The ISS Is Getting a New Pair of Creepy Robot Arms
Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) are about to make a new cyborg friend in the form of two short mechanical arms that will do their bidding in…
From Solo to Team: Northrop Grumman Joins Voyager Space on ISS Replacement Project
Breaking up is hard to do, especially when there’s a commercial space station on the line. Northrop Grumman is abandoning its plans as a solo contractor to develop a replacement…
NASA’s Partners Are Complicating Plans to Build ISS Replacement
NASA’s plans to retire the International Space Station and replace it with commercial projects are not kaput, they’re just changing. Wrinkles are now appearing in Blue Origin’s plans for Orbital…
NASA Calls on Commercial Partners to Design a Spacecraft to Deorbit the ISS
The International Space Station (ISS) has been orbiting Earth for 24 years, hosting crews of astronauts and running experiments in the microgravity environment. By 2030, however, the space station’s reign…
Voyager Space and Airbus to Collaborate on Commercial Successor to the ISS
An artist’s depiction of the Starlab commercial space station. Illustration: Voyager Spacee Colorado-based company Voyager Space is collaborating with Europe’s Airbus to build a commercial space station in low Earth…
Crypto Billionaire Wants to Launch First Commercial Space Station With SpaceX
VAST ANNOUNCES THE HAVEN-1 AND VAST-1 MISSIONSVast is a relative newcomer to the industry, specializing in space habitation. The company was founded last year by billionaire Jed McCaleb, who racked…
Airbus Shows Off Space Station Design With Simulated Gravity
An illustration of an astronaut inside the science deck.Illustration: Airbus The company designed its orbital module to be stationed around Earth, the Moon, or even Mars, whether it be attached…
Hilton to design crew suites for new space station
Room service is unlikely to be part of the package, but Hilton has nevertheless agreed to help Voyager Space design the crew suites for a new space station.
Watch the space station spit out garbage toward Earth
International Space Station astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has shared a video showing how the orbiting outpost disposes of garbage.
The International Space Station has a new way to dispose of trash
Even astronauts on the International Space Station have to take out the trash.