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What are the weird noises coming from Boeing’s Starliner capsule?

What are the weird noises coming from Boeing’s Starliner capsule?

“The space station audio system is complex, allowing multiple spacecraft and modules to be interconnected, and it is common to experience noise and feedback.” The feedback has no technical impact on the crew or the craft’s operations, it added.


SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew set to attempt the riskiest spacewalk yet

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew set to attempt the riskiest spacewalk yet

When astronauts perform spacewalks, or extravehicular activities (EVAs), on the International Space Station, they don their suits and enter a sealed room.


Stranded ISS astronauts reveal the US space programme is not in crisis

Stranded ISS astronauts reveal the US space programme is not in crisis

Wilmore and Williams will have to stay on the ISS a bit longer, but they are veteran astronauts and have the experience and equipment to jump right into daily life in space until they can be brought safely back to Earth.