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The long-awaited manned flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner is delayed once again. Its launch was originally planned for the end of April (or rather, not earlier than April 22), but it was recently postponed to the first half of May. However, unlike numerous previous postponements (lasting several years), this change in schedules is not […]
Swedish astronaut Marcus Wandt, who was a member of the Axiom-3 expedition and spent more than two weeks on the International Space Station, shared an amazing video from space, where you can see a powerful thunderstorm. “Thunderstorms are a powerful and beautiful phenomenon that can be observed, including from space,” the astronaut wrote in his […]
NASA has shown a photo of the golden glow of the Earth’s atmosphere, which was taken from the International Space Station (ISS), Space reports. Atmospheric glow, or air glow, occurs when sunlight interacts with atoms and molecules in the upper layers of the Earth’s atmosphere. Nitrogen, oxygen, sodium, and ozone molecules are excited by ultraviolet […]
Scientists plan to send a new robot surgeon to the ISS. Its successful test will pave the way for the use of similar facilities on Earth. A manipulator will also be sent into space to move various cargoes in zero gravity. A robotic surgeon may soon enter the orbit of our planet. Although it won’t […]
NASA has shown a photo of two dwarf tomatoes that were lost 8 months ago on the International Space Station (ISS), Space.com reports. In the photo, you can see how the 17% humidity on board the ISS affected the food that was in a special Ziploc bag. Despite the fact that almost a year had […]
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen has managed to capture a rare atmospheric phenomenon known as a red sprite. The red sprite is a rare form of upper-atmospheric lightning that was confirmed to exist about 30 years ago. Such cold plasma discharges occur over thunderstorm clouds that form at an altitude of 40 to […]
ISS astronauts find tomato that disappeared 8 months ago, former suspect can now sleep peacefully. The 2.5 cm (1 inch) wide Red Robin dwarf tomato was part of the last harvest for the Veg-05 experiment, which was overseen by American astronaut Frank Rubio, Space.com reports. After the harvest on March 29, 2023, each ISS astronaut […]
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have witnessed a Russian cargo ship burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere, Space reports. The Russian Progress MS-23 cargo spacecraft lifted off from the ISS on November 29, carrying old equipment and household waste that is no longer needed on the station. Only 4 hours after Progress MS-23 […]
NASA will soon begin testing the Dream Chaser, the first commercial spaceplane capable of orbital flight. The aircraft will be used to replenish supplies at the International Space Station. Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser will be an alternative to SpaceX’s spacecraft. The aircraft will be tested at NASA’s Ohio Test Site for one to three months. […]
On board the International Space Station, which orbits the Earth at an altitude of about 400 kilometers above the planet’s surface, scientists have for the first time cultivated and grown mouse embryos in microgravity. The results of the experiment, designed and led by molecular biologist Teruhiko Wakayama of Yamanashi University, showed that mouse embryos can, […]