Magnetically-levitated Flies Offer Clues to Future of Life in Space “Using powerful magnets to levitate fruit flies can provide vital clues to how biological organisms are affected by weightless conditions […]
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Video: China Uses "America The Beautiful" on Their Space Station Propaganda
Space Oddity? China Plays ‘America the Beautiful’ During Space Lab Launch, Spacecom “State broadcaster CCTV and the Chinese space agency collaborated on a short video to mark the liftoff of […]
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Sudden Self-doubt in Russia
Space Failures Raise Uneasy Questions, Moscow Times “The Progress failure triggered a wave of talk about how far the space program has fallen since legendary Soviet days. But Igor Lisov, […]
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Emptying The Space Station of Humans?
Space station could be at risk if crews are forced to leave temporarily, USA Today “NASA International Space Station Program Manager Mike Suffred says evacuation is a distinct possibility in […]
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NASA Picks NGO to Manage ISS National Lab Research
NASA Selects Nonprofit to Manage Space Station National Lab Research “NASA has selected the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc. (CASIS) to develop and manage the U.S. […]
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ISS National Lab: Two Weeks Late – Still No Word
Keith’s note: According to the ISS National Lab Management Entity CAN the “anticipated selection announcement” was 31 May 2011. That day came and went last week. Nothing was announced. Given […]
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China's Space Station
China unveils its space station, Nature “The International Space Station (ISS) is just one space-shuttle flight away from completion, but the construction boom in low-Earth orbit looks set to continue […]
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Excalibur Almaz Ships 2 Space Stations to Isle of Man
Excalibur Almaz Space Stations Arrive on Isle of Man “Excalibur Almaz Limited (EA), the international commercial space exploration company, is exporting two partially completed Almaz space stations from Russia to […]
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China's Space Station (Update)
China to launch manned space lab around 2020: report, Reuters “China said on Wednesday it would launch a space lab to be manned for long stretches within about 10 years, […]
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Another Commercial Space Station Emerges
Orbital Technologies and RSC Energia to Launch World’s First Commercial Space Station “Orbital Technologies and Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energria) announced today their intentions to build, launch, and […]