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…
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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…
SpaceX Dragon Resupply Ship Splashes Down, Returning Critical Science to Earth
SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 5:19 a.m. EST Wednesday, January 11, north of Cape Canaveral off the Florida coast, marking the return…
Science-Packed SpaceX Dragon Cargo Craft Undocks From International Space Station
After receiving commands from flight controllers on the ground, the uncrewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the zenith port of the International Space Station’s Harmony…
Science-Filled SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Departing International Space Station Today
A U.S. cargo craft is being loaded with hardware and sensitive research samples for analysis on Earth before it departs the International Space Station today,…
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…
Stunning View of Great Lakes Dressed for Winter Captured by NASA Astronaut
Land and water were decorated with snow and ice when astronauts looked down on the region in February 2022. A strong winter storm brought snow,…
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…
Best Space Station Science Imagery of 2022
The International Space Station continues its scientific journey orbiting over 200 miles above the Earth’s surface. Spacecraft carried crew from around the world to and…
Thruster Test on Leaking Soyuz Spacecraft at Space Station – U.S. Spacewalk Postponed
NASA and Roscosmos continue to evaluate an external leak from the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module of the International Space Station…
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…
SpaceX Cargo Dragon Docks to Space Station With Solar Arrays and Science Experiments
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft autonomously docked to the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 7:39 a.m. EST this morning, while…
Liftoff! SpaceX Falcon 9 Soars Into the Sky With Space Station Supplies
T-0, ignition, and liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft at 2:20 p.m. EST, setting off on the company’s 26th mission to…
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…
