International Space Station (ISS)

By Irene Klotz
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.
Commercial Space

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

By Irene Klotz
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.
Space Exploration

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

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

By Mark Carreau
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.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA faces significant challenges in successfully transitioning crewed operations aboard the International Space Station to commercial successors.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s 34th SpaceX Cargo Dragon mission successfully came back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on June 17.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s 34th SpaceX Dragon resupply capsule spacecraft has departed the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The International Space Station (ISS) has helped establish an in-space manufacturing capability for the production of artificial retinas.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
A Czech astronaut is poised to travel to the International Space Station under a Vast private astronaut mission, the European Space Agency said.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Five of the International Space Station's (ISS) seven crew temporarily retreated to the docked SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon capsule as a safe haven on June 5.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
NASA is rescinding a proposal to anchor a post-International Space Station commercial platform with a government-owned module.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev conducted a 6-hr., multitask spacewalk outside the International Space Station on May 27.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Thales Alenia Space has submitted an offer to the European Space Agency to demonstrate a LEO cargo return system before the end of the decade.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s weather-delayed Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station was successfully launched on May 15.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Unfavorable weather conditions on May 13 again delayed the planned launch of SpaceX’s 34th NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Unfavorable weather has delayed the planned launch of SpaceX’s 34th NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station until May 13.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor won’t rule out pursuing the Starlab commercial low-Earth-orbit space station without NASA backing.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Experts from NASA and Russia’s space agency Roscosmos continue to pursue the cause and implications of structural cracks in a Russian segment of the ISS.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
Russia's Progress MS-34 resupply capsule is on course for an autonomous docking with the seven-person International Space Station on April 27.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
NASA awarded its seventh private astronaut mission to Voyager.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman's 24th NASA contracted Cygnus resupply mission spacecraft rendezvoused with the seven-person International Space Station on April 13.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi, Graham Warwick
The Trump administration finds little room for science and aeronautics in its quest to return to the Moon.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The White House wants to cut NASA’s budget by nearly one quarter in fiscal 2027.
Budget, Policy & Regulation