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US takes a space deal with India to new heights with Artemis Accords membership
The Artemis Accord deal was signed during the recent state visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the USA.
Russia tells NASA Space Station pullout less imminent than indicated earlier
Russian space officials have informed their U.S. counterparts that Moscow would like to keep flying its cosmonauts on the International Space Station at least until their own orbital outpost is built, a senior NASA official told Reuters on Wednesday.
NASA set for Boeing's Starliner uncrewed space capsule test
At 6:54 p.m. EDT (2254 GMT) on Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Starliner is set to make another attempt at launching to the space station without any astronauts aboard
First all-private astronaut team aboard Space Station poised for flight home
Launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on April 8, they spent two weeks aboard ISS with the seven regular, government-paid crew of the space station
Chinese astronauts return safely to Earth after six months in space
A group of Chinese astronauts returned safely to Earth last week after spending six months on board Tiangong space station. The crew had taken off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert in October last year.
NASA insists Space Station unaffected by Russian war
Russian space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin warned again that Western sanctions on Russia could cause the ISS to crash
NASA exploring ways to keep ISS afloat without Russian help: official
Last week Russia's space chief Dmitry Rogozin raised the prospect of pulling out of the partnership in response to US sanctions
2021: A year of space tourism, flights on Mars, China's rise
NASA plans to build lunar habitats and use lessons learned there for forward missions to Mars in the 2030s.
Roblox uses popular game platform to back new kids' projects
The goal is to have 100 million students learning on the Roblox platform by the end of this decade
US slams Russia for 'irresponsible' space missile test
The target of the missile was Cosmos 1408, a 1982 Soviet signals intelligence satellite that has been defunct for several decades
SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS
Crew-3 is part of NASA's multibillion-dollar partnership with SpaceX that it signed after ending the Space Shuttle program in 2011
In first, SpaceX to send all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
This will be the fourth crewed mission for SpaceX, having now sent 10 astronauts to the ISS.
Astronauts complete first spacewalk at China's new Tiangong Station
The ISS is due for retirement after 2024, although NASA has said it could potentially remain functional beyond 2028.
Gourmet meats, cheese and £18 million toilet shipped to International Space Station
Radish seeds were also sent for astronauts to grow on the station and hopefully provide the crew with a harvest of around 40 radishes a month.
NASA finally narrows down source of persistent air leak on the ISS
With assistance from experts, the team conducted a series of tests that involved the closure of several hatches around the ISS.
SpaceX brings NASA astronauts home safe in milestone mission
The Endeavour's return marks only the beginning for the Crew Dragon as SpaceX and NASA look ahead to future missions.
French aquanaut Fabien Cousteau unveils futuristic design of largest underwater research facility
Installation of the world's largest underwater international "space station" will soon be underway.
NASA launches contest to develop toilet that will function on the moon and in space
It is open to the global community to come up with a new cutting-edge platform that would be used in the upcoming Artemis mission.
NASA astronauts return to earth after watching coronavirus pandemic from ISS
NASA astronauts landed on Friday.
US Astronaut returns to Earth after longest mission by woman
Koch touched down at 0912 GMT on the Kazakh steppe after 328 days in space.
Want some space cookies? NASA astronauts bake them in space for Christmas
In the first-of-its-kind experiment, the cookies took much longer to bake as compared to cookies baked on earth.
Astronauts grow meat in space
Astronauts successfully cultivated a beef steak onboard the International Space Station.
ISS astronauts edit DNA in space for the first time
In a historic move, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were able to edit DNA in space using CRISPR-Cas9.
Scientists discover silver shield against superbug in space
A new substance called AgXX can help protect astronauts from bacteria while in space.
Space tourism: All aboard for the trip to the final frontier?
To the ordinary person, commercial space travel may seem like a pipe dream, but at an embryonic level a few well-funded space companies are creaking into action.
Trump administration wants to privatise the ISS and end federal funding
The ISS could be handed over to the private sector like a piece of real estate.
Russian cosmonauts who stepped out of the ISS to conduct repairs set spacewalk record
The spacewalk lasted 8 hours and 13 minutes, a new record for Russian cosmonauts.
Nasa could pull out of ISS after Trump administration hints at dropping funding by 2025
A draft of a recent budget proposal hints at dropping the ISS funding before the service lifetime end of the space station.
Nasa astronauts launch daring spacewalk to fix International Space Station robot arm
Spacewalking Nasa astronauts gave a hand to the International Space Station's big robot arm as the US federal government geared back up into action.
'Flying' around on a vacuum cleaner? Space station astronaut nails it in this hilarious video
Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov rode the vacuum cleaner during routine clean-up activity on the space station.