Tag Archives: Manned spacecraft

NASA Space Shuttle carrier 747 prepares to head to its new home in Houston

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The NASA Space Shuttle was the ticket to orbit and the ISS for the US for decades. A series of tragic events happened over the years of service for the shuttle and the spacecraft was finally retired...

NASA Cuts Ties With Russia For Most Space Operations

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It seems that space isn’t immune from Earth-side politics. In a statement issued today, NASA confirmed that due to “Russia’s ongoing violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial...

Russian Soyus Docks with ISS after delay

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arriving fashionably late, a Russian spacecraft carrying three astronauts docked with the International Space Station Thursday evening 250 miles over Brazil. The crew aboard the...

Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two Tests Thrusters and New Protective Coating

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Virgin Galactic is getting ready to have its first commercial flight later this year. As it ramps up for that flight, the company is conducting test flights to be sure everything about the spacecraft...
    






Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus Spacecraft Arrives At The Space Station

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At 8:05 EST AM Sunday morning, Orbital Sciences‘ Cygnus spacecraft successfully connected to the International Space Station’s Harmony Node, marking a success for the company’s first contracted...
    






SF to charge Google, others with employee shuttles

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San Francisco to charge Google, Facebook, others using public bus stops for employee shuttles SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco announced plans Monday to start regulating employee...
    






Hop On This Robot: It will Shuttle You Around Town

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The days when we will zip around in our own self-driving cars are still far, far away, but you might find that kind of technology sooner in public transit networks such as the one that a French...
    






Astronauts Complete Repairs On International Space Station

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At 2:23pm EST, Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins successfully completed the installation of a new ammonia cooling pump on the International Space Station, completing a repair of a faulty...
    






ESA’s New Gossamer Sail System Aims To Float Dangerous Space Junk To A Fiery Death

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Anyone who’s seen the Oscar-baiting visual spectacle that is Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, knows in vivid 3D detail just how dangerous space debris can be. Leaving aside the...
    






Russia to Send SAR-401 Android to the ISS

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Russia has been showing off a new Android that it plans to send to live and work on the ISS. The robot looks a lot like a copy of the NASA and GM Robonaut android. Russia's android is called SAR-401...