International Space Station
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NASA to launch first American astronauts to space station since 2011
Science | Apr 18, 2020, 07:49 AM ISTNASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will fly on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifting off on a Falcon 9 rocket at 4:32 p.m. EDT May 27, from Launch Complex 39A in Florida.
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NASA astronauts rehearse upcoming crew mission to ISS
Science | Apr 01, 2020, 08:40 PM ISTAmid rapid spread of COVID-19, joint teams from NASA and SpaceX executed in March a full simulation of launch and docking of the Crew Dragon spacecraft which will take astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Dragon spacecraft delivers cargo to ISS
World | Dec 09, 2019, 09:23 AM ISTSpaceX said the Dragon will leave the ISS in about 30 days and return to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, where teams from the company, which is owned by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, will recover the spacecraft for reuse in future missions.
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Watch NASA astronauts perform live repair spacewalk at the ISS
Science | Dec 02, 2019, 05:38 PM ISTNASA astronauts on Monday performed spacewalk outside the International Space Station. This spacewalk was a third in the series of spacewalks aimed at repairing the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a cosmic ray detector.
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Astronauts in diapers as all toilets at International Space Station break down
World | Nov 27, 2019, 05:36 PM ISTAs per ISS commander, Luca Parmitano, the toilet in the US module has been constantly signalling that it is broken while the toilet in the Russian side is filled to its maximum. In a conversation with the ground personnel aired by NASA on Tuesday, the in-space team of astronauts said they were trying to fix the toilet on the US side.
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Kounotori8: World's biggest transport space ship lifts off from Japan
Science | Sep 25, 2019, 01:51 PM ISTKounotori8, meaning "white stork" in Japanese, intends to deliver about 5.3 tonnes of supplies to astronauts at the ISS, including fresh food and water as well as batteries and devices needed for experiments.
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Japanese supply craft leaves for International Space Station
News | Sep 25, 2019, 11:56 AM ISTA Japanese rocket has blasted off with powerful new batteries for the International Space Station. Tuesday's launch in southern Japan came two weeks after a launch pad fire halted the first countdown.
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Russian capsule carrying robot docks at International Space Station after last week's failed attempt
Aug 27, 2019, 04:28 PM ISTA Russian space capsule carrying a humanoid robot has successfully docked at the International Space Station after a failed attempt last week.
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Why NASA wants woman to stay on International Space Station for 11 months
Apr 29, 2019, 03:52 PM ISTAstronaut Christina Koch will set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman when she completes her 11-month-long mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in February 2020. Her long stay on ISS has to do with NASA's preparation of human missions to the Moon and Mars.
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ISS astronauts working on Parkinson's cure in space: NASA
World | Apr 03, 2019, 07:39 PM ISTThe team working on the project, Crystallization of LRRK2 Under Microgravity Conditions-2 (CASIS PCG 16), grows protein crystals of Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) on the space station.
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Dormant viruses reactivate during space travel: NASA
World | Mar 18, 2019, 09:41 AM ISTNASA astronauts endure weeks or even months exposed to microgravity and cosmic radiation not to mention the extreme G forces of take-off and re-entry, said Satish K Mehta at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
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US-Russian crew blasts off to International Space Station
Mar 15, 2019, 06:26 AM ISTA Russian-American crew of three blasted off to the International Space Station early Friday, making a second attempt to reach the outpost after October’s aborted launch.
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SpaceX's Crew Dragon launches its first flight to International Space Station
Mar 02, 2019, 02:49 PM ISTIt will spend five days docked to the orbiting outpost, before making a retro-style splashdown in the Atlantic next Friday — all vital training for the next space demo, possibly this summer, when two astronauts strap in.
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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft released from International Space Station, to reach Earth tonight
Jan 14, 2019, 02:41 PM ISTThe commercial cargo vessel will bring home a variety of critical space research, including ISS hardware to extracted for analysis, refurbishment or discarding, NASA said.
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Three astronauts return to Earth after spending six months at International Space Station
Dec 20, 2018, 12:30 PM ISTA Russian Soyuz capsule with NASA's Serena Aunon-Chancellor, Russian Sergey Prokopyev and German astronaut Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency landed on the snow-covered steppes in Kazakhstan.
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Three-hour manned flights to International Space Station to begin in 18 months: Roscosmos
Dec 17, 2018, 12:57 PM ISTIn 2013, Russia introduced a six-hour route to the International Space Station, consisting of four orbits.
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SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with 6,000 pound of re-supply mission launched to International Space Station
Dec 06, 2018, 01:55 PM ISTBesides delivering supplies and hardwares, the Dragon will also deliver science experiments including the Robotic Refuelling Mission 3 (RRM3) and the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI).
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Russia launches Soyuz Rocket carrying three astronauts to International Space Station since October failure
Dec 03, 2018, 06:46 PM ISTNASA and Roscosmos said that all onboard systems were operating normally and the crew was feeling fine.
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Three astronauts set to launch to International Space Station today
Dec 03, 2018, 12:01 AM ISTFollowing a six-hour journey making four orbits of Earth, the crew will dock the Soyuz to the station's Poisk module to begin their mission on the orbital laboratory.
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International Space Station completes 20 years in orbit | All you need to know
Nov 23, 2018, 05:18 PM ISTThe ISS was launched on November 20, 1998 and it is still the largest human-made object in low Earth orbit which can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth.