Tag: ISS
Tech Digest daily roundup: Tesla to open up supercharger network
CEO Elon Musk confirms plans on Twitter to begin allowing access to rival EV brands at its US supercharger network later this year, with global network to follow suit. Tesla plans to open up its global charging network to allow rival brands of electric vehicles to power up their batteries in future, the company's CEO…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Virgin proposes flying taxi service
Virgin Atlantic is exploring whether it could launch a flying taxi service as part of a partnership with Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace. The airline suggests electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOL) could fly from towns to major airports. Vertical Aerospace is conducting test flights of its aircraft this year. One expert said the proposal was…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX becomes first private company to launch humans into space
Image copyright: NASA. Doug Hurley (L) and Bob Behnken (R) have flown to space twice before Elon Musk's SpaceX is to make history today when it becomes the first private company to launch humans into space. Although it will take around 10 minutes to reach its initial orbit, the mission has…
First all-female spacewalk makes NASA history
The first ever all-female spacewalk has kicked off at the International Space Station (ISS). US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir made history as they floated out of the orbiting space laboratory 12 minutes ahead of schedule at 12.38pm BST on October 18 to replace a faulty power unit. This is Ms Koch’s fourth spacewalk…
Multinational crew lifts off for International Space Station
A multinational crew made up of an American, a Russian and the first space traveller from the United Arab Emirates blasted off successfully on Wednesday for a mission on the International Space Station. A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and entered a designated orbit en route to…
Russian capsule carrying robot fails Space Station docking
A Russian space capsule carrying a humanoid robot has failed to dock as planned with the International Space Station. A statement from the Russian space agency Roscosmos said the failure to dock on Saturday was because of problems in the docking system. It said the space station itself and the six-person crew are safe. Given…
NASA to open up space station to private tourists from 2020
American space agency NASA has announced it is opening the International Space Station up to new commercial opportunities such as space tourism from 2020. Up to two short-duration private astronaut missions per year to the space station will be available through privately funded, dedicated commercial spaceflights, the agency said. Today starts a new day in…
SpaceX delays supply launch to International Space Station
SpaceX has delayed a supply run to the International Space Station. A Falcon rocket was poised to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a Dragon cargo capsule. However, a last-minute problem cropped up with the ocean platform for recovering the first-stage booster following lift-off. SpaceX said it will try again on Saturday. Standing down…
Tim Peake’s Soyuz spacecraft ‘lands’ at Ulster Transport Museum
Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland. Picture Matt Mackey / Press Eye. The spacecraft which transported the UK’s first European Space Agency astronaut, Tim Peake, to and from the International Space Station (ISS) has landed at the Ulster Transport Museum. Presented by Samsung and the Science Museum Group, The National…
Astronauts blast off to ISS less than two months after failed launch
Astronauts have blasted off to the International Space Station (ISS) less than two months after the previous Soyuz mission failed. Astronauts Anne McClain from American space agency NASA, David Saint-Jacques from the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos left aboard the Russian spacecraft from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan just…
