SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is about to make history. The SpaceX mission is scheduled to launch on Tuesday (August 26) morning, where four people will be sent to orbit for about five days aboard the Crew Dragon capsule. The mission will take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This quartet is believed to go …
Billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on August 22 took to social media to post about his company’s new space mission — the first-ever private spacewalk. “This will be the first spacewalk by a commercial company and the furthest from Earth anyone has traveled in over half a century!” Musk, posted on his social media …
For years, astronauts on spacewalks around the International Space Station (ISS) have relieved themselves using disposable diapers inside their spacesuits. However, now scientists say that they have devised a new way that could recycle astronauts’ urine into drinkable water within minutes. According to New Scientist, researchers in New York developed an 8-kilogram device that could …
ISS Spacewalk: A spacewalk by NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Matt Dominick, scheduled for June 13, was unexpectedly cancelled Wednesday evening due to a reported issue with spacesuit comfort. The spacewalk, scheduled for around 8:30 am EDT (6 pm IST), was called off just an hour before it was set to begin. NASA said …
SpaceX unveiled the advanced “Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suit” on Saturday, designed for a spacewalk during its upcoming mission “Polaris Dawn”, the space company’s inaugural flight of its human spaceflight programme. According to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, “Polaris Dawn” marks the programme’s first of three human spaceflight missions, with a target launch to orbit. The suit’s 3D-printed …
A Russian Progress cargo ship carrying more than 5,570 pounds of equipment and supplies docked at the International Space Station early Sunday after a two-day rendezvous. Cosmonauts working at a control station inside the lab complex remotely guided the spacecraft into port after its automated rendezvous system lost alignment during final approach. The Progress MS-25/86P …
NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara spent six hours and 42 minutes outside the International Space Station (ISS) to carry out maintenance work. The astronauts accidentally dropped a tool bag during the spacewalk. Updated Nov 14, 2023 | 12:01 AM IST Astronauts Accidentally Drop Toolbox During ISS Space Walk (Photo: X/@NASA) NASA astronauts Jasmin …