Save the date! ISS Expedition 56 crew members to make their journey on March 21
The Soyuz spacecraft that will carry the three individuals is scheduled to arrive at the space station on March 23.
Mar 19, 2018, 12:14 PM IST
AI-based floating head to assist ISS astronauts
Airbus, an aeronautics company based in the Netherlands, is developing CIMON (Crew Interactive MObile CompanioN), an AI-based space assistant for Germany's DLR Space Administration.
Mar 05, 2018, 15:00 PM IST
Expedition 54 crew makes a safe return to Earth from the ISS
The Expedition 55 crew – comprising Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, NASA's Scott Tingle, and JAXA's Norishige Kanai – continues to operate the station and will wait for the next three-member crew to board the orbiting laboratory in March.
Feb 28, 2018, 09:17 AM IST
Two astronauts to venture out of the ISS for a long spacewalk on Friday
The spacewalk originally was scheduled for January 29 but was postponed when a new LEE, installed during the spacewalk, encountered start-up issues.
Feb 15, 2018, 14:26 PM IST
The US plans to privatize the space station, make it a commercial venture
As per the Post, the White House would request the private sector to provide market analyses and development plans.
Feb 12, 2018, 19:11 PM IST
When astronauts tossed the shuttle: First badminton match played in outer space
While Roscosmos didn't specify the final score, they said that 'Friendship won', which in Russian terms normally means that the match was a draw.
Feb 07, 2018, 10:43 AM IST
Two cosmonauts break record for longest Russian spacewalk
The record for longest spacewalk is held by by NASA astronauts.
Feb 05, 2018, 13:25 PM IST
NASA postpones second spacewalk, schedules it for mid-February
The spacewalk is to be performed by NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei – who led the first spacewalk on January 23 as well – joined by Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Jan 29, 2018, 17:24 PM IST
It's a wrap! NASA astronauts successfully complete 2018's first spacewalk
The spacewalk was the 206th in support of space station assembly and maintenance, the third in Mark Vande Hei’s career and the first for Scott Tingle.
Jan 24, 2018, 11:27 AM IST
Astronauts all set to venture out of the ISS for 2018's first spacewalk today
This will be the first spacewalk of 2018 with Vande Hei taking the lead.
Jan 23, 2018, 10:33 AM IST
In a first, ISS astronauts identify unknown microbes in space
Identifying microbes involves isolating the DNA of samples, and then amplifying – or making many copies – of that DNA that can then be sequenced, or identified.
Jan 01, 2018, 16:13 PM IST
Space station crew will experience New Year's Eve 16 times
The six astronauts and cosmonauts will go into the last weekend of 2017 with light duty and family conferences before taking the New Year's Day off.
Space is closer than you think: NASA astronaut shares magnificent image of Earth
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei currently residing in the ISS as a part of the Expedition 53/54 crew, recently posted a stunning image of 'Little Rock, Memphis, Jackson, New Orleans, Birmingham, Miami, and many places in between' all lit up.
Dec 21, 2017, 20:45 PM IST
Three new crew members welcomed aboard the International Space Station
The crew members will spend about six months conducting approximately 250 science investigations in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development — research that impacts life on Earth.
Dec 19, 2017, 17:41 PM IST
Touchdown! Expedition 53 astronauts make successful descent to Earth from ISS
The Expedition 54 crew continues operating the station, with Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos in command.
Dec 14, 2017, 17:32 PM IST
NASA to screen 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' for astronauts aboard ISS
Rian Johnson's space opera will be screened at the ISS with the American space agency sending a screener to the astronauts.
Dec 14, 2017, 13:15 PM IST
Microbes found on ISS resembles homes on Earth: Study
The conclusion is of a citizen science project called Project MERCCURI that analysed bacteria found on 15 locations on the ISS and compared them with samples from homes on Earth as well as the Human Microbiome Project.
Zero gravity pizza, anyone? ISS astronauts show you how it's done - Watch
A video posted by NASA on YouTube shows the astronauts preparing their respective their pizzas, sharing and eating them together.
Dec 04, 2017, 18:35 PM IST
Living bacteria found in samples from ISS satellite's surface
The bacteria were brought to the space station accidentally on tablet PCs together with various materials that are placed aboard the ISS for long time to study the materials’ behavior in outer space.
Nov 28, 2017, 12:42 PM IST
Beermaker Budweiser to make space debut next month
20 Budweiser Barley seeds will be loaded as cargo and launched into space destined for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX's rocket on a new cargo supply mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida on December 4.
Nov 23, 2017, 11:49 AM IST
