International Space Station (ISS)

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.

The experiment, known as Illuma-T, is among the 6,500 lb. of cargo aboard SpaceX’s 29th resupply mission to the ISS.

NASA has rescheduled the planned launch of an International Space Station resupply mission from Nov. 7 to Nov. 9 because of a nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer leak.

Two NASA astronauts executed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station’s U.S. segment on Nov. 1.

Sierra Space is poised to deliver the first Dream Chaser spaceplane from its site near Denver to NASA’s Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio.

An upcoming resupply mission to the International Space Station will include payload for an effort to bioprint heart tissue.

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the development of Russia’s new orbital station after a special meeting at Energia Corp. on Oct. 26.

NASA is planning a payload resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Two cosmonauts spent the early portion of their spacewalk outside the ISS Oct. 25 dealing with the latest in a series of Russian segment external coolant leaks.

The ambitious mission to explore seven asteroids is targeted to launch in March 2028.

Axiom Space is nearing completion of its Hab One pressure vessel.

NASA has announced another rescheduling as well as a resequencing of a pair of International Space Station (ISS) spacewalks.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is feeling good and so far pleased with how his body is responding to Earth’s gravity after a U.S. record-setting 371 days in space.

The company plans to develop a fully autonomous docking system for the Cygnus.

NASA has postponed a pair of International Space Station spacewalks planned for Oct. 12 and Oct. 20 due to a coolant leak.

An external coolant leak from a backup radiator on the International Space Station’s Russian segment Nauka multipurpose laboratory module has ceased.

Ground controllers saw flakes coming from the leak site—on one of two radiators—on Oct. 9 at about 1 p.m. EDT, using externally mounted ISS cameras, NASA says.

China plans to double the size of its Tiangong space station to accommodate experiments from international customers and partners.

The European Space Agency and Axiom Space have agreed to collaborate.

NASA plans a pair of International Space Station (ISS) spacewalks in October that will feature three different first-time Expedition 70 spacewalkers.

Northrop was one of four teams to win NASA funding for early development of commercial LEO platforms.