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[ad_1] US space agency NASA will resume its official shuttle service between Earth and the International Space Station (ISS) this weekend. On Monday night (1.27 am our time) another Falcon rocket with a Crew Dragon space shuttle leaves for the ISS. The departure was originally scheduled for the previous night, …

[ad_1] A rare kilonova explosion, in which two neutron stars appear to have merged to create a larger neutron star called a magnetar, has been observed by astronomers studying short-lived gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Wen-fai Fong, an astrophysicist at the University of the Northwest in the United States, has been researching …

[ad_1] SpaceX will send four astronauts into low Earth orbit as part of its first manned operational flight to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew, consisting of a Japanese and three US astronauts, are scheduled to take off shortly after midnight on Sunday, on a rocket and capsule system …

[ad_1] Three NASA crew members and a Japanese astronaut are ready to launch aboard a SpaceX rocket on Saturday, bound for the International Space Station on the program’s first six-month routine mission since the United States resumed spaceflight with crew in May after nine years of dependence on Russia. NASA …

[ad_1] The human body is unable to live in space for very long, so when astronauts have to stay on the International Space Station (ISS) for months, they can expect changes in their bodies, as is the case with American astronaut Scott Kelly, who has spent a year aboard the …

[ad_1] A year in space is not a walk in the park. Just ask Scott Kelly, the American astronaut who spent a year on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015. His long stay in space changed his DNA, telomeres and gut microbiome, he lost bone density and three months …

[ad_1] Could the International Space Station (ISS) become a venue for major films? It appears that the orbiting laboratory, which has cost hundreds of billions of dollars to build and maintain, is about to play that role. Recently, NASA and its international partners celebrated the 20th anniversary of the human …

[ad_1] Photographer Andrew McCarthy stumbles upon incredible photos of the sky he took from his backyard in Sacramento, California. He recently added two more stunning images to his portfolio: ultra-sharp images of the International Space Station (ISS) crossing the Sun and Moon! Since the ISS moves in less than a …

[ad_1] Photographer Andrew McCarthy stumbles upon incredible photos of the sky he took from his backyard in Sacramento, California. He recently added two more stunning images to his portfolio: ultra-sharp images of the International Space Station (ISS) crossing the Sun and Moon! Since the ISS moves in less than a …

[ad_1] Photographer Andrew McCarthy stumbles upon incredible photos of the sky he took from his backyard in Sacramento, California. He recently added two more stunning images to his portfolio: ultra-sharp images of the International Space Station (ISS) crossing the Sun and Moon! Since the ISS moves in less than a …