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You might not want to book that trip to Mars just yet. Researchers have published a study estimating that the risk of cancer from cosmic rays is twice as high as previously thought. They’ve determined that conventional risk models are incomplete. While NASA and other groups believe that radiation-based cancer stems only from direct cell […]
Published time: 23 May, 2017 23:25 Astronauts have successfully completed an emergency spacewalk to carry out repairs on the International Space Station Tuesday. In an operation that lasted two hours and 46 minutes, astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer of NASA successfully replaced a broken computer relay box, known as a Multiplexer-Demultiplexer (MDM), which failed […]
Thomson Reuters CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) — A pair of astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Tuesday for an emergency spacewalk to replace a failed computer, one of two that control major US systems aboard the orbiting outpost, NASA said on Sunday. The primary device failed on Saturday, leaving the $ 100 […]
Published time: 12 May, 2017 21:11 Astronauts replaced an important piece of equipment on the International Space Station (ISS) – and got an amazing view of Earth – in the 200th spacewalk since the orbital post was built. The milestone procedure was delayed by an equipment malfunction. NASA’s Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson were due […]
Start your Monday morning off right by watching three astronauts return to Earth from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko are scheduled to leave the ISS in a Soyuz capsule and then make the three-and-a-half-hour journey to our planet’s surface. Though if you want to […]
To train ISS astronauts, NASA uses physical mockups, zero-G “vomit comet” airplane rides, neutral buoyancy (underwater) and other pricey and complex schemes. However, virtual reality has become a new option, allowing astronauts to do realistic training for things like maintenance in an accurate, simulated zero-G environment. The company that helped them build the sim, Epic […]
(Reuters) – Two spacewalking astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Friday for a 6-1/2-hour spacewalk, the first of three to prepare the orbiting laboratory for future commercial space taxis and to tackle maintenance chores, NASA TV showed. U.S. station commander Shane Kimbrough, 49, and French flight engineer Thomas Pesquet, 39, floated outside the […]
Inside the golden age of space photography. The post Apollo Astronauts Weren’t Just Heroes—They Were Fantastic Photographers appeared first on WIRED. WIRED
Image: NASA/SDO Space weather is dangerous. Rogue high-energy particles fired off by the Sun can damage radio communications and electronics (including voting machines) here on Earth. By altering their DNA, the radiation can also be a true health hazard to astronauts and even airplane pilots. Advertisement NASA operates a slew of space weather prediction systems, […]
NASA’s Marshall Spaceflight Center CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Trump administration has directed NASA to study whether it is feasible to fly astronauts on the debut flight of the agency’s heavy-lift rocket, a mission currently unmanned and targeted to launch in late 2018, officials said on Friday. The study marks the Republican president’s first step […]
