As the Artemis program works toward its first lunar landing on the Artemis III mission later this decade, new lunar spacesuits are finally being tested by Axiom Space. Meanwhile, the existing spacesuits aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are showing their age. A new inspector general report detailed risks to the Station’s extra vehicular activity (EVA) capability caused by contractor and suit issues.
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The SLS program continues with preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon’s vicinity…
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MarsOtherScience
Perseverance faces challenges climbing to crater rim as sample tube supply dwindles
In August, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover began its fifth science campaign — the rover’s most ambitious…
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover arrived at the red planet in February 2021. Since then, the…
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The Orion spacecraft has reached the end of its flight on the Artemis I mission,…
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The China Aerospace Science Corporation (CASC) successfully launched the classified Shiyan-20C satellite to low Earth…
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Boeing/StarlinerEuropeanInternationalISSRussianSpaceX
May on the station: Starliner’s ISS debut, research, and spacesuit troubleshooting
May 2022 was an eventful and important month for the future of the International Space…
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Without previous warning or announcement, China’s space agency launched two satellites from Launch Complex 16…
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NASA has issued a “Request For Information (RFI)” from industry on designing the next generation…
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Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company have announced new milestones in the assembly of the…
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Russia’s next attempt to leave Low Earth Orbit is currently scheduled to liftoff at the…
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has moved into powered flight testing. The test comes early in the…
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CommercialISS
Starliner Space Suit – a modified Boeing Blue version of ACES – revealed
by Chris BerginBoeing has revealed the space suit astronauts will wear on missions aboard the Starliner spacecraft.…
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While a great deal of attention was paid to ISS during its construction phase, the…
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Commercial
NTSB SpaceShipTwo findings will serve to strengthen our resolve – Branson
by Chris BerginThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has provided details into the probable cause of the…
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CommercialISS
Saving Spaceship Dragon – Software to provide contingency chute deploy
by Chris BerginSpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk has ordered the installation of contingency abort software…
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NASA experts are evaluating the use of a modified version of the famous Space Shuttle…
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One pilot has died and another seriously injured during a test flight failure of Virgin…
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SpaceX’s next Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will involve the delivery of…
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2), slated to become the world’s first commercial manned spacecraft, is undergoing…