Bringing down a huge space complex will take time. The International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA) Though the International Space Station is meant to be replaced in the 2030s, it will take a long time for the orbiting lab to officially
NASA on Tuesday said it had picked SpaceX to build a vessel to carry the International Space Station back through Earth’s atmosphere and on to a final resting place in the Pacific Ocean after it is retired in 2030. This
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is due to have its first crewed test flight to the International Space Station Two Nasa astronauts are due to head for the International Space Station aboard a new spacecraft. Boeing’s Starliner will blast off from Cape
Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and Loral O’Hara are now on a two-orbit, three-hour rendezvous with the International Space Station. Two Russian cosmonauts have left Earth to spend a year aboard the International Space Station, flying with an American crewmate who
The four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission are seated inside the SpaceX Dragon during a training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credits: SpaceX Editor’s note: This media advisory was updated on Aug. 24, 2023, to
United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi captured this image of the city lights of Baghdad, Iraq, and the Tigris River on July 18, 2023, as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above the Middle Eastern nation. Since the station
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew ship approaches the International Space Station on the company’s Orbital Flight Test-2 mission before automatically docking to the Harmony module’s forward port. The orbiting lab was flying 268 miles above the south Pacific at the time
The Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5, 2023, beginning the 28th resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Credits: NASA Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 28th commercial resupply
A replacement Soyuz is on the way for three crew members with a leaky craft docked to the International Space Station. Relief is on the way for three astronauts who currently depend on a leaky spacecraft docked with the International
It’s the second such incident involving a Russian spacecraft in two months. Russia’s Progress 82 cargo craft, packed with 3 tons of food, fuel and supplies, is pictured shortly after docking to the International Space Station’s Poisk module on Oct.