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Russian rocket en route to ISS suffers major antenna glitch, triggering remote-control astronaut 'backup plan'NASA has revealed that Russia's Progress 94 spacecraft failed to deploy one of its antennae, making it impossible for the uncrewed freighter to autonomously dock with the International Space Station. An orbiting cosmonaut will now have to manually guide the stricken vessel using a "backup system."
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NASA astronauts back on Earth after unprecedented medical emergency on ISSThe SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft splashed down this morning as four astronauts completed an unprecedented medical evacuation of the International Space Station (ISS).
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NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crewNASA has announced the early return of Crew-11 from the International Space Station after an unidentified astronaut experienced a medical problem.
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Scientists put moss on the outside of the International Space Station for 9 months — then kept it growing back on EarthA species of moss survived for 9 months on the outside of the International Space Station, new research reveals — and 80% of the samples kept reproducing when returned to Earth.
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Human stem cells become more active in space — and that's not a good thingStem cells age faster and become functionally exhausted in low Earth orbit, making crewed long-duration space travel even more challenging.
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SpaceX just launched disease-causing bacteria to the International Space StationSpaceX just launched the Crew-11 astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA — along with an interesting bacterial experiment.
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Astronaut snaps giant red 'jellyfish' sprite over North America during upward-shooting lightning eventNASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and southern U.S. states. The red "jellyfish" could help researchers learn more about this rare phenomenon.
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Astrophotographer snaps 'once-in-a-lifetime' shot of solar flare photobombing the ISSAn astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the exact moment the International Space Station passed directly in front of our home star.
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SpaceX's Starship explodes on Texas launch pad in 'catastrophic failure' during routine testSpaceX's Starship 36 underwent a "catastrophic failure" on the stand at its Texas launch site, but the latest setback is unlikely to dent the company's ambitions.
