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Watch live as two Russian cosmonauts conduct spacewalk
Though we all have differences, there’s one commonality that has prevailed for all of humanity: we are all floating on a rock, flying through outer space at over a million miles an hour. Thanks to the rapid advancement of technology in the past century, we can observe much more of the universe than we ever thought possible.
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SpaceX launches tenth crewed mission, third fully commercial flight
SpaceX on Sunday evening launched a commercial mission to the International Space Station carrying four people, including former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. This "Axiom-2" mission was commanded by Whitson and carried a paying customer named John Shoffner, who served as pilot, as well as two Saudi Arabian mission specialists, Ali al-Qarni and Rayyanah Barnawi.
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International Space Station fires thrusters to avoid collision with satellite
The ISS playing dodgeball with debris and other satellites in low earth orbit (LEO) is becoming more common.
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SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docks at space station, delivering three-country, four-man crew for six-month stay
A day after launch from the Kennedy Space Center, a Crew Dragon spacecraft docked at the International Space Station early Friday, bringing two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a United Arab Emirates astronaut to the outpost for a six-month stay.
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'Absolutely unreal:' NASA astronaut snaps amazing photo of auroras from space station
You don't often see Earth's dazzling auroras from this angle. NASA astronaut Josh Cassada just snapped a stunning shot of the light display from his perch on the International Space Station (ISS), which flies about 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth on average.
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This small box could be the future of building in outer space
MIT scientists built a microwave-sized box that could let astronauts build parts in space that can’t be made on Earth.
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The International Space Station had to move to dodge space junk
The International Space Station had to fire its thrusters this week to make sure it avoided space junk in orbit around Earth. The station fired its thrusters for 5 minutes and 5 seconds in what NASA called a "Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver" at 8:25 p.m. ET Monday to increase its distance from a piece of what used to be a Russian satellite.
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Tom Cruise Will Launch Aboard a SpaceX Rocket to Film a Movie At the Space Station
In May 2020, former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the agency will collaborate with Hollywood action movie actor Tom Cruise to film a movie at the International Space Station (ISS).
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NASA, SpaceX Crew-5 astronaut mission arrives at the International Space Station
NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday afternoon. The agency said that the Dragon Endurance spacecraft docked at the complex shortly after 5 p.m. ET. After Dragon's link up to the Harmony module, the hatch opened at 6:49 p.m. ET, following standard leak checks and pressurization.
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Russia: We’re not leaving the Space Station until our own is ready
Earlier this week, Russia indicated that it was not extending the current cooperation agreement for the International Space Station, which expires in 2024, and would be departing the project after that. Nearly everyone noticed that there was no actual departure date specified, leaving open the possibility that it would continue its participation without a formal agreement in place. That now seems to be what will happen.
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Russia says it will quit International Space Station after 2024
Russia said Tuesday it will withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024, signaling the end of a joint project that has served as a key symbol of post-Cold War cooperation with Washington. The move comes as Moscow and the West clash over the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, and casts new doubt over the future of global collaboration in space. Russia has intimated that it sees its future as primarily a cooperative effort with the Chinese space program rather than NASA, its main partner of the last 25 years.
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US-Russia agreement for joint flights to the International Space Station
NASA and the Russian space agency Roskosmos have signed a long-term agreement to complete flights to the International Space Station (ISS), which will allow Russian cosmonauts to fly to the space station on US spacecraft in exchange for Americans being able to travel with Russian Soyuz spacecraft, Roskosmos announced today.
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ISS dumps waste container of junk into outer space
A new space waste disposal method has been tested on the International Space Station (ISS), disposing of approximately 172 lbs of garbage—including dirty crew clothing and used office supplies.
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NASA to buy 5 more astronaut missions from SpaceX
NASA plans to buy five more SpaceX crewed flights to the International Space Station. The agency announced a "sole source modification" to its contract with SpaceX, which operates the only American system currently carrying NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The expected value of the modified contract was not disclosed in an agency blog post(opens in new tab) Wednesday (June 1).
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Ukraine war is visible from space, astronaut says
AGerman astronaut who has just returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) has spoken of his impressions of the war in Ukraine from space. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer, 52, said that while in orbit, he could see rocket impacts in Kyiv and clouds of smoke above the cities that had been bombarded.
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Boeing’s Starliner successfully docks to the International Space Station for the first time
This evening, Boeing’s new passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, successfully docked itself to the International Space Station — demonstrating that the vehicle can potentially bring humans to the ISS in the future. It’s a crucial capability that Starliner has finally validated in space after years of delays and failures.
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Cosmonaut Quits Because He Doesn’t Want to “Work for the Americans”
Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, called the "Hero of Russia" won't return to the ISS because he'd have to help Americans with experiments in space.
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SpaceX successfully returns four astronauts from the International Space Station
Four astronauts successfully returned home to Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft today, bringing an end to their six-month-long stay on the International Space Station (ISS). After undocking from the ISS early Thursday morning, the crew dove through Earth’s atmosphere before splashing down underneath parachutes off the coast of Florida at 12:43AM ET.
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Why NASA plans to crash the International Space Station into the middle of the sea by 2031
The International Space Station (ISS) has helped expand our knowledge of the universe, fostered the birth of the space industry, and led the international community's scientific collaboration.
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Space station’s new robotic arm springs to life
Two spacewalkers at the International Space Station activated the facility's new robotic arm for the first time on Thursday, April 28.
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