#Space station supplies launched with a pizza delivery for 7

#Space station supplies launched with a pizza delivery for 7

“#Space station supplies launched with a pizza delivery for 7” Enlarge Image Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket lifts off the launch pad at the NASA Test Flight Facility, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Wallops Island, Va. AP Photo/Steve Helber CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Northrop Grumman’s latest space station delivery includes pizza for seven. The company’s Cygnus…

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#Russia, U.S. to work together on space station after 2024: Ifax

#Russia, U.S. to work together on space station after 2024: Ifax

“#Russia, U.S. to work together on space station after 2024: Ifax” MOSCOW, Aug 4 – Russia and the United States will continue working together on the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024, the Interfax news agency cited a senior official at Russia’s space agency Roscosmos as saying on Wednesday. Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin in June suggested Moscow, whose newly attached research module briefly threw the space station off course last week,…

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#Impact of space station spin requires study, official says

#Impact of space station spin requires study, official says

“#Impact of space station spin requires study, official says” MOSCOW — Space engineers will analyze whether a glitch that caused the International Space Station to spin out of its normal orientation could have impacted any of its systems, a Russian space official said Wednesday. Sergei Krikalev, the director of crewed space programs at the Russian…

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#ISS reports scare after engine trouble with new Russian module

#ISS reports scare after engine trouble with new Russian module

“#ISS reports scare after engine trouble with new Russian module” Russia’s Nauka space module caused a scare on the International Space Station Thursday after its engines inexplicably lit up the hours after it docked in orbit. The “unplanned restart” of the module’s engines inadvertently moved the entire ISS out of position for 47 minutes, according to NASA. During…

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#’There is contact!’ Russia’s new Nauka space module docks with ISS

#’There is contact!’ Russia’s new Nauka space module docks with ISS

“#’There is contact!’ Russia’s new Nauka space module docks with ISS” MOSCOW, July 29 – Russia upgraded its capabilities on the International Space Station on Thursday after its new Nauka module, set to serve as a research lab, storage unit and airlock, successfully docked with it after a nervy journey from Earth. A live broadcast from Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, showed the module, a…

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#Xi congratulates Chinese astronauts aboard space station

#Xi congratulates Chinese astronauts aboard space station

“#Xi congratulates Chinese astronauts aboard space station” Enlarge Image In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Chinese astronauts, from left; Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng, and Liu Boming salute from aboard China’s space station core module Tianhe during a video conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. AP BEIJING — Chinese…

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#Astronauts install solar panels on ISS during daring spacewalk

#Astronauts install solar panels on ISS during daring spacewalk

“#Astronauts install solar panels on ISS during daring spacewalk” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts equipped the International Space Station with the first in a series of powerful new solar panels Sunday, overcoming suit problems and other obstacles with muscle and persistence. It took two spacewalks for French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane…

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#Can virtual reality help seniors? Study hopes to find out

#Can virtual reality help seniors? Study hopes to find out

“#Can virtual reality help seniors? Study hopes to find out” POMPANO BEACH, Fla.— Terry Colli and three other residents of the John Knox Village senior community got a trip via computer to the International Space Station in the kickoff to a Stanford University study on whether virtual reality can improve the emotional well-being of older…

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