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SpaceX, Boeing Design Risks Threaten New Delays for US Space Program

Eric M. Johnson 21/02/2019

NASA's safety advisory panel cited four "key risk items"...

SpaceX spacecrafts the Dragon and the DragonRider sit on display at the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne

SpaceX, Boeing Face Delays in NASA Crew Launch Programme

Joey Roulette 12/07/2018

The report from the government accountability office said that the issues...

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How the Whalers of Moby-Dick Could Help Put Humans on Mars

Matthew Bruen 07/01/2018

There are astonishing parallels between the whaling industry and...

The International Space Station (ISS) crew members (L to R) Paolo Nespoli of Italy, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Russia and Randy Bresnik of the US walk after donning space suits, shortly before their launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan July 28, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov

Three-Man US Crew Reaches ISS to Boost NASA Research

Irene Klotz 29/07/2017

They will join two NASA astronauts and a Russian...

FILE PHOTO - The International Space Station is seen in this view from the space shuttle Discovery

NASA Astronauts to Go on Emergency Spacewalk Outside International Space Station

Irene Klotz 22/05/2017

The astronauts will venture outside to replace a computer...

A NASA image shows the International Space Station as it flew over Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft docked to the station in this photo taken by the Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA on April 6, 2016 and released on April 8, 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Tim Peake/ESA/NASA/Handout via Reuters

Five Human Spaceflight Missions to Look Forward to in the Next Decade

Chris Arridge 30/04/2016

The next decade will see a remarkable mix of...