Business InsiderRoscosmos Space-station crew members just found an elusive air leak by watching tea leaves float in microgravity verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Susie NeilsonThe International Space Station has been leaking an unusual amount of air since September 2019. At first, crew members held off on troubleshooting the issue, since the leak wasn't major. But in August,...
Business InsiderRoscosmos An oxygen-supply system on the space station's Russian side has failed verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Susie NeilsonThe International Space Station is starting to show its age, particularly on the Russian side. In the last few months, a toilet in that segment went bust, an air leak got larger, and temperatures mysteriously...
Business InsiderSpaceXAbout 3% of SpaceX's Starlink satellites may have failed. That's not too bad, but across a 42,000-spacecraft constellation verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Morgan McFall-JohnsenSpaceX is launching satellites into space by the dozens to realize Starlink, a globe-encircling constellation of spacecraft that beam affordable, high-speed internet across Earth. So far, the scheme —...
Business InsiderNuclear Weapons What if the most powerful nuclear bomb exploded in space verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Gene KimFollowing is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Imagine if we detonated a nuclear bomb in space? Actually, you don't have to. You can see it for yourself. That was Starfish Prime — the highest-altitude...
Business InsiderSpacecraft A spacecraft flying by Venus on Wednesday night could confirm recently found signs of alien life verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Susie NeilsonWhen Jörn Helbert found out that a team of astronomers had discovered phosphine gas on Venus, he grew excited. Naturally occurring phosphine on Earth is only ever made by bacteria. Therefore, the presence...
