Watch a new trio of space travelers arrive at the International Space Station live
The International Space Station is about to get three new residents. Earlier this morning, the trio of space travelers launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft …
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Japan and Russia are about to fire a pair of spacecraft to the International Space Station
The International Space Station is always a busy place. Astronauts aboard the orbiting laboratory perform experiments, make observations, and carry out all manner of scientific …
Russia says it won’t tell NASA why a hole appeared in the International Space Station
The mystery of why a small hole appeared in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the International Space Station last year is now somehow even …
Here’s what Hurricane Dorian looks like from the International Space Station
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station don’t typically spend their days checking out weather back on Earth, but when a storm as large as Hurricane …
NASA needs your help to deliver cargo to its lunar Gateway
NASA is inching closer to its return to the Moon, but its push to send crewed missions to the lunar surface is really just the …
NASA’s Cygnus cargo vessel just left the ISS, but its mission isn’t over yet
NASA’s NG-11 Cygnus resupply spacecraft spent over three months attached to the International Space Station, allowing crew members to carefully unload all supplies and experiments …
Russia just completed a particularly speedy resupply run to the International Space Station
It was just a few days ago that SpaceX shot one of its Dragon cargo ships into space, and it was packed with supplies for …
The International Space Station just dumped a bunch of trash on Earth, but it’s totally fine
It’s been a busy few days at the International Space Station. The orbiting laboratory just took delivery of a new shipment of cargo from Earth …
Look up! China’s Tiangong-2 space lab is about to fall back to Earth
Today is an important day for China’s space agency. No, the country isn’t launching anything new into space, and in fact, it’s sort of the …
Here’s how astronauts aboard the ISS celebrated the 4th of July
Donning a NASA patch and flying to the International Space Station is an incredible honor, but with it comes many sacrifices. Not only do astronauts …
Astronauts snapped an incredible photo of a volcano erupting in the Pacific Ocean
Astronauts who head to the International Space Station get to see things that the rest of us can only imagine. As the orbiting laboratory rapidly …
Trio of space travelers safely returns to Earth
Being chosen to spend time aboard the International Space Station is a privilege that only the tiniest fraction of people will ever experience. But all …
NASA astronaut snaps gorgeous photo of aurora from the International Space Station
Being chosen to be part of a crew aboard the International Space Station is an incredible honor, and while heading to the orbiting laboratory means …
NASA astronaut captures breathtaking time-lapse of Earth from space
Here on Earth, we see the Sun rise and set once in any given 24-hour period. If you want to see the sunrise or sunset …
Russian cosmonauts are conducting a spacewalk right now, and you can watch it live
The International Space Station is one of the most important scientific laboratories on (or around) Earth, and it’s home to travelers from the United States, …
NASA delays SpaceX’s ISS resupply mission over space station glitch
It’s only been a little over a week since a static test fire of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon resulted in what appeared to be the complete …
New ISS astronaut assignments mean Christina Koch will break a huge NASA record
A few weeks back, NASA had anticipated conducting the first all-female spacewalk with astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClaine on the International Space Station. Unfortunately, …
The International Space Station is disgusting
The International Space Station has been home to space travelers for nearly two decades now, and with the current crew of six, there’s been a …
Yesterday’s ISS resupply mission broke an incredible record
A resupply mission for the International Space Station, Progress MS-11, took off yesterday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, eventually docking with the space station …
NASA forced to cancel first all-female spacewalk in history over wardrobe malfunction
For NASA, March 29th was going to be a history-making day at the International Space Station, with the first all-female spacewalk in human history. Astronauts …
Scientists are trying to make the International Space Station’s bathroom a little less gross
The International Space Station is like no other place on Earth, and not just because it’s not actually on Earth at all. The orbiting laboratory …
Trio of new crew members successfully arrive at International Space Station
It’s been a number of months since the failed Soyuz launch derailed plans for astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin to head to the …
The ISS crew is about to send a bunch of experiments back to Earth
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft has been hanging out at the International Space Station for around a month now after delivering supplies and various other goods …
Russia says the mysterious hole in its Soyuz rocket may have been sabotage
We already knew that Russia was in the midst of an incredibly deep investigation into the origins of a strange hole that was found in …
ISS astronauts returned to Earth in the Soyuz vehicle that sprang an air leak in space
It was a number of months ago that astronauts aboard the International Space Station were forced to deal with a rather unusual problem. The space …
Russian cosmonauts will leave the ISS to inspect a strange hole in their spacecraft
It was late August when a mysterious hole was discovered in a Soyuz spacecraft attached to the International Space Station. The hole, which had apparently …
An AI developer is building a HAL-9000-inspired system for space stations
Artificial intelligence has come a long way in the past decade or so, but one of the scariest portrayals of how AI could ultimate doom …
Here are the hottest places in Los Angeles, literally
Southern California is usually a pretty comfortable place, temperature wise, but you’d never know it when you find yourself stuck in a traffic jam on …
Russia just crushed the record for fastest trip to the International Space Station
Russian cargo resupply trips to the International Space Station have become such a regular, predictable thing that even NASA rarely bothers to make a big …
NASA astronaut reveals how complicated it is to poop in space
Spending a few months aboard the International Space Station is a privilege that only a tiny fraction of people will ever experience. We can only …
