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The cylindrical object that survived the burning in the atmosphere of a battery pad discarded in 2011 from the International Space Station hit a home in Florida three years later. Photo: NASA

Space Debris Hits Florida House * Wake Up Call  

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Although the chance of space debris directly hitting humans or property on Earth is relatively low, the risk is increasing as more and more objects are thrown into orbit around the Earth. Scientists and space explorers are calling for coordinated international action to address the problem and prevent catastrophic scenarios in the future
The actress Ariana de Bos in the movie ISS (from the promo released by the Bleecker Street company)

The International Space Station: how NASA plans to destroy it - and the dangers involved in the film and in reality

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On 19/1/2024, a film titled ISS was released in the US, which describes an international incident that takes place on the space station following a war between blocs. In reality, the astronauts and cosmonauts work together despite the conflict between Russia and the West, but the end of the station is already in sight
Megan MacArthur, NASA's Mission 65 pilot to the International Space Station, works in the Zero Gravity Science Glove Box and exchanges samples for an experiment called Barrier Sealed Ampoule Coagulation, or SUBSA. The physics experiment investigates experimental methods for coagulating solutions in zero gravity and is expected to lead to reduced fluid movement in the solution, Which will allow for a better distribution of the components and the potential to improve the technology used to produce semiconductor crystals. Photo: NASA

NASA will increase chip manufacturing experiments in space

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The space agency says that the industry alone will not be able to move forward and it is required to cooperate with the government and academia. This can help solve bottlenecks that slow down progress in the field
© Airbus 2023; Airbus Defense and Space GmbH 2023

Airbus unveiled a concept for a space station with artificial gravity

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Airbus offers a "multi-purpose route module" known as the Airbus LOOP. The station includes three decks - and for the first time in the journeys of the human race outside the atmosphere and gravity of the Earth - also a centrifuge that will create gravity for the crew members but only in a small part of the module Airbus offers a "multipurpose orbit module" known as Airbus LOOP. The station includes three decks - and for the first time in the journeys of the human race outside the atmosphere and gravity of the Earth - also a centrifuge that will create gravity for the crew members but only in a small part of the module
Jessica Meir takes a picture from the observation window of the International Space Station. Photo: Astronaut Andrew Morgan

A new exhibition at the Rupin Academic Center presents astronaut Jessica Meir's photographs from space

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The exhibition: Jessica Meir, 'View from above' - an astronaut's impressions and reflections on our planet will be on display until May, admission is free
Welcoming the sixth joint NASA and SpaceX crew by the rest of the 68th crew of the International Space Station, February 3, 2023. Photo: NASA

Team 6 arrived at the space station in SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, with astronaut Emiri on board. Will stay in space for 6 months

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Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev are pictured during a spacewalk on April 28, 2022, monitoring the station's new European robotic arm, which they also worked on during the 18/8 spacewalk that was interrupted by a malfunction in Artemyev's space suit

The spacewalk was stopped. The cosmonaut was called back to the space station

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Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev received an order from the control center in Moscow to return to the station as soon as possible due to a malfunction in his space suit's battery
The Zvezda module, at the bottom left of this image, is one of six Russian segments of the International Space Station and houses the engines used to keep the station in orbit. Photo: NASA

Russia's withdrawal from the space station could lead to its early destruction and the severing of another Russian connection with the West

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Yuri Borisov, the new head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said in a meeting with Vladimir Putin on July 26, 2022 that future efforts will focus on a new Russian space station.
NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Kjell Lindgren greet "Rosie the Rocketeer" inside the Boeing Starliner spacecraft shortly after opening its hatch.

After many delays - an experiment, so far unmanned for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft

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The spacecraft, which was launched on May 19, 2022, is now attached to the International Space Station. It is "manned" with a dummy whose purpose is to maintain the spacecraft's center of gravity to simulate a manned flight
The International Space Station. Photo: depositphotos.com

The Russian space agency intends to leave the International Space Station

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However, no official announcement has yet been made, and even then, the Russians are obliged to give a year's notice in advance
A Soyuz spacecraft is approaching the space station. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The head of the Russian space agency threatens: we will stop providing stabilization services to the International Space Station "from our side it will fall on the USA or Europe"

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Director of Roscosmos Dimitri Rogozin referred to the DMS-R facility used to navigate the station, although it was designed by the European Space Agency and integrated into the Russian component of the Zavezda space station * Also, the Progress cargo spaceships occasionally provide station orbit raising services * Elon Musk suggested that the SpaceX cargo spaceships perform the track repairs in place of the ruins
Sergey Kryklav in an official photo of the Russian Space Agency

Buried in space - the story of the cosmonaut who was abandoned in space

In 1991, cosmonaut Sergey Krikalev made one of the most difficult decisions of his life: to stay on the Soviet space station indefinitely. He did this even though he knew that the country that sent him into space had disintegrated, and there was no one to replace him
Photo: The test site for the exposure of bacteria to space on the outside of the Japanese Kibo module on the International Space Station. The experiment tested between 2015 and 2018 how many years bacteria can survive in space. Photo: JAXA / NASA

Bacteria can survive a journey from Earth to Mars

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A Japanese experiment on the space station looked at how bacteria can survive in space conditions and transfer life from one planet to another.
Benken and Hurley, right, join the existing crew of the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

The astronauts on the joint mission to SpaceX and NASA have arrived at the space station

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Right to left: Chris Cassidy, Jessica Meir, Andrew Morgan. Photo: NASA

Watch: The 63rd crew took off to the space station * "The whole world joins the isolation on the station"

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The Israeli Stemmed radiation protection suit is on display at the International Space Station. Photo: Astronaut Jessica Meyer, NASA

The Israeli Stemmed radiation suit was unveiled on the International Space Station

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NASA head Jim Bridenstine with Avi Blasberger head of the Israel Space Agency and Dr. Oren Milstein CEO of Stamrad. Photographed by Moran Kogan

The Israeli radiation shield will be flown to the space station on Saturday, and will be tested by the two astronauts

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The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft as photographed on August 24, 2019 during its docking attempt at the space station. Photo: NASA

An unmanned spacecraft failed to dock at the International Space Station. Another attempt - Tuesday morning

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An organ on a chip in the space station. Illustration: Spice Pharma

A Space Pharma space laboratory containing a stem cell experiment will be launched tomorrow (Saturday) to the International Space Station

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Astronaut Serena Union-Chancellor of NASA helps Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency put on the spacesuit for a spacewalk. The two, along with Russian Sergei Prokofiev, are on the International Space Station when the crew that was supposed to boost them returned to Earth in an emergency landing on Thursday 11/10 / 18. Photo: NASA

The astronauts returned safely but the International Space Station was left without a means of transportation

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Astronaut John Phillips demonstrates the waste problem on the International Space Station, in 2011. Photo: NASA

NASA is asking industry to find new ways to handle debris on deep space missions

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The Cygnus payload spacecraft that carried the laboratory to the International Space Station (Photo: NASA).

An Israeli space laboratory has arrived at the International Space Station

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Astronaut Scott Kelly tests his fine motor skills as part of his year-long mission on the International Space Station. This task tested Kelly's ability to use his fine motor skills: pointing, dragging, copying a shape, and rotating - on an Apple iPad, after extended time in space. Image courtesy of NASA.

Reversible genetic changes were discovered in astronaut Scott Kelly who spent a year in space compared to his brother Mark who remained on Earth

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The European Space Agency's ExoMars all-terrain vehicle that should take off to Mars in 2020. Figure: European Space Agency (ESA)

Europe approved a budget of 1.4 billion dollars for the Mars rover and the extension of the International Space Station

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The Progress 65 cargo spaceship during preparation for launch. Photo: Roscosmos

A Russian cargo spacecraft crashed on the way to the space station

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