Reuters Science News Summary

Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Spacecraft carrying Russians and American docks with International Space Station A spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late on Wednesday evening and docked with the International Space Station (ISS).

Following is a summary of current science news briefs.

Spacecraft carrying Russians and American docks with International Space Station

A spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late on Wednesday evening and docked with the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft was carrying NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Russians Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner.

SpaceX-Polaris crew poised to attempt first private spacewalk

A group of private astronauts is set to carry out the first private spacewalk in orbit on Thursday from a SpaceX capsule, testing a new line of spacesuits in the company's riskiest mission yet. A billionaire entrepreneur, a retired military fighter pilot and two SpaceX employees have been orbiting Earth aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon since their pre-dawn launch from Florida on Tuesday for the Polaris Dawn mission, the Elon Musk-led company's latest and riskiest bid to push the boundaries of commercial spaceflight.

Japan's ispace aims for December launch of second moon landing mission

Japanese space exploration company ispace will launch its second moon landing mission as early as in December, chief executive Takeshi Hakamada said on Thursday. The "Hakuto-R Mission 2" will see ispace's spacecraft delivered by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida and will attempt a lunar touchdown after four to five months of spaceflight, Hakamada said.

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