Tag: #ISS
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ISS will plunge into the Atlantic Ocean in 2031
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), an independent United States (US) agency responsible for aeronautics and space research, announced that the International Space Station (ISS) will be operational until 2030 and will crash into the Atlantic Ocean in early 2031. According to the details, NASA operators will direct the ISS toward a region in the…
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Team Russia return to Earth after filming their first movie in space
The Russian crew for the movie “Challenge” return to Earth after completing their scenes for the first movie shot in outer space. Actor Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko left the ISS and had landed in Kazakhstan, There they met a crew for filming touchdown scenes. The ISS shooting was pretty dramatic, appropriate for a film…
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ISS survives a major accident after misfire of Russian module
The International Space Station (ISS), a large aircraft orbiting around the world to learn about living and working at space, was thrown briefly out of control on Thursday by Russia’s troubled Nauka laboratory module. According to the details, a potentially dangerous situation unfolded at the ISS when jet thrusters of Russia’s troubled Nauka laboratory module…
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SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS on Sunday
Washington, Nov 15 (AFP/APP):Four astronauts were poised to launch on the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Resilience” to the International Space Station on Sunday, the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring. Three Americans — Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker — and Japan’s…
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ISS moves to avoid space debris
Washington, Sept 23 (AFP/APP): Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) carried out an “avoidance maneuver” Tuesday to ensure they would not be hit by a piece of debris, said US space agency NASA, urging better management of objects in Earth’s orbit. Russian and US flight controllers worked together during a two-and-a-half-minute operation to adjust…
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First Arab on ISS returns to Earth
Almaty, Kazakhstan, Oct 3 (AFP/APP):A three-man crew including an Emirati who became the first Arab to reach the International Space Station returned to Earth safely on Thursday and were in good shape, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. Hazzaa al-Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates touched down in the Kazakh steppes at 1059 GMT along…