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The International Space Station Becomes Spicy: NASA is Growing Chile Peppers Onboard

We have to admit that many of us enjoy chile peppers on our tables, but eating them over 400 kilometres above the ground isn’t actually our idea of a satisfying meal. However, NASA is ready once again to defy some…

July 15, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The International Space Station Moves Tremendously Fast Through Space, and a New Photo Proves It

Since 1998 when the International Space Station (ISS) was launched into orbit, it had pretty simple tasks: to make us all understand our place in the Solar System and learn more about how our cosmic neighbourhood works. The space station…

June 15, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Russia Aims to Leave the International Space Station If the US Won’t Lift Sanctions

The International Space Station (ISS) is a project between five participating space agencies, including NASA and Russia’s Roscosmos. Sanctions imposed by the US on the space sector had been hindering satellite launches from Russia. As a result, Dmitry Rogozin, the…

June 8, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Space Debris Damages the International Space Station

Plenty of astronomers have raised the alarm in the past about the high amount of space debris that wanders above the Earth’s atmosphere at high speeds. Any space mission in such an area poses a risk, and a good cleansing…

May 31, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The International Space Station Throws its Most Massive Object Ever to Remain in Orbit as Space Junk

Many scientists are worried about the huge amount of space debris that’s trapped in the Earth’s orbit. In some cases, waste material even has the potential of jeopardizing the possibility for astronomers to detect space objects through their powerful telescopes.…

March 17, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Watch Video of Russian Ship’s Launch to the International Space Station

Even while in outer space, the human body still needs food and water to survive. The International Space Station members also cannot defy the basic human needs, and they will soon receive packages of food, water, fuel, and supplies from…

February 15, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

The Opportunity of Becoming an ESA Astronaut Becomes Real

Let’s admit it: most boys hoped to become astronauts when they were little. While being an astronaut is still far less exciting than we see in sci-fi movies, going to the Moon or just above the Earth’s atmosphere still represent…

February 10, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

New Chinese Spacecraft Could Dock With The ISS

Chinese experts are hard at work on the development of a new spacecraft that will be tested in the following months, and it appears that it will include new technology that should allow it to dock with the International Space…

March 31, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Astronauts Are Willing to Try Out Boeing’s Starliner Despite Its Recent Failure

Recently, Boeing’s Starliner made its debut launching, but there were some issues. Due to a problem with the spacecraft’s outboard timing mode. Such a thing was supposed to be an eight-day-full mission – with a break by the International Space…

December 28, 2019 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

NASA Doubled The Incoming Data Rate Coming From The International Space Station

NASA has increased the rate at which data coming from the International Space Station arrives at the research teams on Earth, intending to keep a similar pace on future developments on Gateway, NASA’s planned space station that will be orbiting…

August 21, 2019 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0