International Space Station (ISS)

Astronauts and cosmonauts from four countries are to launch to the ISS in mid-August aboard SpaceX’s seventh NASA-contracted Crew Dragon mission.

Vast has selected Impulse Space’s Saiph thrusters for its Haven-1 Space Station.

NASA has entered no exchange of funds Space Act Agreement partnerships with seven companies that are intended to advance future human spaceflight objectives.

Two NASA astronauts installed a sixth and final planned Roll Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the long solar power truss of the ISS during a June 15 spacewalk.

Ultimately, heritage hardware, not new technology, is the cause.

NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg installed a fifth ISS Roll Out Solar Array on the International Space Station’s lengthy solar power truss.

A routine checkpoint review exposed two safety issues that were seeded long ago.

SpaceX’s 28th NASA-contracted Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the ISS docked autonomously to the orbital lab’s U.S. segment Harmony module early June 6.

A SpaceX Dragon capsule lifted off for a resupply run to the International Space Station on June 5, carrying more than 7,200 lb. of cargo.

Launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with the Cargo Dragon capsule from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is planned for June 3 at 12:35 p.m. EDT.

On its second private charter to the ISS, Axiom flies a pair of Saudi astronauts.

The four-person crew of Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico on May 30.

Axiom Space’s second four-person private astronaut mission (AX-2) to the International Space Station departed the orbital laboratory as planned on May 30.

Russia’s MS-23 Progress resupply mission spacecraft autonomously docked to the Russian segment of the International Space Station at midday May 24.

Axiom Space’s second, four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station docked to the space-facing port on the Harmony module on Monday.

Axiom Space’s abbreviated second four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station cleared its May 15 flight readiness review.

Sergey Prokopyev and Dmetri Petelin deployed and activated a radiator moved from the Rassvet module to Nauka during an April excursion.

NASA is seeking industry input in developing a strategy for a commercial, controlled end-of-life deorbit of the International Space Station.

The prospect is based on still-maturing research underway aboard the ISS and Earth-based research and technology labs.

While much of NASA’s future human exploration focus falls toward deep space, the agency is not turning its back on low Earth orbit.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon switched ISS docking ports May 6 to make room for Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission and a later a SpaceX cargo mission.

Cosmonauts made progress with an upgrade to the International Space Station (ISS) Russian segment’s Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module.

Turkey has named a former air force F-16 pilot as its first astronaut.

Two astronauts from NASA and the UAE conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on April 28.

Northrop Grumman’s 18th NASA contracted resupply mission capsule departed the ISS, filled with trash.