International Space Station (ISS)
The International Space Station Gets a Clean Bill of Health. Despite a Few Opportunistic Microbes, the Station is “Safe” for Astronauts
In a recent study published in Microbiome, a team of researchers led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory conducted a five-year…
Space Tourists Have Booked Their Next Private Mission to the International Space Station
In April of this year, the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station was successfully conducted when Axiom…
We Still Have no Idea if it's Safe to be Pregnant in Space
Can humans reproduce in space? The short answer is that we don’t know. The long answer is maybe, but there…
Spacewalk Cut Short, Cosmonaut Told to “Drop Everything” and Go Back Into the Space Station
Russian and US flight controllers decided to cut short a spacewalk by two cosmonauts outside the International Space Station yesterday…
Russia Says They Plan to Leave International Space Station after 2024
According to Russia’s news agency Tass, leaders at Roscosmos have decided to withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) after…
Cygnus Boosts the International Space Station for the First Time. NASA Can Now Potentially Keep the Station Aloft Without Russia’s Progress Spacecraft
Northrup Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft conducted a successful reboost of the International Space Station over the past weekend, on Saturday,…
Fire Acts Strangely in Microgravity. Astronauts Have Lit More Than 1,500 Fires on the Space Station to Figure Out Why
Ever since childhood, we were all told to never play with fire. Despite it being relevant to our everyday lives,…
Spacesuits are Leaking Water and NASA is Holding off any Spacewalks Until They can Solve the Problem
NASA's spacesuits are getting old. The extra-vehicular mobility units - EMUs for short - were designed and built for spacewalks…
The Lunar Eclipse, Seen From the International Space Station
If you were able to witness the lunar eclipse on May 15-16, 2022, the view of the dark red Moon…
Astronaut Jessica Watkins Floats Above the Earth in the Space Station’s Cupola
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is seen here floating above Earth in the International Space Station’s cupola, which provides a spectacular…