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Space Debris Is Becoming A Major Threat To Satellites And Extraterrestrial Travel

Space Debris Is Becoming A Major Threat To Satellites And Extraterrestrial Travel

Space debris is quickly becoming a major threat for satellites and extraterrestrial travel — and could have fatal implications for the latter if the issue is not stopped. According to NPR, the International Space Station (ISS) almost came into contact with space junk this past week for the third time this year. The debris usually […]

4y ago

Donald Trump-Supporting Boater Buzzes Through SpaceX Splashdown Zone, Prompting Outrage

Donald Trump-Supporting Boater Buzzes Through SpaceX Splashdown Zone, Prompting Outrage

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday after spending two months on the International Space Station. But before the two crew members aboard the capsule were confirmed to be successfully recovered, dozens of boats swarmed the splashdown zone, one with a large blue banner with “Trump” emblazoned across it. The […]

4y ago

SpaceX Rocket Successfully Destroyed During In-Flight Abort Test

SpaceX Rocket Successfully Destroyed During In-Flight Abort Test

SpaceX successfully completed its un-crewed In-Flight Abort test on Sunday, an important step in its quest to launch manned space flights in the future, according to Space.com. On the heels of the successful test this weekend, the private spaceflight company is anticipating the launch of another rocket this week. The company announced it will attempt […]

4y ago

Astronauts Christina Koch, Jessica Meir Make History, Perform First-Ever All-Female Spacewalk

Astronauts Christina Koch, Jessica Meir Make History, Perform First-Ever All-Female Spacewalk

NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir made history on Friday as the two women performed the first-ever all-female spacewalk, as Good Morning America reported. A similar all-female spacewalk had been scheduled to take place months ago but was derailed by equipment issues. On Friday morning, Koch and Meir stepped out of the International Space […]

5y ago

NASA’s First-Ever All-Female Spacewalk Is Back On After Being Scrapped In March

NASA’s First-Ever All-Female Spacewalk Is Back On After Being Scrapped In March

History is scheduled to be made yet again. The first all-female spacewalk for the International Space Station (ISS) was originally scheduled to take place last March, but had to be scrapped when both astronauts needed medium-sized torso pieces for their spacesuits and only one was available on the ISS, as reported by The New York […]

5y ago

NASA Publishes Footage Of Beautiful Spherical Fires In Zero-Gravity

NASA Publishes Footage Of Beautiful Spherical Fires In Zero-Gravity

NASA, the American space agency, is doing its part to help with carbon emissions by having its scientists create fires in zero gravity, The Next Web reported. The agency is looking to discover if it’s possible to create soot-free flames — or at least more efficient flames for those of us down here on the […]

5y ago

NASA Investigates What May Be The First-Ever Crime Committed In Space

NASA Investigates What May Be The First-Ever Crime Committed In Space

NASA is investigating what may very well be the first-ever instance of a crime committed in space, Yahoo News reports. Specifically, the space agency is looking into allegations that astronaut Anne McClain illegally accessed her estranged partner’s bank account while on board the International Space Station. McClain, 40, married Summer Worden in 2014, and the […]

5y ago

NASA To Open International Space Station To Tourists, Costs Are Still To Be Determined

NASA To Open International Space Station To Tourists, Costs Are Still To Be Determined

NASA will soon be allowing space tourists the chance to spend one or more night onboard the International Space Station, BBC News reports. At $35,000 per night, that’s something of a bargain. Unfortunately for space tourists, though, the costs of getting to the satellite will far exceed, many times over, the cost of actually staying […]

5y ago

International Space Station Threatened By Space Junk After Indian Satellite Destroyed In Test

International Space Station Threatened By Space Junk After Indian Satellite Destroyed In Test

The International Space Station is now threatened by hundreds of pieces of space junk after India destroyed a derelict satellite in a test, Digital Trends is reporting. On March 27, India launched a missile into space toward one of its own derelict satellites in an effort to test their anti-satellite missile system. It was a […]

5y ago

SpaceX’s Astronaut Pod, Crew Dragon, Returns To Earth With A Big Splash

SpaceX’s Astronaut Pod, Crew Dragon, Returns To Earth With A Big Splash

SpaceX’s historic Demo-1 mission has come to a successful end. Earlier this morning, the company’s new-generation astronaut-ferrying spacecraft, the Crew Dragon, returned to Earth after a glorious maiden voyage to the International Space Station (ISS). According to NASA, the Crew Dragon capsule touched down at 8:45 a.m. EST, following a flawless re-entry and descent sequence […]

5y ago

SpaceX Aces Historic Launch Of The Crew Dragon Astronaut Pod

SpaceX Aces Historic Launch Of The Crew Dragon Astronaut Pod

SpaceX has just made history with what was perhaps one of the most pivotal rocket launches in U.S. space travel. In the early hours of Saturday morning, the private rocket company fired up its Falcon 9 workhorse to launch its new-generation astronaut pod into orbit, NASA proudly announced in a news release. Famously known as […]

5y ago

SpaceX Is Preparing The Crew Dragon Spacecraft For Its Maiden Journey And First Test Flight This Weekend

SpaceX Is Preparing The Crew Dragon Spacecraft For Its Maiden Journey And First Test Flight This Weekend

SpaceX is gearing up for the first launch of their Crew Dragon spacecraft this weekend, and forecasts show that the weather will probably not be holding up the inaugural launch of the very special capsule which may end up changing the commercial spaceflight industry in a big way. According to NBC News, the Demo-1 flight […]

5y ago

A Russian Satellite Has Spotted Mysterious ‘Explosions Of Light’ In The Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

A Russian Satellite Has Spotted Mysterious ‘Explosions Of Light’ In The Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

A Russian satellite which normally spends its time searching for high-energy cosmic rays has recently detected “explosions of light” in the Earth’s upper atmosphere that have left scientists baffled. As the Daily Mail reports, while discovering strange weather phenomena in the upper atmosphere of the Earth is something which is certainly not surprising or odd […]

5y ago

SpaceX Dragon Ship Wraps Up Second Mission To The International Space Station, Returns To Earth With A Splash

SpaceX Dragon Ship Wraps Up Second Mission To The International Space Station, Returns To Earth With A Splash

The SpaceX Dragon cargo ship that flew to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 5, 2018, has finally come home. The Dragon capsule returned to Earth with a splash — quite literally — after acing an ocean landing in the early hours of Monday morning. Launched on SpaceX’s 16th resupply mission to the ISS, […]

5y ago

The SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship Is Not Coming Home Just Yet

The SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship Is Not Coming Home Just Yet

SpaceX’s new-generation astronaut pod is not the only Dragon facing a delay. The rocket company’s cargo capsule has also postponed its scheduled spaceflight, announced NASA. The Dragon resupply vessel was supposed to return to Earth earlier today after spending a month docked with the International Space Station (ISS). However, it seems that the spacecraft will […]

5y ago

SpaceX’s Dragon Cargo Ship Returns To Earth Tomorrow With ‘Time-Critical’ Science Experiments

SpaceX’s Dragon Cargo Ship Returns To Earth Tomorrow With ‘Time-Critical’ Science Experiments

A SpaceX Dragon capsule is waiting to return to Earth on Thursday morning after spending the last month in space. The cargo ship flew to the International Space Station (ISS) in early December and is due to make the trip back home tomorrow. According to NASA, the Dragon spacecraft is packed with “time-critical space experiments” […]

5y ago

Bacteria On The International Space Station Are Mutating To Survive, Not To Become Superbugs

Bacteria On The International Space Station Are Mutating To Survive, Not To Become Superbugs

Recent news stories have seen people becoming concerned with the fact that bacteria aboard the International Space Station are mutating. And, as with space stories and fans of science fiction, there is always a worrying story behind these mutations. Some claim that these changes could turn the bacteria into superbugs. However, new evidence suggests something […]

5y ago

International Space Station Astronaut Accidentally Dials 911 From Space

International Space Station Astronaut Accidentally Dials 911 From Space

Instead of dialing an international number as he had intended to, Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers once ended up calling 911 from the International Space Station, triggering an alert at NASA Mission Control in Houston. As cited by NPR, Kuipers recalled the accidental misdial in an interview earlier this week with Dutch broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stitching, […]

5y ago

That Hole In The International Space Station Was The Result Of A ‘Botched Repair Job,’ Not Sabotage

That Hole In The International Space Station Was The Result Of A ‘Botched Repair Job,’ Not Sabotage

When a hole was discovered in an attached module of the International Space Station (ISS) in August, the crew quickly fixed it. However, since then, there have been various theories as to how the hole got there. Now, it is believed that the hole was the result of a botched repair job and not sabotage. […]

5y ago

Scientists State That Jetlag And Personality Clashes Will Be The Biggest Difficulties In Traveling To Mars

Scientists State That Jetlag And Personality Clashes Will Be The Biggest Difficulties In Traveling To Mars

Beyond building the right spacecraft to send manned missions to Mars and the technological challenges that these crews will be facing, a group of scientific experts have stated that dealing with jetlag and personality clashes will be among the biggest difficulties that astronauts will be facing when they eventually head to Mars. According to the […]

5y ago

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