Russia intends to place a space station into polar orbit, giving it an unparalleled view over a vital strategic region.

The International Space Station (ISS) has been orbiting Earth for the last quarter of a century. But it was only this week that all eight of its docking ports were filled at the same time. The ...

With NASA's International Space Station set to come out of service in 2030, American aerospace firm Vast has stepped into a frenzied race for the world's first commercial space station. Haven-1—a mini ...

It’s an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even a moment’s pause. The International Space Station marks a quarter-century of continuous occupancy this weekend, ...

As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore, had to take manual control of the vehicle. But as ...

From July 3 through July 8, it will be possible to sight the two largest objects currently in orbit around the Earth, passing across the predawn sky within minutes of each other. During this upcoming ...

A computer-generated image of the football-field-sized International Space Station. Editor at Large The last time no representative of the human race was in space Bill Clinton was in his final year in ...

On Episode 154 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Space TV director Liam Kennedy about bringing content and video from the International Space Station down to Earth. If you've ...

Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday evening on their way to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian ...

Retired astronaut Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced space flier, and three rookie crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off on a privately-financed flight to the International Space ...

For 25 years, the International Space Station has been stationed in low-Earth orbit, typically about 250 miles high, where it has been home to astronauts from all over the world. While the astronauts ...

For nine months in 2022, moss lived in space. It wasn’t in a lab aboard the International Space Station, like other gardening experiments conducted in orbit — rather, the moss was attached to the ...