But today, just several days before the anniversary of Gagarin’s journey is celebrated on April 12, RT’s guest cosmonauts will be answering questions from the audience about their travels and day-to-day life on the ISS. Посмотреть эту публикацию в Instagram Публикация от RT (@rt) Andrey Borisenko was part of two …
Read More »Despite rock bottom relations back home on Earth, Russia & US embrace space partnership for another decade of rocket-sharing
On Saturday, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin approved the proposals, extending the agreement until the end of 2030. According to a missive from officials, it will underwrite “the exploration and the use of outer space for peaceful purposes” for the best part of the coming decade. “This document is one …
Read More »Lee Camp: Why Biden’s choice to bomb outer space is so damn exciting
This article was originally published by ScheerPost. President Biden has announced he will be continuing to build Donald Trump’s Space Force — an idea Trump probably dreamed up while high on some bizarre pills his special “doctor” gave him and had left the rubber cement jar open on his desk. The Space Force …
Read More »Space sweepstakes: 2 lucky winners selected for first ALL-CIVILIAN SpaceX flight into orbit
The historic flight was the idea of billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, who is privately funding the launch as part of a campaign to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a leading pediatric cancer center in Memphis, Tennessee. Isaacman pledged $100 million towards the hospital and invited others to …
Read More »Why sleep pods are science fiction: Long-term space travelers need high-intensity exercise to protect their hearts, study says
The human heart shrinks when it is in a zero-gravity environment for a prolonged period and low-intensity exercise does not do enough to reverse the damage. Here on Earth, gravity plays a key role in maintaining the size of the heart, researchers from the University of Texas say, so long-term …
Read More »Russian cosmonaut shows how Suez Canal looks from International Space Station (PHOTOS)
“You can see it now from the International Space Station,” the cosmonaut wrote on Instagram, adding that the images show how small tugboats were trying to move the giant vessel. Посмотреть эту публикацию в Instagram Публикация от Sergey Kud-Sverchkov (@kudsverchkov) The snapshots give a good look at how the 400-meter-long …
Read More »Shooting for the stars: Boom Bust explores the future of blockchain technology in the space industry
RT’s Boom Bust talks to industry experts about the big players and what they hope to accomplish. They also discuss the future of blockchain technology in the space sector, focusing on JPMorgan’s experiment of blockchain payments between satellites orbiting Earth. “This test ultimately showed that blockchain technology could power payments …
Read More »Three UNKNOWN microbes found on International Space Station may help grow plants on MARS
The known microbe was discovered nestled in an old high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter returned to Earth in 2011. Two were found in an overhead panel of the ISS research station, while the third was found on the surface of its dining table. The first was identified as Methylorubrum rhodesianum, …
Read More »To boldly go: Russia & China increase cooperation in space, agree to jointly build scientific research station on Moon
While Russia has a long history of space exploration, China has only recently begun to make exploring the cosmos one of its priorities. On Tuesday, Dmitry Rogozin, the CEO of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, and his Chinese counterpart Zhang Kejian put pen to paper on a bilateral memorandum of …
Read More »Pepe Le Pew CANCELED from ‘Space Jam’ sequel, as sleazy skunk has his own ‘MeToo’ moment
New York Times columnist Charles Blow opened up a new front in the never-ending culture wars over the weekend, when he accused Pepe Le Pew, the cartoon skunk whose failed attempts to woo women always land him in trouble, of perpetuating “rape culture.” Though the running gag is that Pepe, …
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