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.