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David Bowie's son hits back at Kremlin's Russia Today TV channel posting the lyrics 'ground control to Major Tom' by sharing the words to Heroes in support of Ukraine

01/03/22 16:59

Duncan Jones took to the social media platform after the state-backed Russian broadcaster tweeted a story about NASA with the caption 'Ground control to Major Tom'. The lyric is from Bowie's 1969 hit Space Oddity, and Mr Jones was seemingly less than impressed by the channel, formerly known as Russia Today, referencing his father's work. He swiftly replied, quoting the tweet and simply writing: 'Wrong song' alongside a Ukrainian flag and two heart emojis, as well as an image of poignant lyrics from another Bowie classic Heroes (1977). Social media users were quick to reply to Mr Jones and brand his reply a 'perfect comeback' amid the Ukraine crisis....read

NASA is urgently investigating how to stop the ISS from crashing to Earth after Russia threatened to withdraw its propulsion experts who keep space station afloat, after Elon Musk offered SpaceX support
01/03/22 14:50
Russian cargo spaceships manage propulsion on the station, and keep it in orbit 253 miles above the Earth - without regular adjustments, it would fall back to Earth.
NASA orbiter will hunt for the impact crater left behind by a rogue rocket that may be part of a 2014 Chinese launcher, when it crashes into the moon on March 4
28/02/22 20:13
While it won't be in a position to see the impact on March 4, NASA says its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will be able to find the aftermath - a large crater in the surface of the moon.
NASA's Curiosity rover spots a coral-like mineral formation on the surface of the Red Planet that was likely made from water trickling through a rock billions of years ago
28/02/22 19:06
The Curiosity team confirmed it was a 'diagenetic crystal cluster', that experts from NASA JPL suggest may have been formed by minerals precipitating from water.
From sci-fi to sci-fact! NASA doles out $5.1m for futurist space travel concepts, including a 3D-printed spacesuit that can generate oxygen and a bird-like drone for Venus
28/02/22 15:28
A total of 17 researchers from nine states will share in a $5.1 million grant from NASA, allowing them to run early-stage studies into the yet-to-be-developed technologies.
One small step for an artist: British man's latest piece will be sent to the Moon in Nasa project
28/02/22 01:06
Ex-Eton pupil Sacha Jafri (pictured) will have his latest piece set 'eternally' on the lunar surface as part of the £70billion Artemis I mission later this year.
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NASA's Artemis 1 mission and first launch of the SLS mega rocket won't lift off until at least May and it may slip until June, the US space agency confirmed
25/02/22 18:08
It is set to lift off atop the massive Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but has been hit by a number of delays.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures a SPACE TRIANGLE produced from two galaxies colliding and creating a tsunami of star birth
23/02/22 21:15
The duo are collectively known as Arp 143, made up of the glittery, distorted star-forming galaxy NGC 2445, and the less flashy NGC 24444.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may be able to spot alien civilisations based on the AIR POLLUTION coming from their planets, study claims
22/02/22 15:11
Experts led by the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science in Seattle looked at how the James Webb Space Telescope could search for pollutants in the atmospheres of exoplanets.
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Stunningly remastered photos from John Glenn's historic first orbit of the Earth released to mark 60 years since he became the first American to go around the planet
22/02/22 15:10
To mark the 60th anniversary of Mercury 7 astronaut John Glenn's historic orbit of the Earth, a photography expert has remastered footage from his flight.
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NASA's James Webb space telescope captures an incredible hexagonal photo of a single star from all 18 of its mirrors - confirming the spacecraft can now see starlight
21/02/22 09:51
The new photo shows the 18 unfocused copies of a single sun-like star - called HD 84406 in the constellation Ursa Major - in a stunning hexagonal formation.
First Heathrow... now SPACE! Big Jet TV planespotter Jerry Dyer is in talks with NASA over filming rocket launch in Florida after captivating nation during Storm Eunice
20/02/22 10:51
Since being viewed more than 6.7 million times on YouTube, Jerry, pictured, is now talking with the US space agency about filming upcoming Kennedy Space Center rocket launches in Florida.
Stunningly remastered photos from John Glenn's historic first orbit of the Earth released to mark 60 years since he became the first American to go around the planet
20/02/22 00:02
The images show Glenn at key stages of the mission in detail never seen before, thanks to processing and remastering transfers of the flight film.
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A year on the Red Planet: NASA's Perseverance rover marks first anniversary of '7 minutes of terror' landing on the Martian surface - that has seen it drive two miles, collect six rock samples, watch 19 helicopter flights and even make oxygen
18/02/22 15:28
Perseverance touched down in the Jezero Crater, a dried-up river delta just to the north of the Martian equator - and a potential site for signs of ancient fossilised microbial life.
NASA's Curiosity rover captures stunning footage of the Martian sky with clouds of carbon dioxide ice passing by overhead
18/02/22 11:42
Martian clouds are very faint in the atmosphere, so special imaging techniques have been used by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California, to create the footage.
Mars in just 45 days! Scientists develop laser guided system that could dramatically cut the time it takes to reach the Red Planet
16/02/22 21:05
Engineers from McGill University, in Montreal, Canada, say they have developed a 'laser-thermal propulsion' system, where lasers are used to heat hydrogen fuel, to get to Mars in just six weeks.
NASA's Juno spacecraft snaps a STUNNING photo of Crescent Jupiter - a view that is IMPOSSIBLE to see from Earth, even with a telescope
16/02/22 15:39
Jupiter's orbit is outside Earth's, which means an observer on our planet can only see the side of Jupiter that is illuminated by the sun, so the planet always appears full, according to the US space agency.
NASA's latest X-ray telescope sends back stunning first image, showing the remains of a an exploding star that was first seen in the 17th century
15/02/22 21:25
The space-based observatory launched on December 9, 2021 from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to low Earth orbit.
Most donations for Freedom Convoy came from Canada and NOT the US: Donors include billionaire Silicon Valley investor, NASA employees and Canadian civil servants
15/02/22 15:04
While Americans made the most individual donations, accounting for 56 per cent of all donors and raising $3.62 million, Canadians raised $4.31 million while making up less than a third of all donors.
Rogue rocket on crash course with the moon does not belong to SpaceX but to a Chinese mission from 2014: Spacecraft fragment is still expected to hit the lunar surface at 5,700 mph on March 4
13/02/22 22:15
On Saturday, astronomer Bill Gray got an email from NASA's Jon Giorgini explaining that the trajectory of the SpaceX rocket didn't go 'particularly close to the moon.'
NASA to send two new missions to the sun to better understand our host star, and how to protect astronauts and satellites from solar storms
11/02/22 17:48
The Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm projects have been selected by the US space agency, to 'improve our understanding of the dynamics of the sun.
The bleak, snowless landscape of the Winter Olympics: NASA releases satellite images of the three main venues at the Beijing Games - revealing just how much the FAKE snow stands out
11/02/22 16:13
To fashion and maintain ski routes on China's arid Xiaohaituo Mountain, the Beijing Winter Olympics will use a whopping 42.4 million cubic feet of controversial fake snow.
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NASA unveils the first EVER images from its James Webb Space Telescope including a SELFIE - but reassures the blurry snaps are just a 'starting point' as it fine-tunes its mirrors
11/02/22 12:01
It had been expected to take its first starry images in May, for release to the public in June, but the US space agency has today shared preliminary snaps, including a 'selfie' of the telescope's primary mirror.
The bleak, snowless landscape of the Winter Olympics: NASA releases satellite images of the three main venues at the Beijing Games - revealing just how much the FAKE snow stands out
10/02/22 17:11
According to NASA, Xiaohaituo Mountain (aka 'the rock') usually only sees 1.3 inches of snow in February - leaving many questioning the sense in the choice of venue.
See Venus in all its glory! NASA's Parker Solar Probe captures a STUNNING visible light image of 'Earth's evil twin' for the first time
10/02/22 11:28
The US space agency's probe revealed distinctive surface features such as continental regions, plains, and plateaus, as well as a luminescent halo of oxygen in the atmosphere that surrounds Venus.
NASA warns SpaceX's ambitious plan to deploy a megaconstellation of 30,000 new Starlink satellites could lead to a 'significant increase' in collisions
10/02/22 10:01
SpaceX wants 30,000 of its Starlink satellites to be launched into orbit, but NASA has concerns they could 'impact science and human spaceflight missions'.
Final moments in the life of a dead planet seen for the first time as it crashed into the surface of its host white dwarf star, burning up to 1.8 MILLION degrees Fahrenheit
09/02/22 16:00
These observations, made using the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory, confirm decades of indirect evidence that debris from disintegrating planets are sent hurtling into these stellar remnants.
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Amazing animation shows how a small NASA rocket will lift off from the surface of Mars in 2028, bringing pieces of the Red Planet back to Earth for scientists to study
08/02/22 20:05
The Mars Sample Return mission is a joint project of NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), which is building a small 'fetch' rover to gather the collected samples.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures its first PHOTONS of starlight as it begins its three-month alignment process
04/02/22 18:38
The infrared observatory launched on Christmas Day last year, taking off from the European Space Agency spaceport in French Guiana, on an Ariane 5 rocket.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will be used to study 'Super Earth' exoplanets and hot rocky worlds - some of which could host alien life
03/02/22 21:03
Among the first projects for the James Webb space telescope will be a study of 11 'super-Earths', that is planets that sit somewhere between Earth and Neptune in size. A type not found in the solar system.
Meet the filthy rich NASA space cadets: Axiom Space reveals its team of four VERY lucky amateur astronauts who have each paid $55m to spend eight days on the International Space Station
03/02/22 15:14
They will launch on Wednesday, March 30, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Surprise! NASA's Perseverance collects sample of ancient Martian rock that has 'drill and abrasion marks' and resembles a shocked face, after finally clearing pebbles clogging its machinery
02/02/22 20:48
Perseverance has hit the rock 'issole' again to finally get a sample of Mars, finding the rock covered in 'drill and abrasion marks' that resemble a shocked face.
NASA DELAYS the final 'wet dress rehearsal' of its 332ft SLS 'megarocket' until March to give scientists 'additional time to complete closeout activities'- with a domino effect delay to the Artemis 1 moon mission
02/02/22 19:32
This is the latest in a long line of delays to hit the $23 billion Space Launch System (SLS) project, which has been in development for more than a decade.
'It's like being in the best amusement park': Halle Berry gushes working on the set of Moonfall was a 'joy' but reveals her astronaut character was originally written for a man
02/02/22 08:58
The actress, 55, plays the part of NASA executive and former astronaut Jocinda Fowler who has to save Earth after discovering that the Moon is on a collision course with us.
NASA reveals plans to destroy the International Space Station in January 2031 by sending it plummeting to a 'spacecraft cemetery' in the most remote part of the South Pacific Ocean
01/02/22 18:46
NASA will gradually de-orbit the facility, sending it hurtling through Earth's atmosphere before it plunges into the South Pacific Ocean near Point Nemo, the most remote place on the planet.
NASA's asteroid alert system ATLAS upgraded to constantly scan the entire night sky for incoming space rocks that could pose a threat to life on Earth
31/01/22 17:17
Based at the University of University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA), the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) has expanded its reach.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's first target is a sun-like star in the Big Dipper constellation about 260 light years from the Earth - but it is just to calibrate the mirrors
31/01/22 14:53
After reaching its orbit, at the second Lagrange point (L2), an area of balance between gravitational forces of the Earth and the sun, NASA revealed its first target.
Ready to surf the Webb! NASA turns on James Webb's high-gain antenna that will allow the $10 billion space telescope to send images and data back to Earth
31/01/22 10:58
Until now, communications with the telescope - now positioned at its L2 point home - had all been via its medium-gain antenna, using the microwave 'S-band' of frequencies between 2-4 GHz.
China CONFIRMS it is joining forces with Russia to build a base on the MOON by 2035 to rival NASA's Lunar Gateway
28/01/22 16:54
Confirmation of the project came on Friday from officials at China National Space Administration (CNSA) in Beijing.
SpaceX on target to launch a rocket a week in 2022, including hundreds of Starlink satellites, up from a record breaking 31 launches last year
28/01/22 15:41
This would be a remarkable achievement for the space firm, building on 31 launches last year - carrying a combination of private and government payloads.
Water flowed on Mars as recently as two billion years ago! NASA discovers salt minerals on the Red Planet that indicate rivers and ponds existed for one billion years longer than previously thought
27/01/22 17:41
Data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals water flowed on Mars as recently as 2 billion to 2.5 billion years ago, say researchers at Caltech, Pasadena, California.
Watch the 'Great Eruption' of a massive star! Incredible visualisation shows the famous 1843 stellar explosion in the Eta Carinae system that briefly made it the second brightest object in the sky
27/01/22 16:41
The digital model - built from data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory - shows Eta Carinae in visible, ultraviolet and X-ray light.
'Son of Concorde' warms up: NASA completes wind tunnel tests on a model of its 'quiet' supersonic jet that will replace the loud sonic boom with a softer 'thump' - ahead of full size tests later this year
26/01/22 17:02
Tests of the small scale model were conducted inside a 8ft by 6ft 'supersonic wind tunnel' (pictured) by engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
What has NASA ever done for us? Space agency reveals its useful inventions,
25/01/22 19:35
NASA has revealed some of the real word products and services being developed thanks to the innovate technologies it has pioneered.
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Moment NASA's Perseverance rover tries out new tech which lets it spit out piece of Mars rock that had clogged its sampling tube while testing the terrain of the Red Planet
25/01/22 16:07
The SUV-sized vehicle has been on the Red Planet since February 2021, and is slowly trundling through the Jezero Crater taking rock samples for later retrieval.
What has NASA ever done for us? Space agency reveals its useful inventions, including an air purifier that could grow plants in SPACE, underwear for race car drivers and biometric technology that could unlock a phone with a HEART BEAT
25/01/22 14:59
The Spinoff 2022 list includes an air purifier that could grow plants in space, underwear for race car drivers, and new biometric technologies.
James-Webb reaches its deep-space parking spot ONE MILLION miles from Earth: NASA's $10 billion space telescope settles into its orbit around Lagrange Point 2 following epic journey
24/01/22 23:12
NASA has moved its James Webb Space Telescope into orbital position. Thrusters were fired at 14:00 ET to begin the process of 'parking' 7-ton telescope where it will remain for a decade.
Rocks falling on Mars leave stunning herringbone pattern: Unusual boulder tracks reveal evidence of earthquakes on the Red Planet
24/01/22 02:11
The pictures were captured between 2006 and 2020 by a camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE, which was launched in 2005.
Star of the show! NASA shares stunning footage of powerful solar flare erupting from Earth's sun that was only classified as moderately strong
21/01/22 19:52
The solar flare erupted at 1:01am ET on Friday. NASA shared footage of the powerful event, which has been classified as a M5.5-level flare - or moderately strong.
Tonga underwater volcanic eruption spreads a pall on the globe: NASA astronaut on board the ISS captures incredible photos showing how plumes made their way thousands of feet into the atmosphere
21/01/22 17:41
NASA shared the remarkable pictures taken out of the ISS Cupola windows, showing a blanket of ash from plumes spewing thousands of feet into the atmosphere.
James Webb notches another milestone! NASA's $10 billion space telescope successfully deploys all of its mirrors, 850,000 miles into its one-million-mile journey through space
20/01/22 11:56
The $10 billion Webb telescope has been in space for nearly a month, and is close to being at the end of its deployment - something that happened faster than expected.
Black hole is spotted 'giving birth' to stars in a nearby dwarf galaxy - suggesting the voids are NOT as violent as previously thought, NASA reveals
20/01/22 09:50
New evidence from the Hubble telescope shows a black hole at the heart of dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 that's creating stars, not gobbling them up, report experts from Montana State University.
Could YOU design a toilet for a trip to Mars? NASA challenges entrepreneurs to invent a way for astronauts to relieve themselves comfortably on the nine-month journey to the Red Planet
19/01/22 11:00
This is the latest campaign by the US space agency, operating in partnership with leading crowd-sourcing platform HeroX, based in Houston, Texas.
Shoebox-sized robot named Iris is among two rovers battling it out to be the first US spacecraft to land on the moon since the Apollo missions 50 years ago
18/01/22 18:36
NASA hasn't sent a vehicle to explore the surface of the moon since the last Apollo landing in 1972 - 50 years ago this year. Two contractors have competing rover designs for a landing this year.
Ancient life on Mars is one of three possible explanations for the discovery of carbon on the Red Planet by NASA's Curiosity rover, study finds
18/01/22 13:14
Curiosity landed on Mars on August 6, 2012 - and since has been roaming around Gale Crater collecting and analysing rock samples, relaying the data back to Earth.
Time to grab the telescope! Huge asteroid that is twice the size of the Empire State Building will pass Earth at 43,000 miles per hour TONIGHT
18/01/22 10:14
The space rock, called 7482 (1994 PC1), poses no threat to the Earth as it will be five times farther away from the planet than the moon, as it shoots by at 43,000 mph at 21:51 GMT tonight.
Has the mystery of the moon's now-defunct magnetic field finally been solved? Giant rocks that sank through to its mantle could have produced an intermittent charge during first billion years
17/01/22 14:20
Magnetic field evidence on the moon has baffled planetary scientists for decades, but a new study, by experts from Brown University Providence, Rhode Island may have the answer.
NASA fixes glitch in the 'brain' of SLS megarocket ahead of its maiden flight in March that will pave the way for astronauts to return to the moon later this decade
17/01/22 12:44
The $20 billion Space Launch System (SLS) has been in development since 2011, and has been hit by multiple delays and problems over the past decade.
New analysis of infamous NASA meteorite finds no evidence of life on Mars: Decades-long study debunks excited 1996 claim from the likes of Bill Clinton that it could prove existence of life on Red Planet
14/01/22 12:35
Experts from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC, examined tiny samples of the meteorite to better understand what caused the carbon-rich compounds.
Amateur astronomers may be able to catch a glimpse of a huge asteroid that is TWICE the size of the Empire State Building as it passes Earth at 43,000 miles per hour next week
13/01/22 19:02
The space rock, called 7482 (1994 PC1), poses no threat to the Earth as it will be five times further away from the planet than the moon, as it shoots by at 43,000 mph.
Have astronomers discovered the first EXOMOON? Mysterious body that is almost three times the size of Earth could be orbiting a Jupiter-sized planet outside our Solar System
13/01/22 16:01
What's believed to be an 'exomoon' - a moon outside our solar system - is orbiting a Jupiter-sized planet called Kepler 1708b, say scientists at Columbia University in New York.
NASA begins painstaking four-month process of bringing the James Webb Space Telescope into focus so it can start taking pictures of the universe by May
13/01/22 14:13
Mission control engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland are fine-tuning Webb's individual optics into one huge, precise telescope.
Saturn's moon Mimas may be hiding a 'stealth' ocean buried beneath almost 20 miles of ice, study finds
12/01/22 17:01
The study into icy Mimas, which is the smallest astronomical body known to still be round in shape due to self-gravitation, was carried out by the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado
Can you spot Mount Everest? NASA astronaut shares stunning image of the massive mountain range while orbiting 250 miles above the surface aboard the ISS
12/01/22 15:29
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei snapped a stunning image of Mount Everest while on the ISS and asked his Twitter followers if they can see the massive mountain in the image.
NASA's Perseverance rover hits a snag as 'pebble-sized debris' prevents its robotic arm from storing a sixth rock sample captured on Mars
11/01/22 11:49
The SUV-sized vehicle has been on the Red Planet since February 2021, and is slowly trundling through the Jezero Crater taking rock samples for later retrieval.
Jupiter's fearsome polar cyclones are driven by similar forces to the huge ocean vortices on Earth, study suggests
10/01/22 16:01
Photographs of rich turbulence in the polar regions of Jupiter's gassy atmosphere were sent back to Earth by the NASA Juno spacecraft to be studied by scientists.
Joy for Nasa as it successfully completes unfolding of its $12bn James Webb Space Telescope with full deployment of 21ft gold-coated mirror in mission to study the universe
09/01/22 00:47
The world's most powerful telescope on a mission to answer unsolved questions about the universe completed one of its important stages yesterday, to the relief of Nasa scientists.
Hubble reaches another major milestone as NASA reveals its iconic 31-year-old telescope has now spent ONE BILLION seconds in space
07/01/22 18:26
The space telescope was deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery's cargo bay on April 25, 1990, sitting 340 miles above the surface of the Earth.
The final hurdle: James Webb Space Telescope prepares to unfold another mirror TOMORROW in what will be the last major deployment during its '29 days on the edge' journey to solar orbit
07/01/22 14:36
It has been slowly unfolding, part-by-part, as it makes the million mile journey to the second lagrange point, a gravitationally stable point between the sun and Earth.
From Blue Origin's Orbital Reef 'business park' to Voyager's Space Hotel: Stunning concept images reveal the commercial space stations of the future as the ISS nears the end of its life
07/01/22 14:15
Originally expected to last about 15 years, the US and Russia-led ISS has been operational since November 2000, and NASA is looking to the private sector for its replacement.
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NASA's TESS exoplanet mission discovers mysterious signals from a dusty object that astronomers say could be a double star system surrounded by rubble from a large asteroid
07/01/22 13:25
Experts from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, wanted to find out why an object dubbed TIC 400799224 emits strange signals.
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Alexa, how far to the moon? Amazon uses its virtual assistant software to develop 'Callisto' artificial intelligence system for NASA's Artemis lunar mission
06/01/22 19:23
Callisto will combine into one interface the voice control technology of Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant with Cisco's Webex video conferencing system.
CES innovations that are out of this world! Sierra Space showcases its Dream Chaser spaceplane that will take tourists to low-Earth orbit and its inflatable habitat for future moon colonizers
06/01/22 16:03
A life-size replica of Sierra Space's Dream Chaser plane is on display at this year's CES, along with a smaller version of the company's inflatable space station that will cater to astronauts and tourists.
From Blue Origin's Orbital Reef 'business park' to Voyager's Space Hotel: Stunning concept images reveal the commercial space stations of the future as the ISS nears the end of its life
06/01/22 10:06
Originally expected to last about 15 years, the US and Russia-led ISS has been operational since November 2000, and NASA is looking to the private sector for its replacement.
'Like a latch made in heaven': NASA's James Webb Telescope has 'another banner day' after deploying its secondary mirror 600,000 miles into its one-million-mile journey through space
05/01/22 19:57
NASA's James Webb Telescope deployed its secondary mirror Wed at 9:52am ET and the secondary support structure was then latched at by 11:51 ET - and 30mins later it was secure.
First images from the James Webb telescope, an orbital test of SpaceX's Starship and NASA's 'planetary defence' DART mission crashing into an asteroid: The key space highlights to look forward to in 2022
05/01/22 18:22
MailOnline has pulled together a selection of the most exciting, or most notable space events happening over the coming year.
NASA's James Webb Telescope successfully deploys its 70-foot sunshield that will protect the $10 billion device's scientific instruments at temperatures under -380F
04/01/22 22:13
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has fully deployed its massive 70-foot sunshield that consists of five layers of small plastic sheets coated with reflective metal to block out light in space.
Retired NASA chief scientist wants to protect Mars from the sun with giant magnetic shield that would allow humans to explore it without spacesuits
03/01/22 20:04
Jim Green explained the protective shield would stop the sun from stripping Mars' atmosphere, allowing the Red Planet to terraform itself to let humans walk on the surface without spacesuits.
James Webb is hit by yet another delay! NASA pushes back the date for the crucial tightening of the $10 billion space telescope's sunshield to ensure it 'is in prime condition'
03/01/22 10:07
James Webb has been hit with yet another delay - this time to the tightening of its sunshield. This was originally expected to occur on January 2, but will now take place no earlier than today.
NASA's ISS will live on! Operations for the space station will now extend through 2030 - but will the cracking and leaking orbiting lab last that long?
31/12/21 21:01
NASA announced on Friday the Biden administration is extending operations of the ISS through 2030, but the ship was only meant to last 156 years and is starting to age.

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