Astronaut photographs his ‘office’ during his ride to work
ESA/Andreas Mogensen As rides to work go, traveling aboard a spaceship to a satellite orbiting 250 miles above Earth must be hard to beat. European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen…
Watch the highlights of SpaceX’s Crew-7 arrival at the ISS
Following a perfect launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida early on Saturday, SpaceX’s four Crew-7 astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) the following day. NASA…
SpaceX calls off tonight’s Crew-7 launch to the space station
Crew-7’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft on the launchpad. SpaceX UPDATE: About four hours prior to the targeted launch time, SpaceX posted a message saying it was calling off…
Watch Live as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Launches to the ISS
Crew-7 members inside the SpaceX Dragon during a training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California.Photo: SpaceX NASA is getting ready to launch the next crew of astronauts to…
A Space Junk Removal Mission Got Struck By Space Junk
An illustration of the ClearSpace-1 mission, which is set to launch in 2026.Illustration: ESA In a sad case of debris-on-debris crime, a defunct payload adapter that was chosen as the…
Watch NASA’s trailer for Friday’s crewed launch to the ISS
NASA and SpaceX are pretty much ready for Friday’s launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station. The space agency posted a video on Monday as part of the…
The ISS Has Higher Levels of Potentially Harmful Contaminants Than Most Homes
The International Space Station (ISS) has been home to more than 250 astronauts who have lived and worked on board the orbiting lab for months at a time. Unlike homes…
Boeing Still Determined to Launch Starliner Crewed Flight Despite Recent Troubles and $1 Billion Losses
Following several delays and over $1 billion in losses, Boeing claims its troubled Starliner program will be ready to launch crews to the International Space Station (ISS) by early 2024…
ISS Experiment Hopes to Develop Air Conditioning for Future Habitats on Other Worlds
The Cygnus cargo spacecraft carried the Purdue University experiment to the ISS on August 1.Photo: NASA/Danielle Johnson A group of engineers is testing an air conditioning system in space, seeing…
NASA Chooses Axiom Space for Fourth Private Mission to the ISS
Axiom Space will fly a fourth crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as NASA once again selects the private space venture for another mission to low Earth orbit. Taking…