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NASA astronaut and Expedition 43 crew member Terry Virts enjoying the view from the Cupola. Photo Credit: NASA The Expedition 43 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) completed work on more biological investigations last week, along with performing maintenance on components of their $100 billion orbiting home and workplace. Studies for […] NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg inside the Cupola component of the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA At the robotics workstation in the International Space Station’s Cupola, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, participates in onboard training activity in preparation for the grapple and berthing of the Japanese “Kounotori” H2 Transfer Vehicle-4 […] Image Credit: Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization managing research onboard the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory, today announced a four-week contest titled “What Would You Send to the ISS?”, which is open to the […] Expedition 36 flight engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Aleksandr Misurkin completed Russia’s longest ever EVA on Friday, Aug. 16. Photo Credit: Roscosmos It was a record that hadn’t been challenged since the days of Mir in 1990, but on Friday, Aug. 16, it was smashed by Expedition 36’s Russian flight engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and […] Roscosmos Chief Vladimir Popovkin has been reprimanded by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Photo Credit: Ria Novosti On August 2, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev issued an official reprimand to Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin citing incompetence. […] Photo Credit: NASA On Wednesday, July 10, Naoki Okumura, president of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), met with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden in Washington, D.C. to discuss the future cooperation between space agencies, including support for the International Space Station. […] Angular velocity sensors installed upside down may account for the July 1 Proton-M launch taking a nosedive. Photo Credit: Tsenki TV It appears a likely culprit of the July 1 Proton-M launch failure has been discovered. In the first English-language report, Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb, relates that investigators combing through wreckage from the […] Photo Credit: Mark Usciak / AmericaSpace The Last — This image, snapped by AmericaSpace’s Mark Usicak, shows Space Shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The final launch of the shuttle era took place two years ago today. Like what you see? Then check out: Retro Space Images Want to keep up-to-date […] Photo Credit: Roscosmos / Vesti.ru In the days since the spectacular failure of a Proton-M rocket seconds after its July 1 launch, a few more details have surfaced to shed a little light on the event. So far, most sources are being reported as anonymous and no information has been made public by […] Photo Credit: Tsenki TV At 8:38 a.m. local time on July 2, a three-stage Proton-M with Block DM-03 upper stage took off from Baikonur Cosmodrome’s launch pad 24 at launch complex 81 carrying three GLONASS-M navigation satellites. Less than a minute later, the rocket and its cargo was back on the ground in […] |
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