Axiom Space announced its intention to use SpaceX to launch the first fully private flight to the ISS last year. Now, the company has announced the individuals that will be aboard that flight >>
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The ISS will soon get bigger, and the Russians are preparing for it
Russians are performing a spacewalk today to prepare for the addition of a new science module to the ISS. The module will replace an aging one and will launch in early 2021. This >>
A Russian rocket just carried a NASA astronaut to the ISS… but why?
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins took a seat aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft headed for the International Space Station. The trip is the last of the seats that NASA will have to lease from >>
Here’s how astronauts vote from space
NASA has a system in place so that astronauts who are in space can still cast their votes in elections. The process is relatively straightforward, with a unique ballot sent electronically that only >>
The International Space Station just dodged a collision with space junk
The International Space Station had to perform an avoidance maneuver to ensure it didn’t collide with a piece of unidentified debris orbiting Earth. The crew took refuge in the Soyuz spacecraft as mission >>
Researchers sent mice to space and they came back super buff
Mice sent to the International Space Station returned with more muscle than they had when they arrived thanks to a new treatment. Muscle loss in space affects humans as well as mice, and >>
The ISS has sprung another leak, NASA says
An increased amount of atmosphere loss in the International Space Station has prompted astronauts to go into lockdown in one half of the station while they search for the source. The leak doesn’t >>
The International Space Station looks awesome in front of the Sun
A new photo released by NASA shows the International Space Station transiting in front of the Sun’s disk. The image captures the space station as it travels nearly five miles per second while >>
