Expedition 73 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) continues to perform its scheduled science and maintenance activities on humanity’s premier orbiting outpost, now more than a quarter-century old. The Station has a new commander and a new set of crew members on the U.S. side of the complex, as four astronauts departed this week to conclude their tour of duty on board ISS.
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Vast is one step closer to launching its first private commercial space station. The company…
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International Space Station finishes challenging year as plans are made for its retirement
The International Space Station continues to act as humanity’s outpost in low-Earth orbit, a role…
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Launch Roundup: China launch crew to Tiangong Space Station, Russia launches military payload
by John SharpIn another busy week of launches, China launched three taikonauts to the Tiangong Space Station…
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China launched the crewed Shenzhou-18 mission on April 24 at 12:58:57 UTC. The launch was…
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Sierra Space tests upcoming in-space habitat as other commercial space stations continue development
by John SharpOn Jan. 21, Sierra Space performed an “ultimate burst pressure test” on a full-scale model…
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Launch Roundup: Axiom-3 crew and Tianzhou 7 cargo space station missions this week
A pair of missions to space stations headline the launches for the week of Jan.…
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China launched the crewed Shenzhou-17 mission to the Tiangong Space Station on Thursday, Oct. 26,…
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China launches Shenzhou-16 mission to the Chinese Space Station
by Adrian BeilChina launched its crewed Shenzhou-16 mission to the Tiangong Space Station on Tuesday, May 30,…
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Roscosmos launched its Progress MS-23 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Wednesday. Liftoff, atop…
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On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, America’s…
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New spacecraft, new firsts, new hardware – International Space Station wraps up a busy and historic 2022
by Joseph Navin2022 has marked another busy chapter for the International Space Station (ISS). Along with its…
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China has launched the Shenzhou-15 mission to the Tiangong space station on Tuesday, Nov. 29,…
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In low Earth orbit (LEO) this week, NASA, Roscosmos, and the China National Space Administration…
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China launches Mengtian science module to Tiangong space station
by Adrian BeilChina launched its second space station module of the year aboard a Chang Zheng 5B…
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A Soyuz 2.1a rocket has launched Progress MS-20 resupply spacecraft from Site 31/6 at the…
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Tianzhou 4 cargo launch to begin busy space station year for China
by Adrian BeilChina has launched the Tianzhou 4 cargo resupply mission on Monday, May 9 at 17:56…
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Cosmonauts complete spacewalk to activate space station’s European Robotic Arm
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev carried out a spacewalk on April 18 to…
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The start of 2022 saw no let-up for the Expedition 66 crew aboard the International…
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The ISS, now in its twenty-first year of continuous human occupation, has had a busy…