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‘Digital twins’ rescued NASA robots lost in space, here’s how

When NASA’s free-flying helpers on the International Space Station drifted into trouble, the solution did not come from a new thruster or a last-minute software patch. It came from a virtual copy of ...
Ars Technica

NASA’s new chief has radically rewritten the rules for private space stations

About five years from now, a modified Dragon spacecraft will begin to fire its Draco thrusters, pushing the International Space Station out of its orbit and sending the largest object humans have ...
SpaceNews

NASA releases details on revised next phase of commercial space station development

WASHINGTON — NASA expects to spend up to $1.5 billion to support at least two companies to demonstrate crew-tended space stations as part of the agency’s revised approach to transition from the ...
Houston Chronicle

NASA confronts a $1B budget shortfall for space station. Here's what it means for astronauts.

The International Space Station is facing a $1 billion budget shortfall – separate from President Donald Trump's plans to further cut funding – that will require dropping the number of NASA astronauts ...
The New York Times

Bad Weather Delays Launch of Astronauts to Space Station

For Zena Cardman, the NASA astronaut who commands the Crew-11 mission, that means another wait for her first trip to orbit. By Kenneth Chang Zena Cardman will have to wait at least one more day to get ...