SpaceX launches four astronauts to International Space Station
The flight to the space station – 27.5 hours door to door – should be entirely automated.
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The flight to the space station – 27.5 hours door to door – should be entirely automated.
A crew member said “the Earth still looks just as stunning as always” from above during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fedor copies human movements and can help astronauts carry out tasks remotely.
The announcement was met with applause at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
The launch is a key step towards resuming manned space flights from US soil.
The supply capsule launched on Monday from Florida.
It was unclear what caused the MDM to fail.
The International Space Station’s commander surpassed the record of 534 days, two hours and 48 minutes for most accumulated time in space.
The Dragon capsule contains a docking station which would allow future spaceships to park at the International Space Station.
The blue skies made it easy to see from the International Space Station.
Astronaut Tim Peake tweeted the timelapse from ISS.
“I guess nothing can fully prepare for the feeling of being outside of a spacecraft in the vacuum of space.”
Scott Kelly is in the final stretch of a year-long mission on the ISS, which orbits Earth every 92.91 minutes.
It was a bit of an emergency situation.
We’re being watched from above right now.
Video has emerged of it spinning out of control.
The company isn’t giving up hope.
The Space X rocket will resupply the space station, but it needs to catch it first.
The pair are taking part in a mission run by NASA.
We’re one beautiful country when seen from space.
The Opera star says she’s training to sing in microgravity.
Get your glasses out.
Nimoy’s home town of Boston can be seen in the background of the image.
It might make you think your own job is a bit underwhelming…
The International Space Station can be seen in Irish skies tonight and tomorrow.
The company hopes to hone technology so that rockets can return to Earth intact for use again.
Instead of being discarded in the ocean, the booster stages could return to Earth.
And you thought you were having a wild night.
It could be the International Space Station or it could be…
Important advice for any parents of little ones.
A spacecraft arrived carrying three new astronauts and supplies yesterday.
Working on space can, no doubt, be a breathtaking experience on occasion. But it looks like it can get a little creepy out there sometimes too…
Fingers are being pointed at the 1960s era Russian rocket used by Orbital Sciences.
It was filmed from the International Space Station from Commander Reid Wiseman.