Space shuttle Discovery successfully launches Sunday in dusk light show
Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new ...
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STS-63, First Shuttle And Mir Rendezvous Mission
The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space ...
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OTD In Space – February 4: STS-63 Launches 'Orbital Debris Calibration Sphere'
On February 4, 1995, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery launched an itty bitty satellite called an Orbital Debris ...
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3D-printed hydrogels show promise for radiation-proof spacesuits, spacecraft
Researchers at Ghent University in Belgium are working on the development of advanced 3D-printed hydrogels for radiation ...
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The latest exhibition at BITEC BURI is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for space nerds
There is a massive space-age exhibition happening right now at BITEC BURI: the Space Journey Bangkok. Whether you are a ...
Amid an Escalating Arms Race in Space with Russia and China, Is the U.S. Falling Behind?
Rumors of a space nuke made geopolitical tensions extend into orbit. Amid an Escalating Arms Race in Space with Russia and ...
NASA Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup’s Rover Took It.
After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...
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On this day in 1995, Astronaut Eileen Collins, a former flight instructor and test pilot, becomes the first woman to pilot ...
NASA’s New, $4 Billion Space Telescope Will Unravel a Great Cosmic Mystery
“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...
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Nasa needs saving from itself – but is this billionaire right for that job?
Nasa astronauts perform maintenance on the International Space Station in 2011 It was a similar story of delays and budget overruns during the development of the Space Shuttle in the 1970s and the ...