First cosmonaut rides European Robotic Arm on International Space Station: video
Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev made history by riding the European Robotic Arm (ERA) during a spacewalk outside the International…
European Robotic Arm
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MDA Space to develop new robotic arm for NASA’s Gateway lunar space station
MDA Space has been awarded a $1 billion contract from the Canadian Space Agency for the next phases…
International Space Station suffers from chronic pressure drop
The Russian space agency Roscosmos reported a pressure drop in one isolated part of the Zvezda service module…
Russian Nauka module accidentally deviates ISS from its orbit
The day had been a success. On July 29, 2021, after an eight-day trip to space and almost…
Glitch kills Nauka’s engine, scientists fight to save it
Nauka was launched on July 21, 2021, and intended to dock with the International Space Station on July…
iGA Istanbul Airport: Taking airport technology innovation to the next level
Since opening in April 2019, iGA Istanbul Airport (ICAO code: IST) has become one of the world’s leading…
Music in space: from Jingle Bells to microgravity instruments
One eerie fact about space is that it is a vacuum where sound does not travel. So, it is understandable…
Is it real? Meet MF-212, an odd modern Hungarian-Belarusian prop fighter
The history of aviation is full of projects that lead to the question: what were they thinking? Such projects might…
International Space Station astronauts return to Earth onboard SpaceX Dragon
European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency…
Amazon opens US freight hub in Cincinnati
Amazon started operations at its new US air cargo hub in Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) on August…
Lucky strike: Space debris hits and damages International Space Station
During a routine inspection on May 12, 2021, a small hole was found on the Canadarm2 robotic arm,…
Europe begins construction of its first shuttle, Space Rider
The European Space Agency (ESA) signed two contracts for the construction of a reusable space shuttle called Space…