Medicine & TechnologyHeads of various space agencies agree on sending initial missions to the moon before Mars. They believe it will be the key to the success of much tougher journey to the red planet.
5 astronauts named Nick Hague, Shannon Walker, Joe Acaba, Serena Aunon- Chancellor, and Ricky Arnold were selected for the crew team by NASA for taking part in upcoming international space station missions.
Recently a UFO evidence has come into the limelight when a video leaked on YouTube on 2nd March. The Video alleged that a mysterious large unknown flying saucer-like vessel appeared on the onboard cam screen of International Space Station or ISS.
Carrying around three tons of supplies, SpaceX's Dragon failed to have a rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) on Feb. 22. This is actually due to glitch with the navigation system of the Dragon.
SpaceX confirmed yesterday that their Dragon capsule successfully departed the International Space Station and successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean both on time and on target.
NASA and the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, known as America Makes, are hoping that additive construction innovators will design a deep space exploration habitat and then fabricate it in a new competition worth US $1.1 million for each of two winners. Phase One registration opened at the Bay Area Maker Faire on Saturday, and the second stage begins September 27.
Fans of shoot-em-up sci fi everywhere will be thrilled with the latest proposal for freeing the International Space Station (ISS) from the need to repeatedly alter its trajectory to avoid crashing into space junk. Researchers from the Riken Computational Astrophysics Laboratory of Japan want to use a laser system to zap dangerous space debris on a collision course with the ISS.
The unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft that malfunctioned causing the Russian space program to lose control of the craft as it made its way to the International Space Station last week, will fall to Earth later this evening.
The government has made a commitment to extend Canada's support and participation in the International Space Station mission for another four years, or until 2024. The announcement was included as part of the new federal budget.
Since 1998, the International Space Station has stood has a symbol of global cooperation even at times when the participating countries weren't seeing eye to eye. It's 15 modules have been inhabited continuously since 2000 and over the years it has played host to almost 200 astronauts and cosmonauts from 15 different nations. However, despite countries extending support until 2024, this could all still come to an end.