-
Personal Links
Tag Archives: International Space Station
Dragon splashes down with mouse-tronauts
SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule was set loose from the International Space Station today and returned to Earth with more than 3,800 pounds of cargo and experiments, including a set of live mice that will be studied after their stint in zero gravity. … Continue reading
U.S.-Russian trio makes quick space trip
Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut arrived at the International Space Station tonight for a five-month tour of duty after a quick six-hour trip on a Russian Soyuz craft. With Russia’s Alexander Misurkin as commander and NASA’s Mark Vande Hei and … Continue reading
Space station patch goes all in on Star Wars
Factual and fictional worlds collide in the latest mission patch associated with the International Space Station’s role as a U.S. national laboratory. Virtually every element on the patch ties in to the Star Wars saga, including the droids BB-8, K-2SO … Continue reading
Peggy Whitson ends record-setting space trip
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two other spacefliers capped off a record-setting orbital mission today with their return from the International Space Station. The trio, also including NASA’s Jack Fischer and Russia’s Fyodor Yurchikhin, landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan … Continue reading
Posted in GeekWire
Tagged International Space Station, NASA, Peggy Whitson, Soyuz, Space
Leave a comment
SpaceX sends supercomputer to space station
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has sent a robotic Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station with three tons of supplies and scientific experiments, including a supercomputer that could help blaze the trail to Mars. The Spaceborne Computer project, pioneered … Continue reading
Posted in GeekWire
Tagged Computer Science, Dragon, Falcon 9, International Space Station, NASA, Space, SpaceX
Leave a comment
‘Kidney on a chip’ gets set for space
A stack of card-sized gizmos that test the effects of drugs, toxins and weightlessness on human kidney cells is due to take a ride to the International Space Station as early as next year – and researchers at the University … Continue reading
Posted in GeekWire
Tagged Biotech, International Space Station, Medicine, Space, University of Washington
Leave a comment
Russian cargo ship tightens up orbital parking
With today’s arrival of a Russian Progress cargo ship, the International Space Station now has three robotic spaceships and a Soyuz lifeboat parked at its ports. Two days after its launch from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome, the robotic Progress ship hooked … Continue reading
