SpaceX’s workhouse Falcon 9 rocket, which flew NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station, is powered by liquid oxygen, rocket-grade kerosene, and Linux. …read more Source:: Linux
Tag: International Space Station
NASA astronauts launch from America in historic test flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon
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•For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station. …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers observe evolution of a black hole as it wolfs down stellar material
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•On March 11, an instrument aboard the International Space Station detected an enormous explosion of X-ray light that grew to be six times as bright as the Crab Nebula, nearly …read more Source:: Science
Genes in Space-3 successfully identifies unknown microbes in space
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•Being able to identify microbes in real time aboard the International Space Station, without having to send them back to Earth for identification first, would be revolutionary for the world …read more Source:: Science
U.S., Russian crew poised to launch to space station
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts were preparing to head for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz rocket on Friday as replacements …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Station crew heading home after record-long U.S. spaceflight
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko began their return to Earth on Tuesday after nearly a year aboard the International Space Station, …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
NASA delays space station cargo run due to mold on packing bags
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – NASA’s next cargo run to the International Space Station will be delayed for at least two weeks after black mold was found in two fabric …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Russian cosmonauts breeze through spacewalk outside space station
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Two veteran Russian cosmonauts returned to the International Space Station on Wednesday after replacing experiment equipment that is testing how materials and biological samples fare …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
NASA adds commercial mini-shuttle to station supply fleet
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – NASA hired a third company to fly cargo to the International Space Station, adding an innovative space plane built by Sierra Nevada Corp to the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
NASA adds commercial mini-shuttle to space station supply fleet
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – NASA hired a third company to fly cargo to the International Space Station, adding an innovative space plane built by Sierra Nevada Corp to the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews