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Russia’s Soyuz launches three to ISS

Craig Lloyd, Dec 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Early this morning, a Russian Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft launched into space toward the International Space Station carrying three men onboard to join the three crewmates already on the ISS. The Soyuz capsule is carrying NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. Read The Full Story

NASA and Roscosmos select crew for Space Station mission

Brittany Hillen, Nov 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos have selected the two lucky souls who will spend a year on the International Space Station in 2015. During this time, the ISS crew will collect data essential for human exploration of space, which, more specifically, means they'll be live experiments on how the human body reacts to space's environment. They're slated to return to earth in spring of 2016. Read The Full Story

NASA and ESA test internet-like communication protocol using Lego robot

Craig Lloyd, Nov 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

NASA and the European Space Agency have announced they have successfully tested an internet-like interplanetary communications protocol, called Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN), between astronauts on the International Space Station and a Lego-built robot in Germany. Over 225 miles separate the two. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: November 2, 2012

Eric Abent, Nov 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Friday evening everyone - the weekend is here at last, but before we dive in, it's time to recap the news. Today we heard that Microsoft might be testing out a smartphone of its own, which doesn't really surprise us considering that it just recently entered the tablet market. Apple's freshly rephrased "apology" to Samsung went live in UK newspapers today, and one analyst is expecting the iPad mini to top 1.5 million sales this weekend. Speaking of the iPad mini, we saw a drop test featuring the tiny slate today, and the tablet launched to shorter-than-normal lines for an Apple product. Read The Full Story

International Space Station sees 12 consecutive years of habitation

Craig Lloyd, Nov 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Today marks the 12th anniversary of "continuous presence in space" aboard NASA's International Space Station. The first component of the ISS was launched into space in 1998, but it wasn't until two years later when the first humans officially set foot into the Space Station -- cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei K. Krikalev, and NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd. Read The Full Story

SpaceX Dragon capsule leaves ISS, returning to Earth today

Eric Abent, Oct 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today is a pretty big day for the folks at SpaceX and NASA, as the Dragon capsule has detached from the International Space Station and will soon begin plummet toward the surface of Earth. Engineers on the ground remotely controlled the station's robotic arm as it removed the Dragon capsule from the ISS earlier today, pointing it in the right director for its return trip. To get back to Earth, Dragon will use a set a pre-programmed commands to perform a series a burns, with the final one happening in just about an hour (2:28 PM Eastern) to slow the capsule down and prepare it for re-entry. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: October 17, 2012

Eric Abent, Oct 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

It's time to begin counting down to the weekend once again, because we've hit Wednesday evening. Today we heard that the iPad Mini could launch on November 2, which makes sense considering that date is just over a week after Apple's October 23 press event. Later in the day, more sources were mentioning a November 2 release date for the iPad Mini, as well as spilling a few more details about the long-rumored device. The Isis NFC mobile payment system will apparently be launching on October 22, and Microsoft said that Internet Explorer 10 will be coming to Windows 7 in mid-November. Read The Full Story

ISS Star Trails video sings space in beams of light

Chris Burns, Oct 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you're looking for a lovely video to watch today while you eat lunch, journalist Christoph Malin has just what you're seeking - a "Star Trails" video showing time-lapse imagery captured by the International Space Station. The video you're about to see captures a collection of photos snapped by the ISS and places one image on top of another and another on another, making "Tron trails" through space. Accompanying this lovely set of images is music from a set of rather talented artists as well, starting with "Eileen" by Lee Rosevere and moving on to "Window #3" by Two Bicycles. Read The Full Story

SpaceX ISS mission HD photos released from space

Chris Burns, Oct 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you've been following the SpaceX mission with the Dragon capsule attaching to the International Space Station for a second time - this time with cargo - you'll be glad to see a lovely collection of in-person photos. These photos show the SpaceX Dragon attaching to the space station with cargo in-tact and Earth making a lovely pose in the background with a giant smile for the camera. This resupply mission has thus far been a complete success and is expected to return to our planet with another payload from the station itself as well. Read The Full Story

SpaceX Dragon fully docked with ISS

Craig Lloyd, Oct 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Earlier this morning, the SpaceX Dragon capsule was making its way toward the International Space Station to deliver all sorts of goods. The capsule was successfully grabbed by the Space Station's 58-foot-long robotic arm about two hours ago to yank it out of its orbit and pull it towards the ISS. The capsule is now fully and completely docked with the International Space Station. Read The Full Story

SpaceX Dragon engine loss had consequences for Orbcomm OG2 satellite

Eric Abent, Oct 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

The SpaceX Dragon capsule is currently on the way to the International Space Station, but today we found out that the launch didn't exactly go as smoothly as planned. A little over one minute into the launch, the Falcon 9 rocket lost one of its engines. We were told that this little issue won't affect the mission to the ISS, but now Orbcomm is saying that the engine loss had some unintended consequences for the launch of one of its OG2 telecommunications satellites. Read The Full Story