Новости за 06.06.2016

NASA astronaut Jeff Williams opened the hatch leading to the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) for the first time today (June 6) at 4:47 a.m. EDT (0847 GMT), NASA officials said.

They had titles such as FIDO, RETRO and FLIGHT, and the calls they made led to one of, if not the most amazing achievements in all of human history. And yet, 50 years later, their names, roles and stories remain largely unknown by the public.

The hatch to the inflatable module was opened at 4:47am EST on June 6, 2016. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams wore a mask and a headlamp for safety precautions. The temperature inside the module was a crisp 44° F, as expected.

The European Space Agency has combined new animations with existing footage to deliver this narrated tour of the orbiting lab. The football field-sized station travels at ~17,150 mph (27,609 kph) and an altitude of ~249 miles (400 km).

Alan Stern and other NASA officials celebrated the release of new "Pluto — Explored!" and "Views of our Planets" stamps Tuesday (May 31) with a crowd of more than 500 stamp enthusiasts, leading a spirited countdown to the official reveal of the new stamps

The legacy of "Star Trek" continues to live long and prosper at Seattle's EMP Museum, where a new exhibit on the franchise opened May 21 (Saturday).

Boldly go where few have gone before! More than 100 "Star Trek" artifacts are on display at Seattle's EMP Museum starting Saturday (May 21).

California-based company Made In Space is investigating how to turn asteroids into giant autonomous spacecraft, as part of a long-term plan to enable space colonization by helping make off-Earth manufacturing economically viable.

As most space-loving Earthlings sought out Mercury's silhouette against the sun on May 9, one photographer waited in anticipation for something else to transit the sun's bright disk: the International Space Station.

On April 12, 1981, NASA astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen climbed aboard the space shuttle Columbia for a mission unprecedented in human history. For the first time, a crewed spacecraft was going to be tested with humans aboard on its inaugural flight

Two 1960s icons get mashed up as Mattel has created Barbie versions of James. T. Kirk, Spock and Nyota Uhura for the 50th anniversary of "Star Trek."

With fuel to spare, NASA is mulling a proposal to send the Dawn spacecraft to another asteroid after its mission at the dwarf planet Ceres.

Astrobotic Technology, one of the leading teams competing for the Google Lunar X Prize, announced a new design of its lunar lander June 2 along with two new industry partners.

The Luxembourg government reaffirmed and strengthened its backing for a homegrown space-mining industry, saying it would invest in research, technology demonstration and in the direct purchase of equity in companies relocating to Luxembourg.

If you want a nice view of the moon, instead of squinting into the night sky or cursing tall buildings, you could soon gaze at an expertly crafted model of the stunning celestial object. And this version is small enough sit atop your coffee table.

A Mars mission architecture SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk will unveil in September will call for a series of missions starting in 2018 leading up to the first crewed mission to the planet in 2024, Musk said June 1.