16 May 2016
NASA Invests in the Future of Technological Development
... Force Propulsion, Joshua Rovey, University of Missouri in Rolla Flight Demonstration of Novel Atmospheric Satellite Concept, William Engblom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida Further Development of Aperture: A Precise...
06 July 2016
The next trio of intrepid explorers head to the ISS
... cells on the spacecraft’s solar arrays. The newly arrived Expedition 48-49 crew will be greeted by Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA and Flight Engineers Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and together, the crew members...
07 July 2016
Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft launched successfully from Baikonur
... “black box” that records and stores various data. The crew will be welcomed by Expedition 48 commander Jeffrey Williams, Soyuz TMA-20M commander Alexey Ovchinin and flight engineer Oleg Skripochka, who have been on the...
25 July 2016
Supernova "Matryoshka" Discovered in Local Group
.... The research group used a high resolution 2D spectrograph (Galaxy Halpha Fabry-Perot System, or GhaFaS) on the William Hershel Telescope to detect these superbubbles. According to the measurements obtained in the course of the study, the bubbles...
27 September 2016
Astronomers observe possible water vapour plumes on Europa
... was not the first feature the team behind the discovery intended to see. The team, led by William Sparks of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, had originally planned to find out whether the enigmatic...
21 October 2016
Soyuz MS-02/48S successfully docks with the ISS
... been the only crew members on the ISS since September 6 th, after the departure of Expedition 48 members Jeff Williams, Alexey Ivchinin and Oleg Skripochka. Kimbrough and Expedition 50 were supposed to launch on September 23 rd, but their voyage...
