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International Space Station fires thrusters to avoid Chinese rocket debris
The International Space Station (ISS) executed evasive maneuvers Wednesday evening (April 30) to avoid a piece of passing ...
NASA astronauts step outside space station to perform the 5th all-female spacewalk
An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years ...
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Expanding the human presence in orbit faces growing risk from space debris
Low Earth orbit (LEO) is on the verge of a major expansion in crewed operations, but the proliferation of space debris could ...
How to catch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is peaking. Experts say expect to see 10 to 15 meteors per hour in ideal viewing conditions ...
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A Soviet shuttle from the Space Race is about to fall uncontrollably from the sky
Kosmos 482 was part of the Venera program, a series of Soviet probes that set the early benchmark for exploring Venus. Its ...
Sweating Spacecraft May Be the Key To Greener Space Travel
The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University is partnering with Canopy Aerospace to test next-generation ...
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NASA astronauts step outside space station to perform the 5th all-female spacewalk
NASA’s Anne McClain emerged from the International ... raised into a slightly higher orbit Wednesday evening to avoid space junk: part of a 20-year-old Chinese rocket. McClain, an Army colonel ...