If you’ve ever seen the International Space Station (ISS) as it passes overhead 250 miles above Earth, then you’ll probably know that its bright appearance is a result of the sun reflecting off its four pairs of solar arrays.
Hosting the first astron…
After just over a month docked at the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft is about to undock and return to Earth loaded with 5,200 pounds of experiments and other items.
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The International Space Station (ISS) now has a new doorway to space.
A video (top) posted by NASA on Monday shows the station’s robotic arm — operated by folks at Mission Control in Houston — detaching the Bishop Airlock from the trunk of SpaceX’s rec…
On Nov. 27, 2020, NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins checks out radish plants growing for the Plant Habitat-02 experiment that seeks to optimize plant growth in the unique environment of space and evaluate nutrition and taste …
SpaceX will launch its newly upgraded Cargo Dragon spacecraft on its 21st resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) today, meaning the ISS will soon have double dragons docked: Both the uncrewed Cargo Dragon supply craft and the Crew Dr…
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi is fast emerging as the resident photographer of the Expedition 64 crew currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Since arriving on the orbiting outpost on November 16, 2020, Noguchi has been using the …
There are plenty of things that need to come together to allow humans to establish a more permanent presence in space — and a recent experiment carried out on the International Space Station (ISS) represents an important milestone. Charles Cockell, pro…
Voting from space is a thing.
With no waiting in line, and a voting booth just a short distance away, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins on Thursday cast her presidential election ballot from the confines of the International Space Station (ISS).
A photo pos…
In a video posted on NASA’s YouTube channel this week, International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Chris Cassidy said that by far the most popular question the crew receive from Earthlings is: “How do astronauts go to the bathroom?”
Happy to offer so…
This Thursday, Northrop Grumman will launch a Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) carrying not only supplies for the crew, but also new science experiments to be tested out in the microgravity environment. With a total of 8…