NASA is asking U.S. industry for proposals to create a “space tug” for removing the International Space Station from orbit in the early 2030s. The agency plans to use a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) to safely steer...
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By touching down in the landing zone – roughly 400km (250 miles) to the north-east of Russian space launch facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan – Vande Hei surpasses Nasa’s previous record for the longest...
The head of Russia’s space agency warned Thursday (Feb. 24) that new sanctions imposed on his country could have dire consequences for the International Space Station program. “Do you want to destroy our...
The majestic Mount Etna is erupting so strongly in the Mediterranean that it’s catching the attention of the International Space Station crew. Members of Expedition 66, which is now in orbit, provided some views of...
On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth. Later in the day, it was confirmed that Russia had destroyed one of its old satellites in a test of an...
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover took a spacewalk Saturday outside the International Space Station to upgrade the lab’s communications and cooling systems. The walk, which took place about 250 miles above...