A veteran NASA astronaut just back from the International Space Station believes the orbiting facility can operate well past its planned 2030 retirement date The post Veteran NASA astronaut says ISS can operate past 2030 appeared first on SpaceNews..
China is exploring establishing its first overseas launch site with a proposed equatorial spaceport in Malaysia, carrying strategic, economic, and geopolitical implications. The post China and Malaysia to study international equatorial spaceport project appeared first on SpaceNews..
After just coming back from seven months on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit insists there is no reason to “dump” it into the ocean in 2030. It […].
The European Space Agency’s seventh Earth Explorer mission, Biomass, will launch Tuesday aboard an Arianespace… The post ESA’s Biomass mission to launch aboard Vega-C appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com..
"When the flight docs say I'm ready to go back, I'm ready to do it.".
A NASA-developed technology that recently proved its capabilities in the harsh environment of space will soon head back to the Moon to search for gases trapped under the lunar surface thanks to a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between NASA and commercial company Magna Petra Corp. The Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSOLO) successfully […].
How are we made of star stuff? Well, the important thing to understand about this question is that it’s not an analogy, it’s literally true. The elements in our bodies, the elements that make up our bones, the trees we see outside, the other planets in the solar system, other stars in the galaxy. These […].
The Czech Ministry of Transport has selected 14 experiments to be conducted by Aleš Svoboda during an Axiom-managed mission to the International Space Station. In September 2024, the Czech government signed an agreement with the US-based commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space. Under the agreement, Aleš Svoboda, one of the twelve ESA astronaut reserves selected in […] The post Czechia Selects Experiments for Private Astronaut Mission to the ISS appeared first on European Spaceflight..
Since last fall, NASA scientists have flown an advanced 3D Doppler wind lidar instrument across the United States to collect nearly 100 hours of data — including a flight through a hurricane. The goal? To demonstrate the unique capability of the Aerosol Wind Profiler (AWP) instrument to gather extremely precise measurements of wind direction, wind […].
Since last fall, NASA scientists have flown an advanced 3D Doppler wind lidar instrument across the United States to collect nearly 100 hours of data — including a flight through a hurricane. The goal? To demonstrate the unique capability of the Aerosol Wind Profiler (AWP) instrument to gather extremely precise measurements of wind direction, wind […].