07 May 2021
Fears can ease over uncontrolled Chinese rocket reentry this weekend say trackers
...’s first space station last week, could result in the debris hitting populated areas this weekend can be relaxed say space tracking experts...Mike Howard said in a statement 4 May. Russian space agency Roscosmos also issued a statement at the same time...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... watercolour designs defined modules and furniture for the interiors of Soyuz, as well as the Mir and Salyut space stations. French-borm American industrial designer, Raymond Loewy’s designs for Skylab emphasised efficiency and psychological comfort...
02 February 2018
How a year in space affects your body
... spend a year floating above the earth? In March 2015, American astronaut Scott Kelly headed to the International Space Station (ISS) to take part in a year-long study conducted by NASA to improve our knowledge on the medical, psychological and...
November 2018
Creating the ‘Space for Art Foundation’
... art spacesuits, three of which have travelled to and from the International Space Station (ISS). From this diverse and creative international team, we’ve formed the Space for Art Foundation, and we are on a mission to unite heroic children around...
27 August 2019
Soyuz MS-14 successfully docks with ISS on second attempt
... commentary just after the Soyuz docked. "A flawless approach." Soyuz MS-14 is the first Soyuz capsule to visit the space station without a human crew, as the main mission objective was to test in-flight verification and validation of new motion...
10 April 2020
A recently discovered stellar black hole could be the most massive yet, say astronomers
...’s Swift observatory and their Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) – another instrument attached to the International Space Station (ISS), but this time devoted to the study of neutron stars. After detecting the signal from MAXI...
