For the first time since humans began living in orbit, the International Space Station has every docking port filled, with eight visiting spacecraft clustered around its truss and modules like cars in ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is humanity's most expensive object and has been in orbit for 25 years. Read its ...

Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Dedication; Prologue; 1: An Alternative Plan; Shuffling the Shuttle to Assemble the Station; NASA's Tier-2: An Alternative Assembly Plan; The Interim Control ...

The International Space Station has been consistently occupied since the Expedition 1 crew arrived in November 2000, but sometimes it gets a little busier than others. At the moment, eight spacecraft ...

NASA and Northrop Grumman had delayed the arrival of a Cygnus XL spacecraft to the orbital outpost after an issue with its main engine was detected. Flight engineers were able to determine that it ...

While many in the industry were at first skeptical of NASA’s goal to put resupply flights to the International Space Station in the hands of commercial operators, the results speak for themselves.

The International Space Station (ISS) may never again be visited by a space plane. NASA's space shuttle orbiters were instrumental in building the ISS, and in keeping it operational for its first ...

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The space freighter is loaded with 2,516 kg of cargo - fuel, scientific equipment, oxygen, water, food, and it will also deliver the Orlan-MKS No. 7 spacesuit for extravehicular activity MOSCOW, ...

Another member of the safety panel, Mark Sirangelo, said NASA should formally declare mishaps and close calls as soon as possible. “It allows for the investigative team to be starting to be formed a ...