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra will return to Earth on 18 June, giving them almost two more weeks more in space than t...
Tim Peake goes roving
May 02, 2016 (ESA)
In a live space-to-ground test of human-robot cooperation, ESA astronaut Tim Peake will control a rover on Earth on Friday from the International Space Station,...
Russia delays space crew's return to Earth
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
Russia's space agency on Friday announced that the return to Earth of three astronauts currently on the International Space Station will be delayed by nearly tw...
Russia, US discuss boosting efficiency of cooperation at ISS
Apr 22, 2016 (Sputnik)
The deputy head of the Russian Federal Space Agency said that Russia and the United States discussed the possibility of increasing the efficiency of cooperation...
US-Russia Space Projects Set Example of Good Cooperation
Apr 22, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russian cosmonaut and the executive director for Roscosmos manned programs Sergei Krikalev told Sputnik that the space cooperation between Moscow and Washington...
Russia, US Discuss Boosting Efficiency of Cooperation at ISS
Apr 22, 2016 (Sputnik)
The deputy head of the Russian Federal Space Agency said that Russia and the United States discussed the possibility of increasing the efficiency of cooperation...
15 years of Europe on the International Space Station
Apr 20, 2016 (ESA)
On 23 April 2001, Italian ESA Umberto Guidoni made history as the first European astronaut to board the International Space Station. Guidoni had been launched o...
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