It is a lesson the U.S. space program has had to learn many times over: don’t voluntarily give up a space capability without having a successor ready to go or already operational.
But for the ISS (International Space Station), a gap in LEO (low Earth orbit) scientific research capability will likely not occur when the iconic outpost ends its career, whenever that may be.
The International Space Station (ISS) Program has named Kirk Shireman as its new manager, following…
NASA has announced that they have selected Axiom Space, an American company headquartered in Houston,…
International Space Station (ISS) partners are making progress, but are still waiting for a complete…
ISS partners – NASA and Roscosmos – have conducted a bilateral Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) to…
Boeing has successfully completed numerous critical milestones in the first half of 2015 for their CST-100 capsule and…
NASA has confirmed a December 16 placeholder for the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch of the…
US astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have completed the first of the planned…
SpaceX are continuing to make progress on several key projects as they head into a…
The latest meeting of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) was briefed on an updated…
With all three Commercial Crew partners providing a status update at the Kennedy Space Center…
Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) stepped outside the orbiting outpost on Thursday…
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has completed its trip back to Earth, carrying with it a valuable…
Managers with the International Space Station Program have discussed their End Of Life (EOL) plans…
International Space Station (ISS) Program managers at space agencies around the world are currently in…
International Space Station (ISS) Program managers are continuing with precautionary preparations for station operations without…
Russia’s Soyuz TMA-21/26S spacecraft departed the International Space Station (ISS) today (Friday 16th September) prior…
If 2009 demonstrated an amazing execution of both unprecedented missions of science, cooperation, and exploration…
Although technically still a notional mission, should Atlantis provide the swansong to the Shuttle Program…
The International Space Station Increment 25 are ending their first full week on the orbital…
