International Space Station (ISS)

NASA plans to return the International Space Station’s Crew-11 astronauts to Earth early due to a recent medical issue experienced by one of the four.

NASA is considering cutting short the current Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station due to an undisclosed medical issue with one of the astronauts on the orbital outpost.

NASA’s first ISS spacewalk of 2026 is planned for Jan. 8 to prep the orbital lab for the installation of its seventh ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA).

NASA and SpaceX have conducted a fourth demo of a deorbit thrusters system for a controlled destructive reentry of the International Space Station.

NASA is looking to no earlier than Feb. 15, 2026, to launch four crewmembers to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon mission.

NASA's Jared Isaacman is eager to expedite the Artemis program and that the agency needs to make best use of the ISS' remaining life to seed business for its commercial follow-ons.

Redwire says it will furnish docking systems to The Exploration Company for use on its Nyx spacecraft under a multimillion contract.

With an eye on China, the Trump administration and Congress find common ground in space while Europe aims for greater autonomy.

Russian space agency Roscosmos says it expects a damaged launchpad critical to International Space Station operations to be fixed by the end of February.

NASA plans to study the manufacturing of exotic glass fibers in the microgravity of space for use in quantum sensing and communications applications.

Vast Space LLC has issued a call for research proposals that could be conducted aboard its under development Haven-1 commercial space station.

The ability to refuel satellites in orbit will be crucial to future U.S. military space operations, but the Pentagon needs more testbeds.

The researchers say studying and training a machine learning program on the environment ahead of time allows space robots to use their limited computational resources more effectively.

Russia's Soyuz MS-27 made a successful parachute-assisted landing in remote Kazakhstan early Dec. 9, safely returning three crewmembers from the ISS.

After three orbital flight tests, Boeing’s crewed passenger spacecraft still needs work.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The nonprofit Aurelia Institute has opened a global competition that looks beyond the ISS, to build an infrastructure to live and work in near-Earth venues.

All eight of the International Space Station’s docking and berthing ports have parked crew and resupply spacecraft—a first.

Roscosmos says it is inspecting damage to the launchpad used Nov. 27 to ferry three crewmembers to the International Space Station.

A Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on Thursday brought NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev to the ISS.

NASA has awarded Northrop Grumman two additional Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) missions to the International Space Station.

Northrop Grumman’s initial Cygnus XL resupply capsule for the International Space Station has been temporarily unberthed from the orbital lab’s U.S. segment.

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner orbital spacecraft will make another uncrewed flight to the International Space Station.

A bipartisan group of five U.S. senators has introduced legislation to boost post-International Space Station research in space.

Representatives of four commercial companies developing successors to the International Space Station have offered insights.