A privately ownedDragoncapsule arrived a day late at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering a ton of supplies with high-flying finesse after a shaky start to the mission. A privately ownedDragoncapsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering a ton of supplies with high-flying finesse after a shaky start to the mission. Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS of The Christian Science Monitor Weekly Digital Edition TheDragon’sarrival was one day late but especially sweet and not because of the fresh fruit on board for the station astronauts who snared the capsule Continue reading
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Getting the measure of press freedom — Warief Djajanto Basorie
FEB 10 Press freedom helps to fortify democracy and good governance in a country. How do you measure press freedom? Continue reading
NASA adds $30 million for space taxi work
REUTERS – NASA is adding $30 million to its investment in three companies’ efforts to develop spaceships that can fly astronauts to the International Space Station, officials said on Monday. The U.S. Continue reading
Harnessing the Wind at MIT: Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel – Video
Harnessing the Wind at MIT: Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is home to the only privately owned and operated wind tunnel in the United States. Continue reading
SpaceX cargo ship reaches International Space Station
A private company successfully delivered a half-ton of supplies to the International Space Station early Wednesday, the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA. Continue reading
Media: Japan gov't agrees to buy disputed islands
The Japanese government has agreed to buy several privately owned islands in the East China Sea that are controlled by Japan but also claimed by China, media reports said Wednesday. Continue reading
Robotic SpaceX Craft Docks With Space Station
The privately owned and operated SpaceX Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station on Friday, a success for the Obama administration’s new strategy of using robotic missions and public-private partnerships in space. Continue reading
Astronauts snare SpaceX Dragon capsule: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon cargo ship on Friday, the first privately owned vehicle to reach the orbital outpost. Using the station's 58-foot long (17.7-meter) robotic crane, NASA astronaut Don Pettit snared Dragon at 9:56 a.m. EDT (1356 GMT) as the two spacecraft zoomed 250 miles over … Continue reading
SpaceX Space Station Trial Run Reset for May 19
Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, a startup commercial launch services firm founded and run by internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, is still wrangling with NASA over the software needed to berth the privately owned Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. Continue reading