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The first-ever panoramic video filmed in outer space, produced by RT in collaboration with Russian cosmonauts, has won a prestigious prize for the best use of virtual reality at the annual Shorty Awards 2018. The most immersive way to experience a spacewalk, short of going on one yourself, is the RT video that captures a […]
Aleksey Leonov, the first person to ever step into the void of space back in 1975, shares his unique perspective with RT while reliving the experience in Virtual Reality (VR) thanks to 360-degree technology and the current crew of the ISS. “A spacewalk. It’s the most difficult, and dangerous, activity for a human. Your body’s […]
TOULOUSE, 19 OCTOBER, 2017—NASA astronauts, as well as other guests and speakers at the 30th Planetary Congress, organized by the Association of Space Explorers (ASE), shared their impressions of RT’s Spacewalk 360 project, which presented the first-ever panoramic video filmed in open space—a collaborative effort between RT, Roscosmos State Corporation and Energia Rocket and Space […]
Tuesday’s contingency spacewalk could signal the beginning of more frequent repairs on the aging space station The post Cool Spacewalk, Right? Get Ready for More—ISS Will Need Fixin’ appeared first on WIRED. WIRED
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
