21 April 2021
Russia announces the first module of its new space station will be launched in 2025
The first piece of Russia's new space station – a Science Power Module that was originally intended for the International Space Station (ISS) – will be ready for launch in 2025, said Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday, cementing ...
23 April 2021
NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 heads to the ISS in a reused rocket and capsule
...time in a year, astronauts are heading to the International Space Station on a private rocket, following the successful launch ...will stay for around six months and depart from the space station no earlier than 31 October for return to Earth. Endeavour...
30 July 2021
Starliner OFT-2 launch delayed following problems with Nauka module at ISS
... at 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 GMT). "Currently, launch teams are assessing the next available opportunity. The move allows the International Space Station team time to continue working checkouts of the newly arrived Roscosmos' Nauka module and to ensure the...
12 October 2016
NASA to move ahead with plans for private ISS modules
... NASA's NextSTEP award this year. Ixion plans to study the conversion of a Centaur upper stage into a commercial International Space Station module. According to the latest statement, NASA hopes that the modules will support long-term crewed...
01 August 2018
What now for the ISS as new audit report questions commercial interest
For the past 20 years, the International Space Station (ISS) has served as an off-world floating laboratory for inhabitants around the globe to learn what it means to live and work in space. But what now lies ahead for the permanently...
01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
... that the launch proceeds as scheduled on Saturday, then Crew Dragon will be on target to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday around 6 a.m. EST (11:00 GMT). Although a flight readiness review (FRR) has been completed by SpaceX...