International Space Station (ISS)

By Irene Klotz
A quartet of civilian polar explorers returned from a 3.5-day spaceflight with SpaceX’s first crewed Dragon splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Medical physicist Chris Williams has been selected to serve aboard the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams say they continue to embrace the unexpected.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The Cygnus resupply capsule left the International Space Station on March 28.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is expected to return to orbit late this year or in early 2026.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
NASA says it wants to stick with the Boeing CST-100 Starliner to give the space agency options in case the SpaceX Dragon system were to encounter problems.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The returning astronauts included the Boeing CST-100 Starliner extended Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission’s Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA's Crew-9 Dragon mission capsule undocked from the ISS early March 18, setting the stage for an estimated 5:57 p.m. EDT automated splashdown and recovery.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
Undocking would be followed by splashdown and recovery in the Gulf waters off the Florida peninsula planned for approximately 5:57 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The SpaceX Dragon capsule, designated Endurance, autonomously docked to the forward docking port of the ISS U.S. segment’s Harmony module at 12:04 a.m. EDT.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
Docking of the Crew-10 Dragon Endurance capsule to the orbital lab’s U.S. segment Harmony module is planned for 11:30 p.m. EDT on March 15.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA scrubbed the planned March 12 launch of the SpaceX Crew-10 Dragon capsule to the ISS due a hydraulic issue with the ground system clamp arm.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
"Suni" Williams has served as commander of ISS Expedition 72 since Sept. 23, 2024.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams spoke favorably about their greatly extended mission.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA, which leads the 15-nation ISS’s operations, plans to retire the orbital lab in 2030.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Russia's Progress MS-30 capsule docked to the Russian segment of the ISS on Mar. 1, delivering hardware, scientific research, food, supplies and more.
Operations & Safety

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space says Merck is its first commercial rideshare partner for the inaugural flight of the Dream Chaser spaceplane on a NASA mission later this year.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Russia's MS-30 Progress resupply mission is on course for a March 1 docking with the ISS for delivery of a 2.8-ton cargo load.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The MS-30 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a three-stage Soyuz 2a.1 rocket on Feb. 27.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim, Irene Klotz
“It is time to begin preparations for deorbiting the @Space_Station,” Musk wrote on his social media site X on Feb. 20.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
New spins on NASA-developed heat shield technologies paved the way for an era of reusable space vehicles.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The agency announced Feb. 3 the next in a multistep strategy in which it would provide VIPER to a potential U.S. partner.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA repeatedly delayed the astronauts’ return as it studied issues with the capsule’s propulsion system.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Veteran astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams launched to the ISS aboard a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on June 5, 2024.
Operations & Safety