International Space Station (ISS)

By Mark Carreau
The timing for a final decision awaits a NASA Program Control Board session planned for the middle or end of next week.
Space

By Robert Wall
NASA has delayed a decision on how best to return the Boeing CST-100 Starliner crew to Earth.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The spacecraft’s propulsion system issues are driving plans to end Boeing’s Crew Flight Test.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA will postpone the launch of its next crew to the ISS to allow more time to review the ongoing Boeing CST-100 Starliner mission at the orbital outpost.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The resupply capsule contains materials for scientific investigations into the bio-manufacturing of human organs in space for human transplant on Earth, among other experiments.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The mission is set to deliver an 8,200-lb. cargo of scientific research and technology activities.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Overseeing the two-week Axiom-4 mission will be former NASA veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The joint services will become available after 2025.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Technical problems have delayed Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo ship from executing the maneuvering burns that will allow it to dock with the ISS.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Vast has allotted its first two payload lockers on its in-development private space station to Redwire and Yuri, which have run ISS microgravity experiments.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA and the ISS National Laboratory have selected five projects that will be funded to leverage the lab’s microgravity environment to address health threats.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Four ISS astronauts have offered insight into areas of forward-looking research and technology development.
Defense

By Garrett Reim
NASA developing communications systems to transmit video feeds of astronauts on the Moon during Artemis missions.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
Previously a British Army Air Corps officer and test pilot, Peake is a veteran of a Russian Soyuz-launched 186-day mission to the International Space Station.
Space

By Mark Carreau
"We are still taking a look at the cause of the water leak and what we want to do to recover," says Dana Weigel, NASA's ISS program manager.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA awarded a contract, worth up to $843 million, for the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle to SpaceX on June 26.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS departed with more than 7,300 lb. of trash for a destructive reentry into the atmosphere.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The OK signals challenges for NASA to achieve ambitious goals .
Space

By Irene Klotz
Matching NASA’s needs with the ideal contracting mechanism is a challenge.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
Starliner was launched June 5 on an anticipated nine-day flight test.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Russia plans to start deploying a new orbital station, ROS, in 2027 using an upgraded rocket, while also developing a new crew capsule.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is delaying plans for multiple spacewalks to assess the cause of a leak from a water coolant system umbilical that supports spacesuit thermal control.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will remain at the International Space Station (ISS) while a new ground campaign begins to test thrusters.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The work includes logistical support and integration of crew provisions and supplies needed to sustain a human presence in space from low Earth orbit to the Moon.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space