Before the International Space Station was launched into orbit in 1998, the U.S. signed a document with several other countries to agree to the peaceful use of the orbital laboratory. The ...

The number of sunrises the crew will see is estimated based on the number of times the International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth. US astronaut Sunita Williams, currently stuck at the ...

The Space Coast set a new launch record in 2023 with 72 orbital missions from either Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Early forecasts for as many as 111 launches in ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

The space station sees 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets every 24 hours. So how will the crew there know when it's 2025?

These regions are where stars are born from gas and dust. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore weren't supposed to be at the International Space Station beyond a few days in June when they reached the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa-native Peggy Whitson is set to command another commercial spaceflight. Axiom Mission 4 will take Whitson and a crew of international partners to space to dock with ...

Learn what science payloads are being shipped aboard Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-29 ...

As plans to retire the International Space Station unfold, one of the main contenders to replace the orbital outpost will launch no earlier than August 2025. It is set to become the world's first ...

This animation shows Boeing Starliner launching to space on board a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Starliner is one of two spacecraft built to carry astronauts to and from the International ...

Perhaps the closest call was in March, when a two-pound piece of debris slightly smaller than a soda can fell from the International Space Station, crashing through a family's roof in Florida.

The company hopes it will carry cargo to the International Space Station for the first time this year.Credit...Jef Janis/NASA Our species called this latest 366-day journey around the sun “2024 ...