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Russian spacewalk cut short by bad battery in cosmonaut suit

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

A Russian spacewalker had to rush back inside the International Space Station on Wednesday when the battery voltage in his spacesuit suddenly dropped. Russian Mission Control ordered Oleg Artemyev, the station commander, to quickly return to the airlock so he could hook his suit to station power. The hatch remained open as his spacewalking partner, […]

Watch China’s Tiangong space station’s solar arrays in motion

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

China recently launched the 23-tonne Wentian (“Quest for the heavens”) laboratory module of its Tiangong space station to orbit. The new module has a massive pair of “solar wings” that rotates as the space station orbits our planet. A new video released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) shows the solar arrays rotating, similar […]

Science news weekly recap: Chinese rocket debris, International Space Station robots, and more

July 31, 2022July 31, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

China successfully launched the Wentian module of its Tiangong space station last week. But this week, the country is closely monitoring the uncontrolled reentry of the debris from the most powerful rocket that it has ever built. While the thought of that may be a little hard to stomach, not all space news is so […]

NASA robots work together for the first time on International Space Station

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Humans are not alone on the International Space Station. For a while now, cube-shaped free-flying robots called Astrobees have helped astronauts with their tasks on board. Now, for the first time ever, two Astrobees have begun working independently, side by side with humans. In the past, Astrobees have operated one at a time or have […]

UAE’s Sultan Al Neyadi to be the first Arab astronaut to spend six months on ISS

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi will become the first Arab astronaut to be part of a long-term mission to the International Space Station (ISS) after he embarks on SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission scheduled for early 2023. During the mission, he will conduct scientific experiments as part of the UAE (United Arab Emirates) Astronaut Programme. According to […]

NASA, Russian space agency sign deal to share space station flights – Roscosmos

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

NASA and Russia’s space agency Roscosmos have signed a long-sought agreement to integrate flights to the International Space Station, allowing Russian cosmonauts to fly on U.S.-made spacecraft in exchange for American astronauts being able to ride on Russia’s Soyuz, the agencies said Friday. “The agreement is in the interests of Russia and the United States […]

International Space Station gets new waste disposal technology

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

NASA has successfully tested a new waste disposal technology aboard the International Space Station (ISS) developed by Texas-based waste disposal company Nanoracks. The test demonstrated a more efficient and sustainable model of removing waste from the ISS and could turn out to be a critical new utility function for all future space stations. Usually, ISS […]

OFT-2: Boeing’s Starliner to return to Earth on May 26, details on how to watch live

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will depart from the International Space Station on Wednesday for a landing in the western United States. NASA will provide live coverage of the event through NASA Television, the NASA App and the agency’s website. The spacecraft is scheduled to leave at 2.36 PM EDT on Wednesday, May 25 (12.06 AM […]