international space station

Michael López-Alegría, a former NASA astronaut, may be the first private space mission commander. NASA Space tourists have been flying to orbit since a millionaire made the first such flight in 2001. Now, startup...

The International Space Station as seen by astronauts from NASA's space shuttle Endeavour on February 19, 2010. NASA NASA wants to deorbit the International Space Station before the end of this decade. The space...

Space Veggies Last week, NASA astronauts on the International Space Station bit into some fresh-grown radishes that they had grown in orbit. The radishes, which by coincidence were a New Year’s treat for the ISS crew,...

Quite possibly the coolest thing we saw Raspberry Pi powering last year was ISS Mimic, a mini version of the International Space Station (ISS). We wanted to learn more about the brains that dreamt up ISS Mimic, which...

SpaceX's Demo-2 mission lifts off with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley inside a Crew Dragon spaceship, May 30, 2020. SpaceX In 2020, SpaceX became the first private company to launch humans into orbit,...

NASA has posted a video (above) featuring its top 20 Earth shots captured by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). The breathtaking photos include glorious landscapes and sprawling cities, with others...

After years of playing spacefaring engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on various iterations of Star Trek, actor James Doohan had a wish upon his death: That his ashes would one day go to space. In 2007, two...

Beam Me Up A space tourist who spent 12 days on board the International Space Station took with him some very unusual contraband: cremated remains of the late James Doohan, known for his role as Montgomery “Scotty”...

With his (fake) Scottish lilt, James Doohan’s “Scotty” is one of the most quoted characters from Star Trek. It now appears that the Canadian actor got in one last word, as his dying wish to have his ashes aboard...

Voyager Space Holdings continues to build up its portfolio of strategic space service offerings with the acquisition of a majority stake in X.O. Markets, the parent company of Nanoracks. Nanoracks has provided...

Members of the International Space Station’s Expedition 64 crew this week offered their fellow earthlings a message of hope at the end of a year like no other. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon...

Michael Lopez-Alegria is scheduled to fly three private astronauts to orbit for Axiom Space in late 2021. Axiom Space Axiom Space, a startup led in part by ex-NASA officials, is gearing up to fly the world's first...

Gas Leak The International Space Station is still, after all this time, leaking air. Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, says that the situation is under control, Deutsche Welle reports. But at the same time, they still...

Update 11:15 AM EST: SpaceX has scrubbed the mission for today, and will look to try again tomorrow during a three-hour launch window that opens at 9 AM EST. There was an unusually high pressure reading in the upper...

Santa Claus will be performing a ceremonial fly-by of the International Space Station (ISS) on Dec. 24. The visit will honor the 20th anniversary of continuous life on the ISS, a milestone achieved in November. The...

Soichi Noguchi has emerged as the resident photographer of the International Space Station’s current Expedition 64 crew. The 55-year-old Japanese astronaut reached the orbiting outpost last month, together with three...