Space Station
China Launches the Core Module of Its New Space Station
Early on Thursday, a Long March 5B rocket - currently the most powerful of China's space launch vehicles - blasted…
Axiom Space Reveals the Crew for Its First Space Odyssey in 2022 (Sorry, Tom Cruise)
Axiom Space’s first privately funded trip to the International Space Station will be as notable for who’s not on the crew…
The One Place on the Space Station Astronauts Aren’t Supposed to Clean
While most of us are now more fastidious about keeping our homes and workplaces clean, on board the International Space…
Astronauts are Getting a New Toilet Next Week
When astronauts have to go, NASA wants them to boldly go. A new space toilet is heading to the International…
This is the View You Get Staring out of the Space Station’s Cupola Module
Those lucky few who have the incredible opportunity to see the Earth from space often report the view gives them…
One of the Best Pictures Ever Taken of ISS from the Ground. You Can Even See the Canadarm2
Astrophotographer Thierry Legault is renowned for his amazing shots of spacecraft transiting the Sun. He’s now outdone even himself. (more…)
Astronaut Drops a Mirror During a Spacewalk. Now There’s Another Piece of Space Junk
Oops. Dropping a mirror on Earth is only minor cause for concern, perhaps about the potential of some upcoming bad…
China will begin constructing its space station in 2021
The Chinese space agency is building a brand new space station, and they're going about it in a suitably impressive…
Crew Dragon Will Be Launching on May 27th
NASA and SpaceX are targeting May 27, 2020 for an historic mission: the launch of the first astronauts on the…
Record-Setting Space Travelers Return to Earth
A trio of space travelers returned to Earth this morning from the International Space Station, including NASA astronaut Christina Koch,…