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SpaceX Releases Browser-Based ISS Docking Simulator
I do not pretend to be an expert on the subject, but I know that docking two individual objects in space isn’t easy. If you, on the other hand, think it’s a piece of cake, then a new browser-based simulation launched by SpaceX might just give you the opportunity to…
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ISS Clean Out Reveals 20 Year Old Floppy Disks
ISS Clean Out Reveals 20 Year Old Floppy Disks The International Space Station is set to shortly celebrate its 20th Birthday. Yes, incredibly, it has been 20 years now since the station opened and in terms of human achievements, it’s certainly up there with some of the best. Despite the…
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International Space Station Sends Video Of The Repaired Hole
International Space Station Sends Video Of The Repaired Hole Having a puncture can be pretty annoying. When it happens on a space station though, it’s more than a little annoying, it’s outright dangerous! That is, however, exactly what happened last week. When the ISS noticed a drop in pressure a small…
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International Space Station Hole Repaired With Tape!
International Space Station Hole Repaired With Tape! As you can imagine, having a hole in your spacecraft is generally not a very good thing. Considering we need to breathe oxygen and spaces general lack of it, you can see where this might be a bit of an issue. In a…
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Russia is Planning to Send Humanoid Robots into Space
Android Astronauts in Space According to Russian state media, the International Space station might be getting new humanoid robot residents soon. The Roskosmos space agency has now approved a preliminary plan to send a pair of FEDOR robots into space. The target timeline is aiming for August 2019. Although this is…
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Floating AI Robot Heading To the International Space Station
Robot AI Is Heading To The International Space Station If movies have taught us anything, then sending robots and AI’s into space is generally not a good idea. Generally because more often than not they try to kill us. Despite this though, it clearly seems that someone hasn’t watched enough…
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Trump Considers Privatisation Of The International Space Station
International Space Station The International Space Station (or ISS) has inspired us to look beyond our planet to other worlds. Promoting acceptance for all nations, the ISS is a symbol of a future we could have. That of course, could all be entirely shattered if, for example, we have blown…
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Russia Consider Offering ISS Trips and Spacewalks For Sale
Spacewalks For Sale! Spacewalk and trip to the ISS for sale. £70m OVNO. It sounds crazy, but that’s exactly what Russia is considering as a means of raising funds to support future trips to space and the ISS. For just £70m you could be able to take a trip on…
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HP Sending Custom Zero-G Approved Envy Printer to ISS
The International Space Station (ISS), has been in space since 1998. In fact, some of the hardware in there that they still use today are quite ancient by current standards. Although some critical research components are updated with new payloads. More mundane items are often overlooked. Take a humble printer…
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NASA Using Unreal Engine 4 Virtual Reality to Train ISS Astronauts
NASA’s traditional training program for astronauts usually includes the use of zero-G airplane rides, underwater movement and other complex schemes but their latest tool is something many gamers are familiar with—The Unreal Engine 4 in virtual reality. Current virtual reality technology mixed with the advanced graphics engines can reliably simulate…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launched Succesfully
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket after a cancelled scheduled lift-off a day prior on February 18, 9:39AM EST due to technical reasons. The launch was livestreamed a few hours ago online with a very overcast morning with light rain and was launched from the historic…
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Japan’s Latest Space Junk Collector Launched
Japan launched a cargo ship this week, heading out to the ISS and taking their new ‘space junk’ collector along for the ride. The Kounotori, which means Stork in Japanese, launched on Friday on this very interesting endeavour to clean up a bit of the space around the Earth. The…
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Would You Live in a Habitat From NASA?
When it comes to space travel, we are constantly looking at new engines and ways to reach the stars with a little more time for ourselves. The problem is, have we really looked at what we are going to do when we get there? NASA has started looking at this…
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NASA Wants More Private Use of the ISS
Space is often seen as the biggest adventure left for the human race and when it comes to finding out more about space we often have to use a platform in space to help launch and explore. The International Space Station (ISS) is often used to help study the effects…
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NASA Fail to Deploy Inflatable Space Habitat
Back in March, we found out that NASA would be testing the viability of alternative space habitats, in particular, ones of the inflatable variety. Today, the first of these habitats began to be tested on the ISS, but unfortunately, the module did not expand properly and was unable to reach its…
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