Since 2000, there have always been humans living and working on the International Space Station — and the streak could just be getting started. National Geographic reports: On Halloween in the year 2000, a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and flew into the history books, carrying one U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the nascent…
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Oxygen supply fails on Russian segment of ISS, crew not in danger
The oxygen supply system has failed in a module on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) but the crew is in no danger, Russian space agency Roscosmos said Thursday. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-10-oxygen-russian-segment-iss-crew.html…
Russia conducts anti-satellite weapons test
Both the US and UK have expressed concern about an apparent test launch of a Russian space-based weapon. According to reports, on July 15th Russia “in… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/338370/russia-conducts-anti-satellite-weapons-test…
Breathtaking New Map of the X-ray Universe
Behold the hot, energetic Universe. A German-Russian space telescope has just acquired a breakthrough map of the sky that traces the heavens in X-rays. From a report: The image records a lot of the violent action in the cosmos – instances where matter is being accelerated, heated and shredded. Feasting black holes, exploding stars, and searingly hot gas. The data comes…
Russian space official tests positive for coronavirus after attending Soyuz crew launch to space station
A Russian space official has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Source: https://www.livescience.com/russian-space-official-iss-coronavirus.html
Russia’s Soyuz Rocket Production On Hold Due To Coronavirus
Russian officials said they’ve halted manufacturing of the country’s workhorse Soyuz rocket, which most recently flew on April 9 to carry three astronauts to the ISS in a launch that was essentially unaffected by the pandemic. Space.com reports: The news of the pandemic’s impact on its production comes from an English-language transcript released on April 10 by Russia’s government of a…
ISS crew lands in Kazakhstan after more than 200 days
A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely Friday in the steppes of Kazakhstan, greeted with extra precautions amid the coronavirus pandemic. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-04-iss-crew-kazakhstan-days.html…
US-Russian crew blasts off for International Space Station
A U.S.-Russian space crew blasted off Thursday to the International Space Station following a tight quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-04-us-russian-crew-blasts-international-space.html…
ESA and Russia delay troubled ExoMars mission launch until 2022
The ExoMars mission, a joint venture between the European and Russian space agencies, will be delayed for two years. It has already been plagued by issues and the coronavirus hasn’t helped Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237251-esa-and-russia-delay-troubled-exomars-mission-launch-until-2022/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
America Considers Declassifying Military Information on US, Chinese, and Russian Space Programs
Long-time Slashdot reader SonicSpike quotes Defense News: The U.S. Air Force’s top civilian and a key member of Congress agreed Saturday on the need to declassify a large amount of information about America’s military space programs to both intimidate foes and encourage support among the public. “Declassifying some of what is currently held in secure vaults would be a good idea,”…