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2024-10-10, 17:49 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

NASA's Orion spacecraft is designed to keep astronauts safe in deep space, protecting them from the unforgiving environment far from Earth. During the uncrewed Artemis I mission, researchers from ...

2024-10-10, 12:17 ESA

With all instruments integrated, the first MetOp Second Generation-A, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite is now fully assembled and on schedule for liftoff next year. Meanwhile, its sibling, MetOp-SG-B1, ...

2024-10-10, 12:02 ESA

Approximately 41 000 years ago, Earth's magnetic field briefly reversed during what is known as the Laschamp event. During this time, Earth's magnetic field weakened significantly?dropping to a ...

2024-10-10, 08:01 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Space biology topped the research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday as the Expedition 72 crew explored how weightlessness affects exercising, veins, and plants. Meanwhile, ...

2024-10-09, 13:25 ESA

The Sentinel-1C satellite, the third satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, has arrived at the European spaceport in French Guiana for liftoff on the Vega-C rocket at the end of 2024. The ...

2024-10-09, 08:53 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

The International Space Station offers a unique microgravity environment where cells outside the human body behave similarly to how they do inside the human body. Tissue chips are small devices ...

2024-10-09, 08:38 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Engineered heart tissues in space showed impairments that led to increased arrhythmias and loss of muscle strength, changes similar to cardiac aging. This finding suggests that the engineered ...

2024-10-09, 08:23 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

The seven NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station relaxed and took a break on Tuesday before the SpaceX Crew-8 mission leaves. Meanwhile, the four Roscosmos cosmonauts stayed busy ...

2024-10-09, 08:08 NASA Newsy

With Hurricane Milton approaching the area, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida went into HURCON II on Thursday, Oct. 8. NASA Kennedy's Hurricane Conditions rank IV, III, II, and I, indicating ...

2024-10-08, 08:09 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Space biology and physics were the main focus of research operations for the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station on Monday. Meanwhile, four Commercial Crew members are waiting ...