International Space Station (ISS)

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

By Mark Carreau
The robots assist astronauts with scientific research and technology demonstrations.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Propulsion system issues prompted NASA to remove the crew for Starliner’s return to Earth in September 2024.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The awards were made under the commission’s Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF) grant program initiative.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Access to the Aegis-owned-and-operated TAMU-SPIRIT will be limited to students, faculty and other researchers within the Texas A&M University System.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Released Feb. 6, NASA’s independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) report identified risk, management and budget challenges.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The company instead pivoted to use aluminum for its Haven-1 commercial space station, it said on Feb. 6.
Space Exploration

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

By Mark Carreau
The planned launch from Kennedy Space Center is set for no earlier than this spring aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore enhanced their extended mission to the ISS by recovering an RFG antenna.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The first of two upcoming 6- to 7-hr. spacewalks has been assigned to NASA astronauts Nick Hague, his fourth career excursion; and Sunita “Suni” Williams.
Space Exploration