Womankind's giant leap: who will be the first female moonwalker?
Who will take the giant leap for womankind?
Space Exploration
Jun 15, 2019
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News tagged with space shuttle
Apollo 11 anniversary puts focus on historic achievements and returning to the moon, says Baker Institute's Abbey
With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on July 20, a new paper by George Abbey, a senior fellow in space policy at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and the former director of NASA's Johnson ...
Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2019
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Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight
Herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, according to NASA research published in Frontiers in Microbiology. While only a small proportion develop symptoms, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 15, 2019
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NASA chief acknowledges more trouble with SLS rocket
The US space agency NASA on Wednesday cast a shadow on the future of its new heavy-lift rocket, the SLS—acknowledging development delays on a project that is already years behind.
Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2019
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SpaceX capsule back on Earth, paving way for new manned US flights
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, completing a NASA demonstration mission that paves the way for the resumption of manned space flights from the US.
Space Exploration
Mar 08, 2019
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Milestone: Capsule with dummy aboard docks at space station (Update)
A sleek new American-built capsule with just a test dummy aboard docked smoothly with the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing the U.S. a big step closer to getting back in the business of launching astronauts.
Space Exploration
Mar 03, 2019
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Dragon capsule successfully separates from rocket: SpaceX
SpaceX's new Crew Dragon astronaut capsule was on its way to the International Space Station Saturday after it successfully launched from Florida on board a Falcon 9 rocket.
Space Exploration
Mar 02, 2019
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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 01, 2019
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SpaceX debuts new crew capsule in crucial test flight
SpaceX closes in on human spaceflight with this weekend's debut of a new capsule designed for astronauts.
Space Exploration
Feb 28, 2019
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Canada 'going to the Moon': Trudeau
Canada will join NASA's space mission to put an orbiter around the Moon in a few years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday.
Space Exploration
Feb 28, 2019
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Space Shuttle
NASA's Space Shuttle, officially named the Space Transportation System (STS), is the spacecraft currently used by the United States government for its human spaceflight missions and is scheduled to be retired from service in 2010. At launch, it consists of a rust-colored external tank (ET), two white, slender Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs), and the orbiter, which is a winged spaceplane in the narrowest sense.
The orbiter carries astronauts and payload such as satellites or space station parts into low earth orbit, into the Earth's upper atmosphere or thermosphere. Usually, five to seven crew members ride in the orbiter. The payload capacity is 22,700 kilograms (50,000 lb). When the orbiter's mission is complete it fires its Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) thrusters to drop out of orbit and re-enters the lower atmosphere. During the descent, the shuttle orbiter decelerates from hypersonic speed primarily by aerobraking and then for the landing phase it acts as a glider, making a completely unpowered (deadstick) landing.
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