Racing to beat NASA, an actress and a film director will blast off next month for the International Space Station, where they will film “The Challenge.”
Tag: International Space Station
Space Station Tilted After New Russian Module Fires Thrusters
The Nauka module met up with the orbiting outpost on Thursday morning, and later unexpectedly fired its thrusters.
As Astronauts Dock, China Takes Up Long-Term Residence in Orbit
Three Chinese astronauts arrived on Thursday to help build their country’s rival to the International Space Station.
China, Russia Team Up for a Space Race With the U.S.
The two countries have pledged to cooperate on expeditions to the moon and to an asteroid, setting the stage for a new space race with the United States and its partners.
China Launches First Woman With New Crew to Space Station
China has launched a second crew to the country’s new orbiting space station. The mission is one of many challenging U.S. dominance of space exploration.
4 Astronauts Float Into the International Space Station and Open Arms
The crew arrived on Saturday on the Dragon Endeavour, a spacecraft built by SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space exploration company.
Europe Wants to Diversify Its Pool of Astronauts
In its first hiring drive in over a decade, the continent’s space agency is looking to recruit disabled people and more women.
With an Internet of Animals, Scientists Aim to Track and Save Wildlife
Using tiny sensors and equipment aboard the space station, a project called ICARUS seeks to revolutionize animal tracking.
NASA Says Debris From India’s Antisatellite Test Puts Space Station at Risk
India’s test launch last week “is not compatible with the future of human spaceflight that we need to see have happen,” the space agency’s administrator said.
From Russia, With Thrusters
As another Soyuz space rocket prepares to send a new batch of astronauts to the International Space Station, a photographer takes us inside the world’s oldest and largest spaceport.