International Space Station

The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission achieved another milestone this week when they conducted the first-ever direct communication between astronauts on a lunar voyage and astronauts in Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station.

NASA plans to launch its live-streamed programming on Netflix — featuring rocket liftoffs, astronaut spacewalks and live views of Earth from the International Space Station — to the “broadest possible audience,” starting this summer, the space agency announced Monday.

Astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary were on board when Axiom Mission 4 launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, bound for the International Space Station (ISS).

In a candid interview, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams shared their experiences during the Boeing Starliner’s first crewed flight which left them stranded in space for nine months. According to Wilmore, thruster failures almost doomed the pair to a fate far worse than an extended stay aboard the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, one of two that was stranded in space for nine months before being rescued by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, praised Jesus Christ when asked what he learned while stuck in orbit for an extended period of time. “It’s bound in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” he said not long before departing the International Space Station to return to Earth.

Russia may be trying a new vector into American relations, with an approach to Elon Musk by the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund.

In a viral video shared by both President Donald Trump and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are being rescued by a SpaceX mission after being stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) by Boeing and Joe Biden, thanked President Trump and Musk for their support in bringing them back to Earth.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX was forced to call off its plans to launch four people into orbit Wednesday night as part of a mission to rescue two NASA astronauts stranded by the Boeing Starliner. The launch ran into technical problems on the ground, leaving astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore stuck in space for a little while longer.

In their first press conference since being stuck on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams gave an inside look at life in unexpected long-duration spaceflight.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has safely returned to Earth, touching down in the New Mexico desert after a prolonged orbital mission that was originally planned to last just 10 days. The Starliner’s crew remains stranded in space until they can be rescued by SpaceX.

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on Friday evening and return to Earth without its crew. The astronauts the ill-fated capsule were supposed to carry home will now be stranded until a SpaceX rescue mission can be launched.

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore has reported strange, pulsing noises emanating from a speaker inside the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, which has been docked at the International Space Station for nearly three months after stranding Wilmore and fellow astronaut Suni Williams in space.

Boeing’s plagued Starliner spacecraft is facing an uncertain future as technical issues, delays, and budget overruns continue to mount, leading NASA and industry experts to question the viability of the project.

In a major blow to Boeing’s space ambitions, NASA has decided to bring home two astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) using a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, abandoning the original plan to use Boeing’s troubled Starliner capsule due to ongoing technical issues.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will rescue two astronauts who have been stranded in space since June after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft encountered problems.

Senior NASA officials will convene on Saturday to determine whether Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is safe enough to bring astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth from the International Space Station.

NASA faces a major dilemma as it works to bring home two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical problems with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The astronauts’ Boeing spacesuits are “incompatible” with the SpaceX craft, representing yet another hurdle to bring the pair of Americans back to Earth.

How NASA will bring astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore home remains uncertain as they continue their extended stay on the International Space Station (ISS) due to ongoing issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Despite the uncertainty, the pair are making the best of it in their temporary home in low Earth orbit.

NASA is grappling with a critical decision regarding the return of astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams from the International Space Station (ISS) amid concerns over the Boeing Starliner’s autonomous undocking capabilities and the spacecraft’s potential to damage one of only two docking ports on the space station.

NASA officials have recently acknowledged internal “disagreement” regarding the reliability of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to safely return two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly working on a plan with NASA to fly astronauts stranded by Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft home after eight weeks of the crew being in orbit.

NASA has awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX an $843 million contract to design and build a spacecraft that will safely guide the International Space Station (ISS) back to Earth at the end of its operational life.

A pair of NASA astronauts are still stuck at the International Space station while the Boeing spacecraft they traveled in experiences issues, as Boeing insists that “the astronauts are not stranded.”

Boeing is confident its first astronaut launch at the beginning of June will go ahead after spending the past few weeks struggling with more problems on the troubled space capsule.

A SpaceX crew returned to Earth following a six-day delay at the International Space Station (ISS), and Florida locals heard a “sonic boom.”

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has broken the world record for the most cumulative time spent in space, Russia’s space agency reported.

The China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) said Wednesday that it plans to double the size of China’s Tiangong space station.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has emerged as the dominant force in the rocket-launch market, handling a staggering 88 percent of customer flights from American launch sites in the first half of 2023. One former Air Force space operations officer explains, “The fact is that the competition can’t field anything right now and that makes SpaceX a de facto monopoly.”

The director of Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Tuesday that he expects Moscow to end its participation in the International Space Station (ISS) by 2024, Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency reported.

Dmitry Rogozin, director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said on Friday that he will pitch a joint project for a moon landing to his counterparts in China next month.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei will return to earth from the International Space Station (ISS) with Russian colleagues aboard a Russian spacecraft.

Russia has warned that sanctions on its aerospace industry could result in the International Space Station (ISS) falling into an “uncontrolled deorbit” and smashing into the United States or Europe, potentially with the force of a small nuclear bomb. 

NASA has released a new statement outlining how it plans to operate the International Space Station until 2030. It will then be destroyed by plummeting the station out of orbit into a remote region of the Pacific Ocean. The agency plans to transition operations to commercial space stations in the future.

Russia’s space agency announced plans on Thursday to send a film crew to the International Space Station (ISS) in October as part of its efforts to become the first nation to shoot a fictional movie in space.

Axiom Space has announced the first four commercial passengers to be rocketed to the International Space Station sometime in 2022.

Astronauts Chris Cassidy, Bob Behnken, and Doug Hurley held a press conference with reporters from the International Space Station on Monday.