International Space Station (ISS)

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

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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.

Boeing says its future in space is in national security and defense, focusing all of its investment in this area as it works to get Starliner on track.

Voyager Technologies, a contender for a NASA-backed, privately owned space station in low Earth orbit, is adding Penn State University to its associated space research institute.

Axiom Space appointed experienced finance and technology executives as it advances its initiatives.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-29 successfully launched and autonomously docked to the Russian segment of the International Space Station on July 14.

Auxilium Biotechnologies says it has bioprinted kidney, liver and cartilage tissues, as well as nerve repair implants, aboard the International Space Station.

NASA released a long-awaited draft solicitation July 6 for industry partners to design, build and operate a commercial space station in low Earth orbit (LEO) to succeed the International Space Station.

Two NASA astronauts successfully replaced a malfunctioning wrist joint on the International Space Station’s robot arm during a more-than-7-hr. spacewalk.

NASA and Boeing are continuing work toward another uncrewed flight test of the CST-100 Starliner with a cargo run to the International Space Station within the next year.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket dispatched a new spacecraft designed to return science samples and items manufactured in microgravity back to Earth.

Houston-based Axiom Space has changed its legal domicile from Delaware to Texas to align its legal home with its operational headquarters.

A NASA safety panel praised the International Space Station (ISS) program on June 22 for the precautionary steps it recently took while Russian cosmonauts looked into the latest in a series of worrisome air leaks.