ISS

Astronauts return to American section of ISS following suspected ammonia leak

Posted in Science on 15th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Astronauts took shelter in Russian compartments of the ISS as operators attempted to discern if the alarm was a toxic leak.

SpaceX capsule docks with the International Space Station

Posted in Business on 13th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

The privately built Dragon capsule has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) carrying a much needed cargo of supplies.

Spacex first stage reaches the barge but landing was too hard; ISS mission was success

Posted in Hardware on 10th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Elon Musk tweets: Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho.

NASA approves first SpaceX milestone for Crew Dragon

Posted in Hardware on 26th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

If you want to fly to the International Space Station, you're only option is to hitch a lift on Russia's 1970s-vintage Soyuz space capsules. That may not be the case for much longer.

NASA is 3D printing things in space like crazy

Posted in Hardware on 25th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

A month later, the printer has produced 20 objects based on 13 different blueprints.