April 19, 2022 In a major advancement for telemedicine, a digital rendering of a doctor made a house call to the International Space Station last year. NASA flight surgeon Josef Schmid, MD, AEXA Aerospace CEO Fernando De La Pena Llaca, and their teams were on Earth when their images visited the space station through “holoportation,” … Read more
Hailed as a milestone in commercial spaceflight, the first all-private team of astronauts ever launched to the International Space Station (ISS) arrived safely at the orbiting research platform on Saturday to begin a week-long science mission. On Friday, a team of four-man representing Houston-based startup Axiom Space Inc lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, … Read more
NASA, however, shrugged off Rogozin’s comments that US sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine could “destroy” the two countries’ teamwork on the ISS. Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the chief of Moscow’s space programme has warned that sanctions imposed on the country could lead to the International Space Station (ISS) losing orbit and crashing. Roscosmos Director-General … Read more
On January 30, Matthias Maurer took to microblogging site Twitter and shared the pictures with netizens. Matthias Maurer, an astronaut onboard the International Space Station, left the internet in awe when he shared pictures of the Earth from the space station. Even the astronaut could not tell the shapes and lines in the desert. The … Read more
The spacewalk was set to be undertaken by Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron, both NASA astronauts. (Representational image: NASA) NASA spacewalk: Debates around space junk are heating up in light of a study on orbital debris and the fact that the International Space Station had to manoeuvre out of the way of a defunct Chinese … Read more
The project is backed by Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, the state-run Channel One and the Yellow, Black and White studio. (Roscosmos via AP) A new space race is upon us and, like 60 years ago, the Russians have once again one-upped bitter rivals the United States. The Soviet Union became the first nation state … Read more
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 crew carried out medical research during their space mission, talked to their family back on Earth, and enjoyed the company of a xenomorph, like those seen in Aliens. But they also took time out to capture the breathtaking views of the Earth through the huge glass dome named “cupola” on the SpaceX Dragon … Read more
The picture showed not just the lights of India and neighbours Pakistan, but also captured the well-lit border that separates the two countries. (Twitter/International Space Station) International Space Station (ISS) astronauts have a habit of throwing up some truly out-of-the-world pictures that leave enthusiasts spellbound. And they were at it again recently with the ISS … Read more
The video was posted on Saturday and has garnered 1.1M views followed by 119K likes and 871 comments (Photo: Screengrab/ Instagram) Astronaut Thomas Pesquet is known for sharing content, video clips that leave people mesmerised. You will not only see him sharing pictures taken of the Blue planet from the International Space Station (ISS) but … Read more
The French space agency CNES is partnering with its national scientific research centre on the project. (Photo credit: Twitter/ISS Research) Blob sent off to International Space Station: The European Space Agency has launched a single-cell slime mould to the International Space Station. Nicknamed Blob, scientists will use the natural slime mould to observe it in microgravity. … Read more