Astronauts carry out International Space Station relay box repairs Irish Independent Spacewalking astronauts have made urgent repairs to the International Space Station, three days after a critical relay box abruptly failed. | The 250-mile-high replacement job fell to commander Peggy Whitson, the world's most experienced female astronaut, as she equalled the record for most spacewal...
NASA plans emergency spacewalk on International Space Station The Himalayan CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA: A pair of astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Tuesday for an emergency spacewalk to replace a failed computer, one of two that control major US systems aboard the orbiting outpost, NASA said on Sunday. | The primary device failed on Saturday, l...
‘Space sperm’ produces healthy mice, could we reproduce in space? redOrbit Sperm stored on the International Space Station (ISS) for a nine-month period has successfully been used to give birth to healthy baby mice, indicating that it may possible for humans to have children while flying to other worlds, a team of Japanese ...
Stratford middle schoolers launch their science project into space The Mercury News Most kids get a top grade or award for their winning science projects, but 10 lucky students at Cambrian Park’s Stratford Middle School get the honor of launching theirs into outer space. | The seventh- and eighth-graders taking part in the sel...
Probe into crash of ESA lander recommends more checks on ExoMars descent craft Astronomy/Spaceflight Now Artist’s concept of the Schiaparelli lander with its parachute deployed. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab | Investigators who studied the crash of the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander on Mars last year have recommended more stringent t...
The amazing world that scientists are uncovering beneath the Earth’s crust Ideas Ted There are continents to explore right below our feet — including two giant blobs 100 times as tall as Everest. Here’s how seismologist and geophysicist Ed Garnero is studying this unseen and largely uncharted territory. | For most people...
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How to Sequence DNA in Space The Atlantic The International Space Station is one big research laboratory. Its earliest research objectives, back in 2000, were pretty straightforward: keep humans alive. Since then, the numb...
Nigeria to launch Africa’s 1st nanosatellite Business Day Online Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22 lb) into the orbit, the Director-General of National S...
The 29 best indie games on PC and consoles TechRadar Update: After the developing one of the best launch titles on the PS4, Housemarque is back with its first PC game since Supreme Snowboarding in 1999. The twin-stick shooter Nex Machina is now the featured “indie game on our radar” on th...
Spacewalking astronauts pull of space station repairs Deccan Chronicle Spacewalking astronauts completed urgent repairs at the International Space Station on Tuesday, replacing equipment that failed three days earlier and restoring a backup for a vital data-relay system. | It took Commander Peggy Whitson much longer tha...
NASA plans emergency spacewalk on International Space Station The Himalayan CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA: A pair of astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Tuesday for an emergency spacewalk to replace a failed computer, one of two that control major US systems aboard the orbiting outpost, NASA said on Sunday. | The primary device failed on Saturday, leaving the $100 billion orbiting laboratory to dep...
Spotlight: Manned submersible Jiaolong shows China's mettle in science, high-tech Xinhua BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Experts are amazed at China's scientific and technological progress as the country's manned submersible Jiaolong successfully launched an exploration mission at the Mariana Trench in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. | China, they said, is much more advanced in science and high-tech and has shown its mettle in these sector...
