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For the 1st time ever, 8 spacecraft are docked to the International Space Station

All eight of the International Space Station's docking ports are currently occupied by visiting spacecraft, marking a milestone for crewed spaceflight.

1 day ago

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For the 1st time ever, 8 spacecraft are docked to the International Space Station

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China to bring damaged spacecraft back to Earth after sending up replacement for stuck astronauts

China's space agency has announced it will return a damaged spacecraft back to Earth without crew after a suspected debris strike left it unfit for flight.

1 day ago

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China to bring damaged spacecraft back to Earth after sending up replacement for stuck astronauts

NASA

Toxicology Analysis of Spacecraft Air

Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry (TEC) monitors airborne contaminants in both spacecraft air and water. In-flight monitors are employed to provide real-time insight into the environmental conditions on ISS. Archival samples are collected and returned to Earth for full characterization of ISS air ...

13 hours ago

NASA

Toxicology Analysis of Spacecraft Air

NASA Space Station

Space Station First: All Docking Ports Fully Occupied, 8 Spacecraft on Orbit

For the first time in International Space Station history, all eight docking ports aboard the orbital outpost are occupied following the reinstallation of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft to the Earth-facing port of the station’s Unity module. The eight spacecraft attached to the complex ...

2 days ago

NASA Space Station

Space Station First: All Docking Ports Fully Occupied, 8 Spacecraft on Orbit

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NASA discovers 'space gum' and sugars 'crucial to life' in asteroid Bennu samples brought to Earth (video)

Asteroid Bennu samples contain life-friendly sugars, a strange "space-gum," and ancient stardust

15 hours ago

NASA discovers 'space gum' and sugars 'crucial to life' in asteroid Bennu samples brought to Earth (video)

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Time travels faster on Mars than on Earth, and here's why

Measuring the time discrepancy between Earth and Mars will help make future navigation and communication systems on the Red Planet more accurate.

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Time travels faster on Mars than on Earth, and here's why

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Could future astronauts build houses on Mars with bacteria?

Would you like to live in a house on Mars made with Earth bacteria and Martian rocks?

1 day ago

Could future astronauts build houses on Mars with bacteria?

NASA

NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms

Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within Red Planet mini-twisters. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of electrical discharges —sparks — and mini-sonic booms in dust devils on Mars. ...

10 hours ago

NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms

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Next Blue Origin tourist launch will fly wheelchair user to space for 1st time

Blue Origin's next space tourist launch will make history, sending a wheelchair user to the final frontier for the first time.

5 hours ago

Next Blue Origin tourist launch will fly wheelchair user to space for 1st time

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A dying satellite could use its final moments to photograph the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029

The Australian company HEO Robotics wants to join efforts to study a rare space event, conducting its own flyby of the asteroid Apophis when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029.

1 day ago

A dying satellite could use its final moments to photograph the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029