Space Station Astronauts Study Bone Growth and Space Physics
Four Expedition 68 astronauts are midway through their bone research activities this week helping doctors improve treatment for bone conditions on and off the Earth….
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Space Station Crew Kicks Off Week With Bone Research and Physics Studies
Space medicine was the top research priority aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday as four Expedition 68 astronauts explored healing bone conditions. The…
Astronauts Wrap Up First Spacewalk of 2023
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata concluded their spacewalk at 3:35 p.m. EST after 7 hours and 21…
NASA and JAXA Astronauts Begin Spacewalk To Prep for Space Station Power Upgrades
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata began a spacewalk today (January 20) at 8:14 a.m. EST to complete the…
Russia Sending Spacecraft To Rescue Crew From ISS After Damaged Soyuz Ruled “Not Viable”
NASA and Roscosmos are adjusting the International Space Station (ISS) flight plan after completing an investigation into a coolant leak on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft…
NASA Apollo Astronaut Walter Cunningham Passes Away at Age 90
Walter Cunningham was an American astronaut who served as the lunar module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968. He was selected as an…
Top Space Station Research: Humans, Tomatoes, and Tiny Satellites
Human research, space botany, and tiny satellites filled the research schedule aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, January 4, 2022. The seven Expedition…
Space Station’s Exciting New Year Kickoff: Promoting Deep Space Exploration
The Expedition 68 crew kicked off the new year with an array of microgravity research aboard the International Space Station aimed at sustaining future crews…
Engineers Assessing Soyuz Spacecraft Leak – Spacewalk Cancelled
During preparations for yesterday’s planned spacewalk by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, ground teams noticed significant leaking of an unknown substance from the…
NASA Astronauts Complete New Solar Array Installation on International Space Station
NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio concluded their spacewalk at 2:21 p.m. EST after 7 hours and 5 minutes. The pair of Expedition 68…
Astronauts on Space Station Open Dragon and Unpack New Bone, Skin Healing Experiments
Launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on November 26, the Dragon resupply ship is now docked to the International Space Station (ISS) and open…
Today’s Spacewalk Thwarted by Spacesuit Problem
Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin were scheduled to conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) today. However, an issue with the…
Space Station Crew Goes Into Thanksgiving With Spacewalk and SpaceX Dragon Preps
On Thanksgiving day, four Expedition 68 astronauts will relax as three cosmonauts continue preparing for a spacewalk on Friday. The residents onboard the International Space…
What Thanksgiving in Space Is Like for Astronauts Onboard the International Space Station
Check in with NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata to learn more about what the holiday means to…
Space Station Crew Preparing for Spacewalks As SpaceX Cargo Dragon Launch Nears
On the International Space Station on Monday, November 21, the Expedition 68 crew continued gearing up for more spacewalks before the end of the year….
Cosmonauts Finish Spacewalk for Work on Space Station’s Science Module
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, both of Roscosmos, concluded their spacewalk at 4:07 p.m. EST (1:07 p.m. PST) after 6 hours and 25 minutes….
Cosmonauts Prep for ISS Spacewalk, SpaceX Dragon Targets Monday Launch
Two Roscosmos cosmonauts are finalizing their preparations for a spacewalk on Thursday, November 17. They will be conducting hardware transfers and making electronics connections on…
NASA Astronauts Complete Spacewalk to Prep for Space Station Solar Array Upgrades
NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 4:25 p.m. EST (1:25 p.m. PST), yesterday, November 15, after 7 hours…
