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International Space Station Configuration. Six spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragons Endurance and Endeavour; the Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter; and Russia’s Soyuz MS-21 crew ship and the Progress 79 and 80 resupply ships. The integrated NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX teams have agreed on a plan for the Axiom Mission 1 …

In this illustration, the multilayered sunshield on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope stretches out beneath the observatory’s honeycomb mirror. The sunshield is the first step in cooling down Webb’s infrared instruments, but the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) requires additional help to reach its operating temperature. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will …

The first all-private team of astronauts sent to the International Space Station arrived safely on Saturday to begin a week-long mission hailed as a milestone in commercial spaceflight. The rendezvous came about 21 hours after the four-man team representing Houston-based startup company Axiom Space lifted off on Friday from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center, riding a …

MOJAVE – New technology is being tested at the Mojave Air and Space Port, that would allow staff to identify drones flying nearby the airport, and use the information to alert other pilots of the activity to avoid complications or activity that would cause a problem. During the board meeting April 5. Security Chief Chris …

By NASA April 2, 2022 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Northrup Grumman The sixth stage of aligning NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mirrors to its scientific instruments so they will create the most accurate and focused images possible has concluded. While the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) continues its cooldown, …

If an asteroid hit the Earth, conclusion “So you burn things, kill everything in the ocean, and freeze the Earth, and it goes through about two years of constant winter,” Scharringhausen added. He doesn’t think that all life on Earth would die after a large asteroid impact, since some small creatures survived the asteroid strike …

Anton Shkaplerov (left) hands over command of the International Space Station to NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn (right) on March 29, 2022. (Image credit: NASA TV) Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov handed over “the keys” to the International Space Station today (March 29) as NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei said goodbye to the international space crew. In …

Over the years, COST Actions have become one the main instrument for research collaboration in Europe. Thanks to a large spectrum of networking tools provided by the COST Actions, researchers and innovators have a dedicated space to grow their ideas in any science and technology field by sharing them with their peers. And if science …

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (WKBN) –– Seven students at Slippery Rock University are helping NASA develop space exploration technology. Some of it could be used to land on Mars one day. Part of that work is developing a tiny microscope, made possible by a $25,000 grant from NASA. Recently there has been a spiked interest in the debate about aliens. Are they real?  On …

SDA Data Transport Layer WASHINGTON: The Space Force will be the integrator for all joint space requirements — starting with a satellite backbone for Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), service vice chief Lt. Gen. DT Thompson says. The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) made the decision, Thompson told the MilSatCom symposium today. “They’ve …