First private astronaut mission to space station readies for launch
The International Space Station (ISS) is set to become busier than usual this week when its crew welcomes aboard four new colleagues from Houston-based startup...
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Astronauts return safely to Earth from Space Station
Three members of the International Space Station’s crew returned safely to Earth on Thursday, landing in Kazakhstan on a Russian Soyuz craft, Nasa reported. It was the...
International Space Station crew has enough supplies for at least 6 months – Russian official
The crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has enough fuel, oxygen, water, and food to last at least six months, Vladimir Solovyov, flight director...
Rocket carrying space station crew fails in mid air, crew safe
A booster rocket carrying a Soyuz spacecraft with a Russian and U.S. astronaut on board headed for the International Space Station failed mid-air on Thursday,...
U.S., Russian, Japanese crew blasts off for space station
A trio of U.S. and Japanese astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan on Sunday for a two-day trip to the International Space...
Astronaut to boost Cyprus’ space credentials
THE head of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) will be one of the few people to have direct personal contact with European Space Agency’s...
US-Russian crew reaches space station with one empty seat
A scaled-down, two-man US-Russian crew arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, six hours after blasting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a...
SpaceX counts down to first launch after rocket explosion
By Irene Klotz SpaceX plans to blast off a rocket on Saturday for the first time since a launch pad explosion in the fall sidetracked...
US-Russian crew blasts off for space station
A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a two-day journey to the International Space Station. The Soyuz space...
For the first time, scientists to sequence genes in space
Given her background in researching some of the deadliest pathogens on Earth, including Ebola, colleagues of newly arrived astronaut Kate Rubins had expected her to...
