International Space Station (ISS)

More than two years after the troubled crewed flight test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi, NASA and Boeing aim to return the spacecraft to flight with an uncrewed cargo run to the ISS in late December or January.

NASA Names Four SpaceX Crew-14 Dragon Fliers

Voyager Technologies and Exobiosphere have announced two additional research campaigns aboard the International Space Station.

Participants in NASA’s transition of activities on the International Space Station to multiple commercial successors before a planned ISS deorbit in 2030 are acknowledging the effort’s uncertainties.

ASA has awarded SpaceX a $946 million Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract extension for three additional missions to the International Space Station.

NASA and SpaceX are looking to early October to launch the delayed Crew-13 Dragon mission to the seven-person International Space Station.

The European Space Agency has taken another small step toward use of the planned Starlab commercial orbital outpost.

The Exploration Co. will fly its Nyx capsule to the International Space Station after securing a European Space Agency contract for the mission.

The European Space Agency urges European nations to back an independent human spaceflight program, saying a €1 billion annual investment is vital to securing its space future.

The Exploration Co. says a new funding round will underpin its development of the Storm engine, central to the company's ambition to develop a heavy-lift launcher.

When it comes to deciding if NASA should buy services from commercial suppliers or operate space systems on its own, the question to ask is how best to achieve the desired outcome, Administrator Jared Isaacman says.

ISS astronauts completed a spacewalk installing a docking aid, servicing AMS and upgrading station power-system redundancy.

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Oxidizer leak prompts NASA and SpaceX to reassess Crew-13 launch date and conduct additional Dragon testing.

International Space Station Receives Altitude Boost

Cygnus XL boosted the International Space Station’s orbit, positioning the station for Russia’s Progress 96 mission.

Two astronauts successfully completed the delayed installation of a high-data-rate, air-to-ground Ku band antenna on the exterior of the International Space Station’s U.S. segment.

Two spacewalking astronauts will revive their attempt to install a replacement high-data-rate Ku band communications antenna outside the International Space Station on Aug. 25.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has had a clear domestic aerospace casualty: the once-vaunted government-controlled space industry.

Two spacewalkers experienced delays Aug. 18 that prevented them from completing work on the exterior of the International Space Station’s U.S. segment.

The U.S. is moving ahead with plans for a privately owned outpost to replace the International Space Station.

NASA plans to move up the launch of four crewmembers to the International Space Station (ISS) to help hasten the crew rotation rate.

NASA plans an Aug. 6 spacewalk to prepare for the installation of power-augmenting Roll Out Solar Arrays on the International Space Station.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-28 crew capsule departed the International Space Station (ISS) for a safe parachute-assisted descent into remote Kazakhstan early July 26, ending an eight-month mission for two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut.

With lunar landings and future human missions to Mars as its goal, NASA and the U.S. space community should have a hard think about how they assess risk.