Tag: Space station
Yearender: Xinhua’s Top 10 World News Events of 2022
BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) — The following are the top 10 world news events of 2022 selected by Xinhua in chronological order: © Provided by Xinhua RCEP enters into force, sending a strong voice from Asia on integration The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) officially entered into force on January 1, marking the launch of […]
Russia is exploring projects to replace the International Space Station after 2024: Roscosmos
We don’t know how much longer after 2024, but until 2024 the work will continue nominally and in accordance with international agreements,” Krikalev said at the press conference. Krikalev also said that if there is a technical reason to stop the operation of a certain element of the ISS, Roscosmos will coordinate such a measure […]
Russia withdraws from the International Space Station
In key development Yuri Borisovwho was appointed to head Roscosmos earlier this month, said Russia would fulfill its obligations to other partners before it exits the project. Borisov added that “the decision to leave the station after 2024 has been made,” Sky News reported. The remarks came during a meeting with the Russian president Vladimir […]
The space station ISS – therefore a cold war in space threatens
ISS has been called a peace project and has in many ways been a successful international cooperation between a number of different countries. There, the astronauts have been guinea pigs for research on how humans react for a longer period of time in the weightlessness of space, to better understand how life on, for example, […]
Andreas Mogensen returns to Space
Andreas Mogensen, the first Dane to enter the room, will return soon. After a 10-day stay at the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015, Mogensen plans to return on a six-month mission – either in July 2023 or more likely in 2024. The best thing for the astronaut is that this time he will be […]
New research reveals that being in space destroys red blood cells
“Space anemia has been reported continuously as astronauts returned to Earth after the first space flights, but we didn’t know why,” said lead researcher Dr. Guy Trudel, a rehabilitation doctor and researcher at Ottawa Hospital and a professor at the University of Ottawa. “Our research shows that as we enter space, more red blood cells […]
Four astronauts splash safely down the Gulf of Mexico
Astronauts splashed off the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida on Monday, completing the agency’s second long-running commercial crew mission into international space. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshideand an ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet returned to the country in a parachute-assisted […]
The astronauts back on earth after six months
In the USA, the spacecraft SpaceX with four astronauts from the space station ISS has landed in the sea outside Panama City in Florida, reports the news agency AFP. The astronauts – who have now been picked up by boat – returned to Earth after being on the ISS for six months. The US space […]
Cool the planet
Grandiose plans to cool the earth and save the planet from overheating by using low-tech balloon flights that spray particles into the atmosphere to reflect solar radiation back to outer space has been delayed, no one knows for sure when or if it will continue. The planetary cooling scheme called the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment […]
