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NASA has thanked its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, for safely returning American astronaut Mark Vande Hei to Earth from the International Space Station on schedule. Vande Hei returned to earth with his fellow ISS passengers, Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, on Wednesday, arriving in a Soyuz capsule right on …

NASA has enough astronauts to meet “the current needs” of International Space Station missions but might soon discover that it lacks a “sufficient number of additional astronauts” for future projects. According to NASA’s Office of Inspector General report, the astronaut corps is projected to fall below its targeted size or …

“He spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his side,” they said on Wednesday, noting that Collins faced his final challenge “with grace and humility,” just as he had the other challenges of his life. “Please join us in fondly and joyfully remembering his sharp wit, his quiet sense of …

Stibbe is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida in late 2021, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said during a ceremony at his residence in Jerusalem on Monday. “This is a day of national joy, and great pride” for Israel, Rivlin said, adding that Stibbe would …

Astronaut still sure met a stranger. NASA astronaut Leland Melvin said that he had met with extraterrestrial organic being in the orbit of the spacecraft Space Shuttle. Melvin, who has spent in space more than 24 days as an engineer aboard Atlantis, has admitted that the creature he saw in …

Saturday, December 23, it became known about the death of American astronaut Bruce McCandless. He died on 21 December aged 80 years. McCandless became the first person in history who worked in space in free flight, without a mechanical connection with the vehicle. It happened in 1984 during the flight, …

Italian astronaut remotely lit the biggest “tree” in the worldThe national news Agency ANSA reported that the Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, while on the International space station (ISS) remotely lit the largest Christmas “tree” on Earth. Italian astronaut remotely lit the biggest “tree” in a world”Tree” is located in the …

Cosmonaut ISS showed a photo of the unique lake The reservoir located in the southwest of Guatemala, has no outlet and animal saprogenous volcanic ash of the valley. Cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy working onboard the International space station, published on the social network photographed from the orbit of the unique lake …

The recording was made on a conventional action camera. NASA astronaut Randolph Breznik has published a video made in space. The movie, which he took the usual action-the camera, the astronaut posted on his Twitter page. It is reported that the video was taken during a seven-hour stay of Breznik …

The object was moving with a speed of 40 km per second. Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, who is now in earth orbit, aboard the ISS, took video of the moment of occurrence of the uncertain object in the dense layers of the atmosphere in the area of the Atlantic ocean. …