The $843 million spacecraft SpaceX is designing to bring down the International Space Station at the end of the decade will be a super-powered version of its Dragon capsule that’s used to transport astronauts and cargo to orbit today, the
[07 Jul 2024] Low-intensity explosion caused Russian satellite to spew debris
A model of the Resurs-P spacecraft like the one that suffered a breakup event in low Earth orbit June 26. Credit: Vitaly V. Kuzmin CC BY-SA 4.0 TOKYO — A Russian satellite likely suffered a “low-intensity explosion” that created hundreds
[29 Jun 2024] NASA delays next ISS spacewalk until end of July due to spacesuit leak issue
NASA astronaut Mike Barratt comes into the International Space Station following a spacewalk halted after 31 minutes on June 24, 2024. (Image credit: NASA TV) We’ll have to wait a while to see NASA astronauts step outside the International Space
[26 Jun 2024] NASA and SpaceX Will Destroy the International Space Station After 2030
Starship docked with ISS NASA has selected SpaceX to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the International space station and ensure avoidance of risk to populated areas. The single-award contract has a
[06 Jun 2024] Boeing’s Starliner arrives at International Space Station
Boeing’s Starliner capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking on June 6, 2024. (Image credit: NASA TV) Starliner reached the International Space Station (ISS) today (June 6), making contact with the orbiting lab at 1:34 p.m. EDT (1734 GMT)
[26 Mar 2024] Boeing, NASA target May 1 for first crewed flight of Starliner to the space station
NASA astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore (right) pose in front of a graphic of the mission patch for the Starliner Crew Flight Test. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now NASA is five weeks away from putting astronauts aboard a new
[02 Mar 2024] Russia acknowledges continuing air leak from its segment of space station
Roscosmos says specialists are monitoring leak, which poses no danger to crew or station. The International Space Station is one of the last remaining areas of collaboration between Russia and the west. Photograph: AP Russian space officials have acknowledged a
[28 Feb 2024] SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts eager for launch to ISS on March 1: ‘Things surprise you, but we’re ready’
A new set of astronauts are ready for an International Space Station launch. SpaceX is set to launch four new astronauts on the Crew Dragon spacecraft for Crew-8, the eighth operational commercial crew mission for NASA, to the International Space
[02 Feb 2024] SpaceX’s Starship to launch ‘Starlab’ private space station in late 2020s
The giant rocket will loft Starlab in a single launch. An illustration of Starlab, a Voyager Space-Airbus commercial space station targeted to begin operations in the late 2020s. (Image credit: Starlab Space LLC) The stars were aligned for this launch
[28 Jan 2024] SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket modified for Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo launch on Jan. 30
“It’s taken a lot of modifications on our part to get this hardware ready to go fly.” A Northrop Grumman Cygnus freighter spacecraft in between two halves of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket payload fairing. (Image credit: NASA/Kennedy Space Center)