International Space Station

New York : The US space agency is geared up to send four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the company's Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. The SpaceX Crew-6 mission will carry…

Washington : NASA and its international partners have approved the crew for Axiom Space's second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission, targeted for launch in spring 2023, will be the first…

Washington : A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Dragon spacecraft was on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata,…

Los Angeles : The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than October 5 for the launch of the agency's Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) due to Hurricane Ian, the…

Washington : The US space agency has shared images of the 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001 taken from the International Space Station (ISS), along with the historic image that shows a smoke plume rising from the Manhattan area after two planes…

Washington : Russia may not be leaving the International Space Station (ISS) partnership with US space agency NASA at least till 2028, as hinted earlier, according to a media report. Yuri Borisov, the new head of Russia's state space…

Beijing : China on Sunday launched Wentian, the first lab module of its space station.The new module will function both as a backup of the core module and as a powerful scientific experiment platform, Xinhua reported. Wentian, which…

Washington : NASA has launched a probe to analyse airborne mineral dust and see how it might affect climate and environment.Called the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT), the mission was on its way to the International…

Washington : The International Space Station (ISS) has successfully evaded orbital debris coming from a Russian anti-satellite weapons test, according to a media report.Russia's space agency Roscosmos used an uncrewed Progress 81 cargo ship…

Washington : Boeing's passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, on Saturday successfully docked itself to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time, paving the way for its future flights to potentially bring humans to the…