Tag: ISS
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U.S, Russian astronauts return to Earth after 7 months in space
One U.S. citizen and two Russians have returned safely to Earth after spending seven months on the International Space Station (ISS).
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Russia to build new space station, says ISS becoming obsolete
Russia plans to build a new space station because the current International Space Station (ISS) will last only another decade at most, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Monday. “It’s still unclear whether the new station will be international or national,’’ Roscosmos Chief Dmitry Rogozin said in comments carried by the…
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Crew Dragon returns to Earth after spending days in space
SpaceX Crew Dragon has safely undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), set for re-entry and splashdown to Earth after spending days at the orbital laboratory. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Crew Dragon undocked from the ISS at 2:32am ET on Friday, to begin the final phase of its uncrewed Demo-1 flight test. “The spacecraft is slowly…
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Europe space chief says privatising ISS unrealistic
The Head of the European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday said privatising the International Space Station was unrealistic, amid U.S. plans to cease ISS funding in 2025. “The total operation of the space station is simply too expensive,’’ Jan Woerner told newsmen in Paris. The White House budget proposal on Monday would eventually end U.S.…
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FUTA, partners launch satellite, NigeriaEdusat-1 into space
At Exactly 10:07 a.m. on Saturday, the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, made history when the SpaceX Falcon9 Rocket launched Birds 1 satellites, comprising 5 CubeSats belonging to Japan, Ghana, Mongolia, Nigeria and Bangladesh, into Space from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. The Nigerian CubeSat, code name NigeriaEdusat-1, is designed, built and owned…
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Video: Now SpaceX is reusing a different kind of spacecraft
Elon Musk’s space company doesn’t just recycle rockets; over the weekend it became the first outfit to send a ship back to orbit. SpaceX continues to get more use out of its individual rockets and spacecraft than just about any other organization in history. This time it wasn’t a Falcon 9 rocket conquering Earth’s gravity…
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Bad weather postpones SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket launch
Bad weather has postponed SpaceX’s plan to resume flights of its Falcon 9 rocket until at least January 14, the California-based private space firm said Sunday. SpaceX had planned a launch on Monday of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. “Launch moving due to high winds and rains…
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Russian spacecraft fails after launch
An unmanned Russian spacecraft taking 2.5 tons of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) was lost shortly after liftoff from Kazakhstan on Thursday, according to Roscosmos, the Russian State Space Corporation. The cargo ship, the ISS Progress 65 (also known as Progress MS-04) launched Thursday at 8:51 p.m. on the Russian-built Soyuz rocket, but…