International Space Station

RSC Energia and Space Adventures, Inc plan to fly two tourists to the Russian section of the International Space Station in 2023, with one of them embarking on a space walk with a cosmonaut during the short visit.

Virgin Galactic is further expanding its scope of space-faring services, today signing a new agreement with NASA that will see it prepare private astronauts for trips to the International Space Station.

The launch of the SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the ISS marks two historic events. It is the first crewed launch from American soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet in 2011, and the first ever crewed commercial mission to go into orbit.

In the first manned mission to launch from American soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, NASA has announced the Demo-2 Crew Dragon mission will lift off on May 27 with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard.

A new study has revealed a significant change in the brain’s white matter in astronauts following visits to the International Space Station (ISS), and the scientists say the changes to brain volume could be permanent.

A few years ago, for the first time ever, astronauts ate lettuce that had been grown aboard the International Space Station (ISS). It has now been determined that the "space lettuce" was at least as nutritious as similar plants grown on Earth.

NASA has announced Axiom Space will provide the first part of what will eventually become the "Axiom Segment" of the ISS, consisting of a node module, a research and manufacturing facility, crew habitat, and a large-windowed Earth observatory.

Science stands still for no one, and with a new year comes a new calendar of exciting events in spaceflight and exploration. New Atlas rounds up some of the most important milestones to look forward to in 2020.

Lego is adding to its catalogue of space-themed kits, today announcing a replica of the International Space Station that features moving parts to mimic some of the orbiting laboratory’s realistic functions.

The International Space Station (ISS) almost got an old-fashioned house call after one of the astronauts was diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis in the jugular vein of their neck, which had to be treated with medicines already aboard the station.

The Japanese space agency, JAXA, will set up a studio on the International Space Station (ISS) that will provide two-way live-streaming video feeds starting in 2020 as part of the JAXA Space Innovation through Partnership and Co-Creation initiative.

On November 18, 2019, from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) 250 mi (400 km) above the Earth, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano took control of the prototype Analog-1 rover for a half-hour spin around its obstacle course in the Netherlands.