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SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule Returns Safely to Earth
Last month, SpaceX resumed their missions to supply the International Space Station using their Falcon 9 rockets and Dragon capsules. Now, the pod that was carried into space by the first Falcon 9 to land at sea has safely returned to Earth after a month-long stay at the ISS, splashing…
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NASA to Test Inflatable Living Modules on The ISS
When sending something into space, it is important to consider how big it is. Something large may be useful in space, but it is no good if it can’t be carried up there by rocket after all. Now NASA is hoping to make the best use of the limited space…
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SpaceX to Resume Supplying the ISS
The date of SpaceX’s next resupply mission to the ISS has been announced by NASA to take place on April 8th. SpaceX will be delivering the cargo onboard one of their Falcon 9 rockets, launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida at around 4:43 PM Eastern Time. This will be the first…
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Breathtaking Images From an Astronaut Aboard the ISS
Space has always provided a glimpse into many a fascinating world over the years, from research that has been undertaken by NASA to the Astronauts who have boarded the International Space Station as well as successfully landing on the moon. One such Astronaut, Scott Kelly, has been posting breathtaking images…
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Spacewalk Cut Short Due to Water Found in Helmets
Space can be a scary place, the only thing keeping you alive being a highly advanced suit tethered to a spacecraft or station. When a problem is found in these suits, it risks catastrophe for the astronauts in question. This is why Friday’s ISS spacewalk was cut short by mission…
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Astronaut Accidentally Misdials From Space
It happens to everyone at times, even to the best, that we misdial and get the wrong person on the other end when we make a phone call and enter the digits manually instead of picking a number from our address book. Sometimes this can be more hilarious than other…
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Second Commercial Crew Mission for Boeing Ordered by NASA
In a move hopefully stemming from NASA’s revitalized budget for the coming year, NASA has issued Boeing a second flight order as part of the Commercial Crew Program. Boeing is one of two private companies involved in the program, the other being SpaceX. The flight order guarantees a second launch…
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NASA to Get Budget Boost For 2016
The continuously underfunded space agency, NASA, finally got some good news on the financial front today. As part of their budget proposal for 2016, Congress included a considerable budget increase for NASA, in excess of what they had requested. The total sum that would be budgeted for NASA is the…
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UK Launches New Space Endeavour
The UK government has announced plans to launch a new National Space Policy in an effort make Great Britain the European hub for commercial space flight, The Independent reports. The government hopes that the initiative, which includes investment in space flight and microgravity research, will boost the country’s economy by…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket to Return to Service this Month
Everything has been looking up for SpaceX recently, being one of the forerunners in the contest for NASA’s contest for their CSR2 contracts to resupply the ISS and NASA ordering the first mission from their new manned rockets by 2017. And now SpaceX have the chance to recover from the…
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Manned Mission to the ISS by SpaceX Ordered by NASA
Since the halt of the Space Shuttle program in 2011, the only way to ferry astronauts to and from the ISS has been Russia’s Soyuz rockets. NASA are determined to change this with their ongoing Commercial Crew Program to fund development of new manned rockets alongside contractors SpaceX and Boeing.…
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Boeing Denied ISS Supply Contract by NASA
Today NASA revealed that they will be delaying its awarding of the next round of the multi-billion dollar ISS supply contract until late January. At the same time, NASA also informed Boeing that their bid to win the contracts had been rejected. This is the third time that the announcement…
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NASA Celebrates 15 Years of the ISS With a Song
Today, the International Space Station turns 15 years old. And to mark this occasion, NASA have released a lighthearted and rather educational song and video. The song itself is delightfully upbeat and played in a country-style, perhaps inspired by NASA’s home in Houston, Texas, full of twangy banjos and low,…
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NASA Plays with Water and Effervescent in Latest 4K Space Video
NASA recently upgraded their equipment with an amazing 4K camera that is able to capture higher resolution and higher frame rates than prior, allowing the astronauts to record their experiments in a whole new way. But work doesn’t always have to be so series and who doesn’t enjoy playing with…
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SpaceX Falcon Explodes on ISS Resupply Mission
Space industry upstart SpaceX has suffered an explosive set back on its latest mission. Setting out to resupply the International Space Station, the Falcon 9 rocket suffered an unrecoverable failure and ended up exploding shortly after launch. At this point, the exact cause of the failure is not known yet…
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