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…
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US Space Force prepares X-37B space drone for aerobraking maneuver
The US Space Force is preparing to execute a series of orbital maneuvers with its X-37B Orbital Test…
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…
The evolution of space food: from squeezable tubes to cosmic culinary marvels
When we think about sitting down to a meal in space, we tend to conjure up images of…
1,000 ‘Legonauts’ travel near edge of space on stratospheric balloons: video
Lego joined forces with Czech-Slovak space experts to launch 1,000 minifigures on a journey to the edge of…
European Space Force: what are the space capabilities of European nations?
The militarization of space, temporarily on hold following the end of the Cold War, is once again a…
Cygnus spacecraft reaches ISS despite issue with solar array
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft has successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) three days after it was…
NASA, SpaceX to collaborate on plan to save the Hubble Space Telescope
NASA and SpaceX have signed a Space Act Agreement to study the feasibility of boosting the Hubble Space…
Space Launch System vs Starship: the battle of the mega rockets continues
Fate has not been particularly kind to NASA’s new mega rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). However, it…
Whatever happened to NASA’s ambitious space-based solar factory from the 1970s?
During the Cold War there was no shortage of projects that could have come straight from the pages…
Space every day: Exploring the history of space flight with Margaret Weitekamp
Every day is Space Day for Margaret Weitekamp, chair and curator of the space history department at the…
Russia and Kazakhstan squabble over Buran shuttle prototypes
The head of Baikonur cosmodrome, Dauren Musa, has responded harshly to Russia’s efforts to relocate and restore certain…
International Space Station receives solar power upgrade
After three spacewalks, astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough completed the installation of new solar panels outside the…
When are we going to have space flight attendants?
There’s an interesting scene in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, where a pen is captured floating in…
MAKS: the space plane An-225 Mriya was supposed to launch
Everybody knows and loves the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world’s heaviest and arguably largest aircraft. Many know about…
What does the future have in store for the International Space Station?
It has been orbiting the Earth for 23 years. But in 2024, the partnership between the different nations…
Spaceport, airliner, Putin’s plane: past ideas for second An-225 Mriya
The An-225 Mriya is unique in many aspects: it is the heaviest and arguably the largest operating aircraft…
SpaceX Dragon capsule reaches International Space Station
Four astronauts on board of the SpaceX Dragon capsule safely docked with the International Space Station (ISS) around…