International Space Station (ISS)

The Dragon Freedom capsule made contact with the orbital lab's U.S. segment Harmony module at 5:42 a.m. EST, initiating a 15-min. docking sequence.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket kicked off the planned 14-day Axiom-3 (Ax-3) mission with launch at 4:49 p.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A.

The seven-year REMIS-2 agreement runs to Sept. 30, 2030, with an option to extend it through Sept. 30, 2032, according to a Jan. 12 NASA award announcement.

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Crewmembers of Axiom Space's third private astronaut mission to the ISS are eagerly awaiting launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center no earlier than Jan. 17.

The agency has a third contract with Axiom Space under a $140 million agreement reached in February 2020 to assemble an initial commercial ISS successor.

NASA’s ISS oversight has been authorized by Congress through the end of fiscal 2030.

NASA believes it can leverage commercial service industries for deep-space exploration.

Recovery operations were underway after the successful Dec. 22 splashdown of the 29th NASA-contracted SpaceX Crew Dragon resupply mission.

Axiom Space’s upcoming third private astronaut mission promises to offer a preview of the future low-Earth-orbit economy.

SpaceX’s 29th NASA-contracted Cargo Dragon resupply mission capsule departed the ISS on Dec. 21 for a splashdown and recovery off the Florida coast.

In 2024, India and Boeing aim for low Earth orbit, while NASA eyes an excursion around the Moon.

Axiom Space plans to install a data center on Hab One to be linked to the ISS and use laser communications equipment to connect it to Earth-orbiting satellites.

NASA has offered a preview of Sierra Space’s reusable Dream Chaser resupply demonstration mission to the International Space Station planned for 2024.

Axiom Space is looking at Jan. 9 for the launch of its third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

The $280 billion largesse of the CHIPS and Science Act has started filtering down to the industrial centers supplying parts to Pentagon programs.

NASA has amended plans to acquire a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle capable of executing a controlled deorbit of the International Space Station.

Plans for an automated docking were changed because the cargo capsule was slightly out of alignment as it approached the ISS.

The Russian space agency’s Progress MS-25 resupply capsule began a two-day, 34-orbit trajectory to the International Space Station early Dec. 1.

Former NASA chief Dan Goldin oversaw creation of the station. What does he think of it now? Listen in to find out.

Helped by international players, the UAE has become a regional leader in space.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk has been named the third crew member for the first operational mission of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner to the ISS.

The agency cited the challenges in a Nov. 20 NASA Advisory Council session.

It was another agency milestone in efforts to significantly step up the pace of space communications.

The resupply vessel contains materials for—among other experiments—studies into female reproductive and bone health.