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The first spacewalk of 2026 is scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, and will be livestreamed by NASA. Astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams will spend about 6.5 hours working outside the ISS. A previously planned spacewalk in January was canceled due to ...
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The International Space Station was due to splash down in 2030, but Congress has other ideas
For now, the ISS keeps orbiting.
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Artemis 2 and Tiangong space station astronauts set record for farthest distance between humans
For a few moments on April 6, the four Artemis 2 moon astronauts and the three crewmates aboard China's Tiangong space station were farther away from each other than any humans had ever been.
Installed in 2001, the arm has saved astronauts thousands of hours of space walks and a whole lot of headaches
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander; and Nichole Ayers, pilot; along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi,
The space worms launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 11, aboard NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission (CRS-24) and are on a journey to the International Space Station (ISS). Although uncrewed,
Shortly after four astronauts returned from their trip around the Moon, a crew of tiny space travelers were already on the move. Scientists sent microscopic worms to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the same broader effort to extend human presence deeper into space.
Four astronauts aboard the International Space Station recently began packing their bags to prepare for an unprecedented early departure to Earth after one of them experienced a medical issue. NASA made the decision Thursday, Jan. 8, to end the mission ...
Although the International Space Station is hundreds of miles above Earth’s surface, it’s still possible to catch a distant glimpse. The ISS, which has been orbiting Earth for more than 25 years, orbits the globe every 90 minutes. This means the crew ...
A student from the College of Charleston has worked on an ultraviolet camera since 2024. On April 8, it will be launched to the International Space Station to help determine
Louis Pasteur, the French chemist and microbiologist most known for developing the germ theory of disease, once said that in the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.