SpaceX and Axiom Send Special Astronaut Team to Space Station

On Friday, a retired NASA astronaut and three paying customers embarked on a journey to the International Space Station. The mission is the first to go to the space station where all passengers are private citizens, and the first time NASA has collaborated in organizing a space tourism visit. NASA officials said the flight was …

SpaceX and Axiom Send Special Astronaut Team to Space Station

On Friday, a retired NASA astronaut and three paying customers embarked on a journey to the International Space Station. The mission is the first to go to the space station where all passengers are private citizens, and the first time NASA has collaborated in organizing a space tourism visit. NASA officials said the flight was …

Is Russia Leaving the International Space Station? Not really.

The head of Russia’s space agency said on Saturday that he would present a proposal to the Russian government to end cooperation on the International Space Station program. Dimitry Rogozin, managing director of Roscosmos, the state agency that oversees Russia’s space program, accused Western nations’ sanctions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine of jeopardizing cooperation in …

Review: On ‘Station Eleven’, The World Ends Beautifully

Things could always have been worse, and so were “Station Eleven.” A powerful flu virus swept the world almost overnight and killed most of humanity. Twenty years later, the survivors lead a pre-industrial life among the ruins. But would you believe me if I told you that somehow everything was better? Or if not exactly …

Japanese Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa Arrives at the Space Station

Yusaku MaezawaThe Japanese billionaire and fashion retailer arrived on the International Space Station for a 12-day stay on Wednesday. It is the latest privately funded rover to the orbital lab in a year with more tourists traveling to space than ever before. Mr. Maezawa, founder of Zozo, a Japanese online fashion retailer, was launched from …

Jessica Watkins Will Be The First Black Woman To Join Space Station Crew

two decades later The International Space Station has become humanity’s longevity home in orbitNASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is set to become the first Black woman to join her team for a long-term mission. John, a geologist who grew up in Lafayette, Col., NASA announced on Tuesday. He announced that Watkins will serve as a mission …

International Space Station Freed of China Space Trash

On Wednesday, nearly six hours before NASA’s Crew-3 mission launched into orbit, the International Space Station had to maneuver to avoid a piece of debris created by a Chinese. Anti-satellite weapons test in 2007. The piece of garbage was expected to enter what’s called the “pizza box,” a square-shaped area 2.5 miles deep and 30 …

Russian Film Crew Wraps Space Station Filming and Returns to Earth

A Russian actress and a film director landed safely on Earth early Sunday after spending 12 days aboard the International Space Station for the first feature-length drama with scenes shot in space. Actress Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko were launched into space on October 5 with a Russian astronaut in a Russian Soyuz …

Space Station Emergency Called with Russian Propellant Firing

The International Space Station tilted briefly from its normal position in orbit during test firing of thrusters on one of Russia’s docked spacecraft on Friday. Russian space agency announced in a statement on their website He said the crew and the station were never in danger. but it was second such emergency at the station …