A new country launches a mission to Mars. A space expert explains what this means for the Middle East and the African continent.
This Bioculture System will let biologists learn about how space impacts human health by studying cells grown in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station.
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Why are scientists trying to grow organs at the International Space Station? People live on Earth not in zero-gravity. A stem cell expert explains why it is useful to do these experiments in space.
People in a special airplane flight get to float like there is no gravity – just like astronauts.
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The distance between the ISS and Earth is the same as about 3,850 football fields. To bring the station down, rockets will lower it a bit, and then gravity will send it crashing the rest of the way.
To intercept the ISS, the capsule must match the station’s speed, altitude and inclination.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A.
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SpaceX’s launch of astronauts to the International Space Station will make it the first private company to launch humans to space. The effort has ramifications for NASA and spaceflight in general.
Astronaut Peggy Whitson at the International Space Station in 2016.
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Two defunct satellites passed within metres of one another, prompting renewed focus on the dangers of space debris. But with many satellites treated as military secrets, how do we track the hazards?
The ISS is a collaboration between the space agencies of Canada, Russia, Japan, Europe and the United States.
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The International Space Station is the biggest human made structure in space and the third brightest object in the sky. But the living conditions for the six astronauts on it are quite cramped.
Was the International Space Station the scene of space’s first crime?
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NASA is reportedly investigating the first alleged crime in space. But criminal jurisdiction aboard the International Space Station is much more straightforward than it would be for space tourists.
The future of lunar exploration and space travel will be possible only through advances in robotic design and implementation.
People do live outside Earth – on the International Space Station! But humans have had to find a way to make the conditions there more like what we’re used to at home.
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Compared to other governments’ support of lunar business and technology, Canada needs to be more strategic and active in lunar exploration or we will be left behind.
Are space twin Scott and Earth twin Mark no longer identical?
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Before sending humans to Mars or the moon, scientists need to understand what long-term space living does to the human body. Now results are coming in from the Kelly brothers in the TWINS Study,
What makes more sense: Sending a human or a robot to Mars?
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As commercial spaceflight companies lower the cost of reaching space, nations can launch more missions. But while astronauts are great for whipping up enthusiasm, is a manned mission worth the cost?
The SpaceX Crew Dragon is docked to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX’s advances in space technology have reduced barriers to space and changed the direction of American space policy, but it is not without its challenges.