The International Space Station (ISS) provides a permanent laboratory in a realm where gravity, temperature and pressure can be manipulated to achieve numerous scientific and engineering pursuits that are impossible in ground-based laboratories. The space station has become a test bed for the ...
The International Space Station is one seriously high-tech laboratory, but it can only remain useful as long as all of its systems are operating as intended. That means regular maintenance, and right now a pair of NASA astronauts are floating around outside the ISS, performing a number of ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 set cost limits on the international space station and space shuttle programs. Under the act, NASA may not obligate more than $25 billion for space station development or more than $17.7 billion for ...
NASA and SpaceX cleared their Crew-9 astronaut flight to the International Space Station for launch, a Sept. 28 liftoff that will help return two Boeing Starliner astronauts home.
Space.com Editor-in-Chief Tariq Malik is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and has been covering human spaceflight for more than 18 years and space exploration overall for more than 20 years. He covered the final 22 space shuttle missions and NASA's ongoing International Space Station and Art...
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nick Hague are currently outside the International Space Station and will spend the next several hours replacing batteries that are vital to the space station’s solar array. The work is delicate and demanding, and they have to do it all in zero gravity, makin...
The developers of a next-generation NASA spacesuit recently reached a key design milestone, the space agency reported on Monday. Collins Aerospace is building the new suit for spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS), and it has now successfully tested its fit and functionality in...
The goal of the Artemis program is to establish a long-term scientific and human presence on the moon, with astronauts living and working there in a similar way to how they currently doaboard the International Space Stationin low-Earth orbit. It also aims to inspire the next generation of ...
Live Space Station Video Stream includes internal views from cameras in the International Space Station’s Destiny Laboratory and Harmony module when the resident astronauts are on duty. Earth views from external cameras on the station’s structure will be available during crew off-duty periods. ...
Step outside on a clear night, when the timing lines up, and you can’t miss a light brighter than any star gliding in front of all of them–the International Space Station, occupied nonstop by U.S. astronauts since November of 2000. Back on the ground, NASA is designing the biggest...