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NASA to collaborate with ISRO on space station development, says Bill Nelson
28Nov By adminNo Comments
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NASA to collaborate with ISRO on space station development, says Bill Nelson

[ad_1] In a significant diplomatic overture, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Tuesday the United States' readiness to partner with the Indian space agency ISRO in the construction of its very own space station. Touching down in India for a week of strategic engagements, Nelson revealed that discussions between the two nations also involve plans to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) by the close of the upcoming year."The selection of astronauts is determined by ISRO. NASA will not make the selection," clarified Nelson to a gathering of reporters, emphasising the collaborative nature of the venture. He went on to express the United States' willingness to join forces with India in the development of a space station if such ambitions arise, PTI repo...
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Voyager Space and Airbus deepen tie-up on new space station
3Aug By adminNo Comments
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Voyager Space and Airbus deepen tie-up on new space station

[ad_1] U.S. space venture company Voyager Space and Airbus said on Wednesday they will co-operate more closely in the race to build a private version of the International Space Station.The two companies announced plans in January for Airbus to provide design support for Voyager's Starlab, one of three projects pre-selected by NASA to draw up plans for a potential commercial successor to the ISS. On Wednesday, they said Airbus would become a core partner in a newly planned venture to develop, build, and operate the orbital research post, expanding Europe's role in the project. The size of the shareholdings and financial details were not disclosed. Voyager Space also declined to discuss funding plans.Starlab is one of three private concepts designed to replace the aging ISS, a football fi...
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NASA looks to spice up astronaut menu with deep space food production
30May By adminNo Comments
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NASA looks to spice up astronaut menu with deep space food production

[ad_1] In the 2015 sci-fi film "The Martian," Matt Damon stars as an astronaut who survives on a diet of potatoes cultivated in human feces while marooned on the Red Planet.Now a New York company that makes carbon-negative aviation fuel is taking the menu for interplanetary cuisine in a very different direction. Its innovation has put it in the finals of a NASA-sponsored contest to encourage development of next-generation technologies for meeting the food needs of astronauts. Closely held Air Company of Brooklyn has pioneered a way of recycling carbon dioxide exhaled by astronauts in flight to grow yeast-based nutrients for protein shakes designed to nourish crews on long-duration deep-space missions. "It's definitely more nutritious than Tang," said company co-founder and Chief Technol...
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Latest four-member SpaceX crew, including cosmonaut, welcomed aboard space station
7Oct By adminNo Comments
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Latest four-member SpaceX crew, including cosmonaut, welcomed aboard space station

[ad_1] A four-member SpaceX Crew Dragon team safely docked with the International Space Station (ISS). A four-member SpaceX Crew Dragon team, including a Russian cosmonaut and the first Native American woman sent to orbit, safely docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday and moved aboard to begin a five-month science mission. Rendezvous of the latest NASA expedition to the orbiting laboratory came just after 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) following a 29-hour flight to the ISS as the two vehicles circled the globe some 250 miles (420 km) above Earth off the west coast of Africa, according to a NASA webcast of the docking. The autonomously flying Crew Dragon capsule, dubbed Endurance, was lofted into orbit on Wednesday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's K...
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International Space Station gets 3 new residents after Russian Soyuz capsule launch
22Sep By adminNo Comments
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International Space Station gets 3 new residents after Russian Soyuz capsule launch

[ad_1] The International Space Station welcomed three new residents Wednesday following a smooth Russian launch. The International Space Station welcomed three new residents Wednesday following a smooth Russian launch. The Soyuz capsule rocketed into orbit from Kazakhstan and, just three hours later, pulled up at the space station. American Frank Rubio checked in for a six-month stay along with Russians Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.Rubio, a doctor and former Army parachutist from Miami, rode up on the Soyuz under a new crew swap agreement between the two countries. The agreement was finalized in July despite tensions over Moscow's war in Ukraine, a sign of continuing Russia-US cooperation in space. Under this cash-free...
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