Australia's small satellite revolution
A little piece of technology is making a big splash in Australia's space industry. So what on (and off) Earth is a CubeSat?
Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2019
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News tagged with spaceflight
Countdown as SpaceX, NASA prepare to test new astronaut capsule
NASA and SpaceX counted down Saturday to the launch of a new astronaut capsule on a week-long trip to the International Space Station and back—a key step towards resuming manned space flights from US soil after an eight-year ...
Space Exploration
Mar 1, 2019
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Space behaviour
Europe's Columbus laboratory enters its eleventh year in space with steady operations, a few upgrades and several experiments in full swing.
Space Exploration
Feb 20, 2019
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NASA set to demonstrate X-ray communications in space
A new experimental type of deep space communications technology is scheduled to be demonstrated on the International Space Station this spring.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2019
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Immune health in space
With a new crew arriving at the International Space Station, astronauts will be relieved to know that they won't have to worry about a major aspect of their immune system being compromised. While researchers know a lot about ...
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2018
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NASA probes 'drug-free' policies, safety at SpaceX, Boeing
The US space agency has ordered a sweeping safety review of operations and workplace culture, including drug-free policies, at Boeing and SpaceX, two companies working to send astronauts to space, US media said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2018
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NASA unveils sustainable campaign to return to moon, on to Mars
In December of 2017, President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive-1, in which the president directed NASA "to lead an innovative and sustainable program of exploration with commercial and international partners to ...
Space Exploration
Oct 1, 2018
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Past NASA chiefs gather for space agency's 60th anniversary
NASA chiefs going back 30 years have come together to mark the space agency's 60th anniversary.
Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2018
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NASA's record-breaking spacewoman retires as astronaut
NASA's record-breaking astronaut, Peggy Whitson, retired Friday less than a year after returning from her last and longest spaceflight.
Space Exploration
Jun 15, 2018
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Spaceflight activates cell changes with implications for stem cell-based heart repair
A new study of the effects of spaceflight on the development of heart cells identified changes in calcium signaling that could be used to develop stem cell-based therapies for cardiac repair. The impact of simulated microgravity ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 2, 2018
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