International Space Station Is About To Get Crowded, And It's Running Out Of Beds
3 years, 10 months ago

International Space Station Is About To Get Crowded, And It's Running Out Of Beds

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International Space Station Is About To Get Crowded, And It's Running Out Of Beds Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy NASA Courtesy NASA The International Space Station might be bigger than a football field, but it's equipped with just seven permanent sleeping pods, each about the size of a phone booth. SpaceX is launching NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. Sponsor Message Having to figure out problems like sleeping arrangements and bathroom capacity for a larger crew is a sign that NASA is entering a new chapter for the International Space Station. The agency's $6 billion Commercial Crew Program relies on private companies SpaceX and Boeing to launch astronauts to the station, ending a nearly decade-long gap of U.S. launches after the space shuttle program ended.

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NASA's latest space launch: 'Stranded' astronauts and messy politics
1 week, 1 day ago

NASA's latest space launch: 'Stranded' astronauts and messy politics

NPR  

NASA's latest space launch: 'Stranded' astronauts and messy politics toggle caption AP/NASA No earlier than Friday, a SpaceX capsule is planned to carry four astronauts to the International Space Station, delayed from the original planned Wednesday launch attempt. toggle caption NASA "They had a SpaceX Dragon there as an emergency lifeboat, to bring them back at any time they needed …

SpaceX capsule with crew of four docks with International Space Station
3 years, 4 months ago

SpaceX capsule with crew of four docks with International Space Station

Firstpost  

It took 21 hours for the flight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the glittering outpost. Cape Canaveral: A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts pulled up Thursday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring. The one German and three US astronauts said it was an emotional moment when they first spotted the space station 20 miles distant …

SpaceX launches four astronauts to International Space Station
3 years, 4 months ago

SpaceX launches four astronauts to International Space Station

India TV News  

SpaceX launches four astronauts to International Space Station The crew launch marked SpaceX's fourth for NASA in 1-1/2 years and the company's fifth passenger flight overall. A SpaceX rocket has carried four astronauts toward orbit, including the 600th person to reach space in 60 years. The repeatedly delayed flight occurred on Wednesday, just two days after SpaceX brought four other …

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day space station mission
3 years, 4 months ago

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day space station mission

India TV News  

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day space station mission NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan's Akihiko Hoshide and France's Thomas Pesquet should have been back Monday morning, but high wind in the recovery zone delayed their return. Four astronauts returned to Earth on Monday, riding home with SpaceX to end a 200-day space station mission that …

Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival
3 years, 10 months ago

Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival

Hindustan Times  

The International Space Station's population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX's third crew capsule in less than a year. Crew 2 member JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide of Japan is embraced by his compatriot Crew 1 member JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi as he and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet of France are welcomed as they arrive aboard …

Biggest space station crowd in decade after arrival of SpaceX's crew capsule
3 years, 10 months ago

Biggest space station crowd in decade after arrival of SpaceX's crew capsule

India Today  

The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year. A recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts arrived at the space station a day after launching from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center. The Dragon capsule was used for SpaceX’s first crew launch last May, while the Falcon …

Astronaut: SpaceX Dragon beats shuttle, Soyuz for launching
4 years, 4 months ago

Astronaut: SpaceX Dragon beats shuttle, Soyuz for launching

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The most experienced astronaut on SpaceX’s newly launched crew said Thursday that riding a Dragon capsule to orbit is like being inside the actual mythical beast, and a lot more fun than NASA’s shuttles or Russian flights. SpaceX delivered its second crew of astronauts to the International Space Station late Monday night, just 27 hours after …

International Space Station welcomed its first crew 20 years ago
4 years, 4 months ago

International Space Station welcomed its first crew 20 years ago

Daily Mail  

The first astronauts arrived on the International Space Station 20 years ago today, marking the start of two decades of continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit. The first astronauts arrived on the International Space Station 20 years ago today, marking the start of two decades of continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit Previous British astronauts who have headed to the …

NASA announces names of four astronauts on SpaceX Crew Dragon-2 flight to space station in 2021
4 years, 7 months ago

NASA announces names of four astronauts on SpaceX Crew Dragon-2 flight to space station in 2021

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The astronauts will launch in 2021 and will spend around six months on the International Space Station. NASA has already announced the new batch of astronauts that will be travelling to the International Space Station as part of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon 2. The four Crew-2 astronauts have a mission duration of around six months and will be sharing the space …

Life on ISS: What it’s like to live on the space station
5 years, 5 months ago

Life on ISS: What it’s like to live on the space station

CNN  

CNN — When it comes to business travel, astronauts take the cake. The six space scientists and engineers who live and work in the International Space Station are traveling at a speed of five miles per second – orbiting Earth once every 92 minutes. “We’ve had continuous human presence on the space station for 19 years now,” said NASA spokeswoman …

International Space Station to stay open until 'at least 2024', NASA says
11 years, 2 months ago

International Space Station to stay open until 'at least 2024', NASA says

ABC  

The International Space Station will operate for an additional four years, until 2024, the US space agency NASA has announced. "This is a tremendous announcement for us here in the space station world," said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. The ISS is the largest space lab ever built, about four times bigger than …

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