News Archive / Tagged: International Space Station

• CRS-24 cargo Dragon departs International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJanuary 23rd, 2022

  SpaceX’s CRS-24 cargo Dragon undocked from the International Space Station after more than a month attached to the orbiting laboratory.

• Axiom Space contracted to build an orbital film studio

  Derek RichardsonJanuary 20th, 2022

  Plans are in the works add the first space-based “multipurpose entertainment and content studio” to the International Space Station.

• CRS-24 Dragon arrives at space station with supplies and science

  Derek RichardsonDecember 22nd, 2021

  SpaceX’s CRS-24 Dragon resupply spacecraft arrived the International Space Station with supplies and experiments for the seven-person Expedition 66 crew.

• CRS-24 Dragon mission to ISS closes out record year for SpaceX

  Theresa CrossDecember 21st, 2021

  SpaceX found a gap in the rainy Florida weather to launch the CRS-24 Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station.

• Starliner service module for Orbital Flight Test-2 being replaced

  Theresa CrossDecember 14th, 2021

  Boeing has decided to replace the troubled service module meant to be used for the second uncrewed test flight of the company’s Starliner spacecraft.

• Japanese billionaire visits the International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonDecember 8th, 2021

  Three people launched to the International Space Station for an 11-day stay at the orbiting laboratory, the first tourist mission at the outpost since 2009.

• Three companies selected to develop commercial space stations

  Theresa CrossDecember 6th, 2021

  Last week, NASA signed agreements with three U.S. companies to develop private free-flying commercial space stations in low Earth orbit.

• Spacewalking astronauts replace faulty antenna at ISS

  Cullen DesforgesDecember 2nd, 2021

  Two astronauts have successfully completed a spacewalk at the International Space Station to repair a faulty S-band Antenna Sub-assembly, or SASA, during U.S. EVA-78 as part of the seven-person Expedition 66 mission.

• New Russian Prichal node module heading to space station

  Derek RichardsonNovember 24th, 2021

  The last planned Russian International Space Station module has launched toward the outpost for a scheduled docking in two days.

• Laser demo aims to increase in-space communications bandwidth

  Cullen DesforgesNovember 23rd, 2021

  A laser communications payload is set to fly next month to demonstrate advantages of such a system and for engineers to learn how to use them operationally.

• Astronaut Jessica Watkins assigned to Crew-4 mission

  Theresa CrossNovember 19th, 2021

  NASA has announced the final crewmember for the next International Space Station crew rotation mission under the agency's Commercial Crew Program.

• Russian anti-satellite test forces ISS crew to shelter in place

  Derek RichardsonNovember 15th, 2021

  Days after the four Crew-3 Dragon astronauts arrived at the International Space Station, the seven-person Expedition 66 crew was forced to shelter in place as the outpost passed near a debris field produced from an anti-satellite test.

• Crew-3 Dragon astronauts arrive at International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonNovember 11th, 2021

  A day after launching out of Florida, four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station in the SpaceX Crew-3 Dragon for a six-month stay aboard the orbiting outpost.

• Crew-3 Dragon astronauts finally on their way to space station

  Theresa CrossNovember 10th, 2021

  After a delay of nearly two weeks, four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station following the launch of the SpaceX Crew-3 Dragon mission atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

• Crew-2 Dragon astronauts return to Earth after 199 days

  Derek RichardsonNovember 9th, 2021

  After nearly 200 days in space, four multinational astronauts returned to Earth in SpaceX’s Crew-2 Dragon, splashing down just off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.