International Space Station Archives

In a first, an AI assistant for astronauts is headed to the International Space Station

Jul 1, 2018

An artificial intelligence companion built to assist astronauts launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Friday, making it the first robot with AI ever sent into space. Dubbed the Crew Interactive Mobile...

Sunday’s SpaceX launch successful, reusable booster lands unharmed

West Side Story

Feb 19, 2017

Business, Innovation, Science

A SpaceX launch from the Kennedy Space Center, to resupply the International Space Station, proceeded successfully on Sunday morning. The launchpad off the central Florida coast has a rich history, as the start...

NASA to carry Microsoft HoloLens to International Space Station

Jamie Hacking

Jun 28, 2015

Innovation

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will have a veritable tool which will provide them superior vision for repairs and other operations. The tool is Microsoft’s virtual reality headset, HoloLens. ...

US-Russian crew sent to international space station for a year-long Sojourn

US-Russian crew reaches International Space Station for a year-long Sojourn

Cody Gash

Mar 28, 2015

Innovation

A NASA TV broadcast showed this Friday in Kazakhstan, Russia blasted a rocket off its Baikonur Cosmodrome, on a year-long flight towards International Space Station. The capsule is carrying cosmonauts Gennady P...

Smart – Glasses for Astronauts on a mission to International Space Station

Cody Gash

Mar 16, 2015

Innovation

Astronauts will soon be adorning smart glasses that will help in provision of training while on Earth. This is according to NASA who indicated that being a hands free device, astronauts would do their job to pe...

SpaceX calls off the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket due to technical faults

Charles Omedo

Jan 7, 2015

Innovation

Technical faults have necessitated SpaceX to abort the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket at the last minute of take-off. The Dragon cargo-bearing ship was scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station (...

Astronauts aboard the ISS to now enjoy quality espresso coffees

Astronauts aboard the ISS to enjoy quality espresso coffees now

Charles Omedo

Dec 1, 2014

Innovation

If astronauts aboard the International Space Station orbiting space have missed quality espresso coffees for some time, then they are in for a good time because they can now enjoy it to the fullest aboard the I...

First successful 3D printing completed by astronauts aboard ISS

Charles Omedo

Nov 26, 2014

Innovation

Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts have made a success of printing in 3D and relayed the proof back to Earth. They have proven that it is actually possible to print or create some things in spac...

Astronauts in ISS take a day off to feast and celebrate Thanksgiving in Zero Gravity

Charles Omedo

Nov 26, 2014

Innovation

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station 250 miles or 400 kilometers above Earth’s surface will not be missing-in-action where this year’s Thanksgiving celebration is concerned. Currently living in the...

Russian Astronauts arrive International Space Station despite broken solar array

Charles Omedo

Sep 26, 2014

Innovation

A crew of three has arrived the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz, a Russian spacecraft capsule. The three were made up of two Russian astronauts and an American, including another female cosmonaut, ...

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