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NASA dealing with aging ISS and spacewalk hardware: 'None of our spacesuits are spring chickens'
The four Crew-8 astronauts returned to Earth on Oct. 25. The ISS, parts of which date to 1998, is experiencing a leak on its Russian side that was pegged as the top "safety risk" in a NASA audit ...
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Is the ISS Too Clean for Astronauts’ Health? New Study Finds the Space Station Lacks Microbial Diversity
Researchers worked with astronauts to collect 803 surface swabs from the kitchen, bathroom, dining area and other parts of the ISS. They then analyzed the samples and compared them to buildings on ...
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What is the International Space Station? How to see the laboratory cross Iowa's sky
The International Space Station will be visible in parts of Iowa during February. The station, which has been in orbit since 1998, has a perfect bird's eye view of Earth capturing hundreds of ...
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First metal parts 3D printed in space land on Earth for testing
Explore the first samples of metal parts 3D printed in space, marking a new era in in-space manufacturing on the ISS.