ISS
Chinese space station: Beijing invites world to join its project as ISS support falters
Posted in Hardware on 2nd Jun, 2018
by Alex Muller
China just declared it's building a new space station. With Beijing inviting the world to climb aboard, is this the start of a new space race?
Trump administration reportedly moving to privatise the International Space Station
Posted in Business on 11th Feb, 2018
by Alex Muller
The Trump administration is planning to privatise the ISS instead of simply decommissioning the orbiting international experiment in 2024.
Genes in Space-3 Successfully Identifies Unknown Microbes in Space
Posted in Science on 31st Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller
To identify microbes aboard the ISS would be revolutionary for the world of microbiology and space exploration.
Spacex has successful ISS mission with reused rocket and Dragon capsule
Posted in Science on 19th Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller
This mission marks the first time SpaceX has flown both a flight-proven Falcon 9 and a flight-proven Dragon spacecraft in the same mission.
BEAM's first year on ISS expands potential of inflatable space habitats
Posted in Hardware on 29th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), a prototype inflatable space station module, has now been attached to the ISS for a year.