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If SpaceX starts taking up all US astronauts, “the annual losses could be more than $200 million, a significant loss for Roscosmos’s budget of around $2 billion,” said Andrei Ionin, an expert at the Tsiolkovsky Space Academy in Moscow. In this photo, a SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken in the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Saturday, May 30, 2020. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts blasted towards orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (Photo | AP)

SpaceX success is bad news for Russia which was the sole transporter of astronauts since 2011

NASA gave up its shuttle programme in 2011 and since then has paid USD 80 million for each astronaut taken to the ISS on the Russian Soyuz.

31 May 2020 4:21 PM

After Starliner’s touchdown, teams of engineers in trucks raced to inspect the vehicle, whose six airbags cushioned its impact on the desert surface as planned, a live video feed showed. (Photo: NASA)

'Bull's-eye' landing caps Boeing's faulty astronaut capsule test mission

A software problem on Friday caused the capsule to fail to attain the orbit needed to rendezvous with the space station.

24 Dec 2019 1:00 PM

It’s SpaceX’s 19th delivery to the orbiting outpost for NASA over the past seven years. (Photo: NASA/Twitter)

International Space Station gets a delivery of 'mighty mice', and worms

Don't worry, the organisms are a part of two- muscle building, and agricultural studies taking place on board the space station.

09 Dec 2019 10:51 AM

The spacecraft was the last to blast off from the launch pad where Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went off into space onboard the Vostok 1, becoming the first man in space in 1961. (Photo: Twitter | @astro_hazzaa)

Dubai celebrates first Arab to reach ISS, Burj Khalifa lights up

Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper, lit up the moment of blast-off.

27 Sep 2019 8:41 PM

Fyodor will only stay on the ISS for two weeks to undergo some tests. (Photo: Roscosmos)

Check out the humanoid Russia sent aboard the Soyuz

Scientists have sent a humanoid nicknamed Fyodor (Skybot F-850).

23 Aug 2019 7:56 AM

It paves the way for private citizens to travel to the ISS aboard rocket-and-capsule launch systems being developed by Boeing Co and Elon Musk’s SpaceX. (Photo: AP)

Got USD 50 million to spare for a vacation? NASA to open space station to tourists

The shift reverses a long-standing prohibition against tourists and private interests at the orbiting research lab.

08 Jun 2019 10:44 AM

The set of tissue chips modelling kidneys, bone and cartilage, blood-brain barrier, and lungs is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) in the next few days.

SpaceX to send organs on a chip to the International Space Station

The organs on a chip replicate human physiological function at the cellular level.

05 May 2019 10:20 AM

NASA has awarded SpaceX and Boeing Co a total of USD 6.8 billion to build competing rocket and capsule systems to launch astronauts into orbit from American soil. (Representative photo: AP)

SpaceX suffers capsule anomaly during Florida tests

The initial tests completed successfully but the final test resulted in an anomaly on the test stand.

21 Apr 2019 10:37 AM

These microbes can cause diseases back on Earth. However, it is unclear if they will have a similar effect on the ISS’ inhabitants. (Photo: AP)

Disease-causing germs on ISS a concern for NASA

NASA explained that the biofilms' ability to cause microbial-induced corrosion on Earth could also damage the ISS infrastructure.

09 Apr 2019 11:33 AM

It is being said that the missile that shot down the satellite reportedly created at least 400 pieces of orbital debris, including 60 larger than 6-inch in size.

India's Mission Shakti a terrible thing, says NASA chief

The anti-satellite missile test could “endanger astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

03 Apr 2019 11:02 AM

NASA is paying Boeing and SpaceX about USD 6.8 billion to build rocket and capsule launch systems to return astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil for the first time since America’s Space Shuttle program went dark in 2011. (Photo: AP)

Boeing delays by months test flights for US human space program

NASA has warned Boeing and SpaceX of design and safety concerns the companies need to address before flying humans to space.

21 Mar 2019 12:02 PM

SpaceX’s 16-foot-tall (4.9 meter) Crew Dragon capsule, atop a Falcon 9 rocket, lifted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 2:49 a.m. (0749 GMT), carrying a test dummy nicknamed Ripley.

Unmanned US capsule onboard SpaceX rocket blasts off to ISS

The capsule successfully separated from the rocket about 11 minutes after the launch.

04 Mar 2019 9:02 AM

NASA has awarded SpaceX USD 2.6 billion.

NASA clears SpaceX test flight to space station

The approval cleared a key hurdle for SpaceX in its quest to help NASA revive America’s human spaceflight program.

25 Feb 2019 11:12 AM

A sensor failure two minutes after launch on Oct. 11 forced Ovchinin and Hague to perform an emergency landing from which they escaped physically unscathed. (AP file Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Space crew unfazed ahead of first launch since rocket failure

Together with NASA astronaut Christina Koch they are due to blast off for the International Space Station.

22 Feb 2019 9:36 AM

The hole didn’t pose a danger to Prokopyev and crewmates Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency. (Photo: AP)

Russia: Hole drilled from inside Int’l Space Station capsule

Investigators were looking at samples he and crewmate Oleg Kononenko collected during a Dec. 12 spacewalk.

26 Dec 2018 11:20 AM

NASA has relied on Russian rockets to ferry astronauts to the space station since the United States retired its Space Shuttle program in 2011.

Astronauts return safely to Earth from Space Station

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor landed along with her German crewmate Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency.

21 Dec 2018 11:12 AM

The launch was closely scrutinized because of the abortive mission to the ISS on Oct. 11, which ended two minutes after take-off when a rocket failure forced its two-man crew to perform an emergency landing.

Russia launches first manned voyage to ISS since rocket accident

The Soyuz lifted off at 1131 GMT from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

04 Dec 2018 11:11 AM

The images were taken from the European-built Cupola module with a camera set to take pictures at regular intervals.

Watch: Cool video of a spacecraft leaving Earth, from ISS

The spacecraft was launched atop a Soyuz rocket with 2,564kg of cargo and supplies.

24 Nov 2018 12:13 PM

The Progress MS-10 is expected to dock at the ISS on Nov. 18, Russia’s space agency said.

Russian Soyuz blasts off for ISS in first launch since accident

The rocket took off with a Progress MS-10 spacecraft at 18:14 GMT.

17 Nov 2018 9:07 AM

Two minutes into that launch, a rocket failure forced Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague to abort their mission and hurtle back to Earth in a capsule that landed in the Kazakh steppe. (Photo: AP)

'We trust our rocket', crew says ahead of first space launch since failure

Russian investigators said the rocket failure was caused by a sensor that was damaged during assembly.

16 Nov 2018 4:24 PM

The accident was the first serious launch problem experienced by a manned Soyuz space mission since 1983.

Russia plans first manned space mission since rocket failure

A Russian cosmonaut and US astronaut were forced to abort their mission on Oct. 11 and perform an emergency landing.

01 Nov 2018 8:51 AM

Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin and American astronaut Nick Hague had to abort their mission on October 11.(Photo: AP)

Russian Soyuz rocket failure caused by faulty sensor

Russian news agencies citing an official confirmed the same.

01 Nov 2018 8:25 AM

100 species of various microorganisms live aboard the ISS. (Photo: ANI)

About 100 species of microorganisms living on ISS, eroding spacecraft

Currently, there are about 100 species of microorganisms, fungi on the ISS that are considered to be a hazard for astronauts.

29 Oct 2018 10:58 AM

A Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut survived an aborted liftoff after a Soyuz rocket bound for the ISS failed in mid-air.

Russia may resume manned space flights on November 28

Russia still planned to go ahead as planned with its next manned flight to the ISS in December.

16 Oct 2018 8:56 AM

The Russian Space Agency said it still planned to go ahead with the next manned flight in December. (Photo: NASA)

International Space Station crew has enough supplies for at least six months

Russia has temporarily suspended all manned space launches after two astronauts made a dramatic emergency landing in Kazakhstan.

16 Oct 2018 8:44 AM

Rogozin on Friday posted a picture on Twitter of himself sat next to the two astronauts and said they had now arrived in Moscow. Both men escaped unscathed and feel fine, Roscosmos has said.

Rocket failure astronauts will go back into space

The two astronauts who survived the mid-air failure of a Russian rocket would fly again.

12 Oct 2018 1:05 PM

US astronaut Nick Hague, right and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), walk prior the launch of Soyuz MS-10 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Russian space rocket fails in mid-air, two-man US-Russian crew lands safely

US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin landed safely.

11 Oct 2018 6:07 PM

Dell has said it has met with investment banks to explore an initial public offering (IPO) as an alternative transaction.

ISS says renegotiating Dell tracking stock offer would be best option

Dell issued the tracking stock in 2016 to buy data storage company EMC Corp for $67 billion.

06 Oct 2018 9:50 AM

Spacewalking astronauts will help install the batteries in October. (Photo: AP)

Space station receives special delivery from Japan’s White Stork

The cargo ship known as Kounotori in Japanese arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday.

28 Sep 2018 10:31 AM

Russian cosmonauts patched the puncture with tape and sealant hours after its discovery. (Photo: AP)

Russia weighs in on possibility of deliberate act in space station damage

Crew members last week found the hole - roughly 2 millimeters in diameter - on the inner wall of Russia’s Soyuz module.

06 Sep 2018 8:40 AM

Discovery flew every kind of mission the Space Shuttle was designed to fly, from Hubble’s deployment to the delivery and assembly of International Space Station modules and more. (Representational Image: Pixabay)

Google lets you board the 34-years-old Discovery Space Shuttle

The 360-degree video was captured using Google’s Halo camera, and takes us along with the astronauts.

02 Sep 2018 10:37 AM

Russia’s manned space program director, Sergei Krikalev, told state news agency Tass on Friday that the leak was patched.(Photo: AP)

Russia: ISS air pressure restored after leak

The leak, which was discovered Thursday, was traced to a small hole in one of the Russian Soyuz capsules docked at the station.

01 Sep 2018 11:12 AM

Gerst played a duet of Kraftwerk’s 1978 song “Spacelab.” (Photo: AP)

Astronaut performs with Kraftewerk from space

Video posted shows German astronaut Alexander Gerst “dropping in” for a live performance from the ISS.

22 Jul 2018 5:31 PM

The pontiff got his own space suit with his country's flag and a white cape.

Pope receives personalised space suit fitted with a white cape

Astronauts from the International Space Station gave the Pope blue jump suit with a white cape.

11 Jun 2018 7:19 AM

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (Photo: AFP)

Big proxy adviser ISS does not support Zuckerberg in proxy vote

The advisory firm suggested Facebook create a formal committee to nominate board candidates.

17 May 2018 9:03 AM

The effort is part of SpaceX's mission to lower the cost of space flight by re-using costly, multimillion-dollar components that typically have been discarded into the ocean after each launch. (Photo: Space X Twitter)

Reused Falcon 9 delivers cargo to ISS

Monday's trip marked SpaceX's 14th resupply mission for NASA under a $1.6 billion contract.

03 Apr 2018 3:09 PM

After the long procedure to open the hatches between the Soyuz and the space station, the trio will join station residents Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Two Americans, one Russian dock with International Space Station

On board the capsule were NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.

24 Mar 2018 9:19 AM

US astronaut Randy Bresnik rests in a chair shortly after he and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy landed in their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Photo: AP

Space capsule with 3 astronauts returns to Earth

The three were pulled out of the capsule within 20 minutes and appeared to be in good condition.

15 Dec 2017 10:50 AM

The first-ever pizza party in space is getting sky-high reviews.

Astronauts make and eat pizza from scratch on International Space Station

NASA took pity on Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli's pizza craving and shipped up all the ingredients on an Orbital ATK capsule.

05 Dec 2017 10:22 AM

The extra-large science load includes a cosmic ray monitor, a mini satellite with cheap, off-the-shelf scopes for potential military viewing, and 20 mice for an eye and brain study.

SpaceX Dragon delivers scientific bounty to space station

The Dragon holds 3 tons of cargo, mostly research.

17 Aug 2017 9:52 AM

Their arrival means the US space agency now has four crew members instead of three available for medical experiments, technology demonstrations and other research aboard the station, the US space agency said.

Three-man crew reaches space station as US boosts research

The men will join two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut already aboard the station, a project of 15 nations.

29 Jul 2017 8:34 AM

As part of Phase II, the team will continue to refine the design concept developed in Phase I and work with NASA to identify key system requirements for the Deep Space Gateway.

Scientists developing deep space habitat for NASA

The prototype will integrate technologies to keep astronauts safe while onboard and operate the spacecraft autonomously when unoccupied.

27 Jul 2017 4:28 PM

SpaceX will recover the spacecraft and take it back to California. (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX craft returns to Earth after 2nd space station trip

A SpaceX Dragon capsule that brought supplies to the International Space Station has splashed down as planned in the Pacific Ocean.

04 Jul 2017 8:45 AM

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX's first recycled Dragon arrives at space station

It was originally flown on SpaceX's fourth re-supply mission in 2014.

06 Jun 2017 8:14 AM

The refurbished Dragon cargo capsule soared into space aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:07 pm (2107 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Elon Musk’s Space X blasts off first recycled spaceship to ISS

SpaceX blasted off a shipment of food and supplies for the astronauts living at the International Space Station.

05 Jun 2017 10:09 AM

The world was a different place when Thomas Pesquet arrived on the International Space Station (ISS) on November 20 for a six-month mission. (Photo: AFP)

Astronauts return after marathon ISS mission

Pesquet and Novitskiy arrived at the station on November 20 for a six-month mission with American Peggy Whitson.

03 Jun 2017 8:04 AM

Tuesday's spacewalk lasted less than three hours — exceedingly short by NASA standards. Whitson has now tied the record for most spacewalks by an American — 10 — and moved up to third place on the all-time spacewalking list.

Astronauts pull of space station repairs

NASA scrambled to put together a spacewalk so there would be a backup in case that second unit failed

24 May 2017 8:11 PM

Peggy Whitson has also achieved the title of being the first woman to command the space station twice and the only woman to have led NASA's astronaut corps

Trump congratulates Whitson for breaking US space record

Trump impressed with astronauts for achieving breakthroughs in space, tired of politicians

25 Apr 2017 10:22 AM

A Soyuz MS-02 capsule brings Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko and US astronaut Shane Kimbrough back home after a 173-day mission to the International Space Station

US, Russian crew lands after six-month stay on space station

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough was accompanied by Russian space agency cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Andrei Borisenko

11 Apr 2017 7:40 AM

Miles Soloman, an A-level student at Tapton school in Sheffield (Photo: BBC)

British teen corrects NASA data error

A 17-year-old schoolboy in the UK has pointed out an error in the data recorded by NASA on the International Space Station

25 Mar 2017 8:03 PM

'Lost' Chandrayaan-1 found orbiting Moon: NASA

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with Chandrayaan-1 on August 29, 2009, almost a year after it was launched.

10 Mar 2017 3:44 PM

NASA’s ISS cameras stream a real-time live view of the Earth from multiple cameras onboard. Click on the video below to see the Earth from the ISS in real time.

Video | Take a ‘live’ look at the Earth from the ISS in real time

The video comes from NASA HDEV cameras allowing for hd streaming from space!

18 Feb 2017 11:48 AM

There is also the challenge of knowing where the space station will be, relative to Earth and at what time

NASA captures image of ISS crossing Sun

The ISS orbits the Earth at an altitude of about 330 to 435 kilometres that it would be very difficult to see it directly

01 Jan 2017 9:28 PM

The Progress MS-04 cargo craft broke up at an altitude of 190 km (118 miles) over the remote Russian Tuva region in Siberia. (Photo: ISS)

Space ship malfunctions, breaks up over Siberia: Russia

Roscosmos said the craft was operating normally before it stopped transmitting data 6 minutes after the launch.

02 Dec 2016 8:33 AM

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