May 17, 2022 12:43 pm
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were also lucky enough to get a view of the total lunar eclipse.
April 27, 2022 3:20 pm
The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Freedom, successfully separated from the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket and is now flying on its own.
April 26, 2022 7:39 pm
The multinational Axiom team was led by Spanish-born retired NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, 63, the company's vice president for business development.
April 13, 2022 5:28 pm
Italy's first female astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti pointed out the importance of the ISS as an example of peaceful international cooperation during troubled times. "It's a beacon of hope, it's a beacon of peace, it's a beacon of international understanding," Cristoforetti said.
April 09, 2022 9:36 pm
The rendezvous came about 21 hours after the four-man team representing Houston-based startup company Axiom Space Inc lifted off on Friday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, riding atop a SpaceX-launched Falcon 9 rocket.
April 06, 2022 3:08 pm
NASA astronaut Vande Hei said the colors were those of Bauman Moscow State Technical University, which all three of the new arrivals had attended.
April 01, 2022 3:23 pm
NASA has tried to stay above the fray for the past month with minimal statements saying that operations on the space station are unaffected.
March 30, 2022 10:06 am
The 10-day mission, the first-ever private trip to the space station, will set off on April 3 with four astronauts.
March 03, 2022 11:42 am
In a threatening series of tweets, Russian space agency chief Dimitry Rogozin said that Russia could respond to the US sanctions by letting the ISS fall from space.
February 24, 2022 11:28 am
According to NASA's estimates, the space station's operational life will come to an end with a controlled de-orbit in January 2031. The hub for scientific research will be replaced by commercial space platforms.
March 02, 2016 12:03 pm
This is a compilation of astronaut Scott Kelly's photographs from Twitter — that he describes as Earth Art. And it more than lives up to the name.