Chinese astronauts board space station in historic mission

Three Chinese astronauts arrived on Wednesday at China’s space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching operation of the second inhabited outpost in low-Earth orbit after the NASA-led International Space Station. The spacecraft Shenzhou-15, or “Divine Vessel”,…

China to launch 3 taikonauts on Shenzhou-15 to space station as construction completes

 Weeks, after it completed the construction of its Tiangong space station, the Chinese space agency, is set to launch three taikonauts into space. The Shenzhou-15 mission will be launched onboard the Long March -2F carrier rocket, which was recently brought into open view. While the rocket has been moved to the…

China to send monkeys into space to study reproduction

As China completes the construction of its space station, scientists are planning to do life science research in zero gravity with astronauts taking the lead onboard Tiangong. China is planning to launch a monkey to test reproduction in space, according to a report in South China Morning Post. The Chinese Academy of…

WATCH | Dragon fires in space as it heads home

SpaceX successfully splashed down its Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Florida with cargo and supplies from the International Space Station late last weekend. The aerospace company has released a video showing the complex maneuver the spacecraft has to go through after detaching from the flying laboratory before…

Space Station to change orbit today as debris from rocket launched in 1994 comes close

Hours after astronauts completed a spacewalk and replaced a broken antenna outside the International Space Station (ISS), flight controllers informed them that the flying laboratory would need to move into a slightly lower orbit Friday due to threat from space debris. Nasa is assessing orbital debris likely to fly…

Nasa scrubs spacewalk over imminent threat to astronauts from debris around Space Station

Nasa scrubbed a scheduled spacewalk on the International Space Station (ISS) over threats to astronauts from imminent debris headed towards it. The Tuesday spacewalk was intended to replace a faulty antenna system on the flying laboratory with astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron venturing out of the secure…

Russian anti-satellite missile test endangers space station crew: NASA

Aspace missile fired by Russia into one of its own satellites in a weapons test on Monday generated an orbital debris field that endangered the International Space Station and will pose an ongoing hazard “for years to come,” U.S. officials said. The seven-member space station crew – four U.S.…

Four astronauts to undock from Space Station today, SpaceX to launch four others on Nov 10

Four astronauts will undock from the International Space Station on Monday to return to Earth completing the Crew-2 mission launched earlier this year. The SpaceX Dragon capsule will detach from the flying outpost at 7.05 UTC (5.35 PM IST) and splashdown off the coast of Florida nearly eight hours later. Nasa and…