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Hey kids, wanna clock the ISS? ESA's Astro Pi challenge runs your code in space
Send astronauts nice pixel art, or try something a little harder The next round of the European Space Agency's Astro Pi challenge is open, inviting participants to use the diminutive computers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to calculate the orbiting outpost's speed....
Japan's space agency to build a digital twin of its ISS module – right before it retires
It's the space economy, stupid Japan's space agency announced on Thursday it is making an open source digital copy of its International Space Station (ISS) module, in what it is calling the world's first "Space Digital Twin."...
SpaceX Dragon gives ISS a helping hand with altitude
Demonstration paves way for more reboosts before station's eventual deorbit NASA and SpaceX have demonstrated the Dragon spacecraft's ability to reboost the International Space Station (ISS) with a 12-minute, 30-second burn of the freighter's Draco thrusters....
SpaceX Crew Dragons swapped so ISS crew can go home early
'Stranded' Starliner astronauts set for a March homecoming The crew of the Boeing Starliner test mission is set to return to Earth ahead of schedule after managers decided to swap the Crew Dragon originally planned for the Axiom-4 flight with Crew-10....
No rest for the rocketry as NASA's Easter weekend heats up
Returning crew and a vital supply launch distract managers from chocolate eggs The US Space Agency has a busy few days ahead as a trio of International Space Station (ISS) residents prepare to return to Earth this weekend, and a critical SpaceX Dragon freighter is readied for launch on Monday....
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule docks to the International Space Station
Plenty of tortillas onboard but not quite so much science this time SpaceX's latest cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) - CRS-32 - just docked to the orbiting outpost, bringing extra crew supplies, which resulted in the deferral of several science payloads....
NASA was eyeing ISS crew cutbacks before Trump's budget landed
Will the US President take credit for that one as well? NASA was already considering reducing crew size on the International Space Station (ISS) before cuts to the agency's budget were proposed....
ISS is still leaking air after latest repair efforts fail
Russian boffins searching for root cause in their segment of the outpost, former cosmonaut says The International Space Station (ISS) is still leaking air from the Russian segment of the outpost despite efforts to eliminate the losses....
NASA changes the rules of the game for commercial space stations
Aiming to shrink the post-ISS gap, but less orbit time for NASA astronauts? NASA has moved the goalposts for companies seeking to replace the aging International Space Station (ISS) and changed the minimum capability required to four crew for one-month "increments." The change means that the permanent occupation of the ISS will be a thing of the past, at least as far as the US space agency is concerned....
Super-sized space freighter delayed on way to ISS, leaving snacks in jeopardy
Crew will have to wait a little longer for science supplies, spares, and 'fun food' NASA has delayed a supply delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) after the engines of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft did not perform as expected during an orbit-raising burn....
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