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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 - Achieving affordable space exploration will require lightweight structures for vehicles, solar arrays and antennas. Lightweight materials also will be used for
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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 - Achieving affordable space exploration will require lightweight structures for vehicles, solar arrays and antennas. Lightweight materials also will be used for
Mar 17, 2022

Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 17, 2022 - Crews on the International Space Station (ISS) will cope with almost unprecedented human congestion as 18 astronauts and cosmonauts arrive, work and depart from it over the next month, NASA ISS Oper
Mar 17, 2022

Orlando FL (UPI) Mar 16, 2022 - Two NASA astronauts completed a spacewalk Tuesday to prepare for the installation of new solar arrays at the International Space Station, amid tension between Russia and the United States over the U
Mar 16, 2022

Beijing (SPX) Mar 15, 2022 - US astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tension
Mar 15, 2022

Washington (AFP) March 14, 2022 - American comedian and actor Pete Davidson, who has made headlines recently for his new relationship with Kim Kardashian, is going to space as part of a six-member team on Blue Origin's next flight next week, the company said Monday.
Mar 14, 2022

Washington (AFP) March 14, 2022 - NASA on Monday insisted tensions linked to the war in Ukraine had no impact on International Space Station operations or the planned return of an American astronaut aboard a Russian capsule later this month.
Mar 14, 2022

Beijing (XNA) Mar 14, 2022 - China will carry on its moon research in the future with Chang'e-6, Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8 missions by 2030, chief designer of the country's lunar exploration program Wu Weiren said. The Chan
Mar 14, 2022

Beijing (XNA) Mar 13, 2022 - Construction work on the core module of China's Tiangong space station is proceeding steadily, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Friday. The Shenzhou-13 mission astronauts currently
Mar 13, 2022

Beijing (XNA) Mar 13, 2022 - After the Tianwen-1 mission, China will have a number of Tianwen series of planetary endeavors to explore the universe, according to a Chinese scientist. Wu Weiren, the chief designer of China
Mar 13, 2022

Moscow (AFP) March 12, 2022 - Western sanctions against Russia could cause the International Space Station to crash, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos warned Saturday, calling for the punitive measures to be lifted.
Mar 12, 2022

Cardiff UK (SPX) Mar 10, 2022 - Leading launch company Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) and European in-space manufacturing tech start-up Space Forge has announced an agreement to launch the first satellite developed in Wales in summer
Mar 10, 2022

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 - A new DNA test, developed by researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney and collaborators from Australia, UK and Israel, has been shown to identify a range of hard-to-diagnose
Mar 9, 2022

Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2022 - China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, a major defense contractor, plans to launch a technology demonstration satellite in the coming months, according to a senior researcher overseeing the proj
Mar 9, 2022

Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 08, 2022 - The NASA-funded experiment will test two technologies that could eventually enable quantum computers to communicate with each other no matter where they are located. A tiny experiment launching to t
Mar 8, 2022

Xichang (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 - China has successfully sent seven satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday. Six satellites produced by Beijing-based Galaxy
Mar 8, 2022

Beijing (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 - China's space station is expected to host six astronauts from two spaceships by the end of 2022, according to the chief designer of the country's manned space program. The Shenzhou-13 crew has
Mar 8, 2022