The Orlan-ISS differs from the previous Orlan-MK model by its new inner airtight casing made of hi-tech fabric with a long service life and a new automated water cooling system that automatically main ...

The thrusters of Russia’s Progress MS-30 spacecraft were activated at 4:00 p.m. GMT, running for a total of 533 seconds ...

The Soviets also experimented with arming military space stations (see Almaz, below) with the Rikhter R-23 autocannon. These guns were developed for Soviet aircraft and fired 23mm slugs at a rate ...

The SpaceX capsule tasked with bringing back two NASA astronauts that have spent months on the International Space Station (ISS) after thruster issues following the launch of Boeing’s ...

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams set out for a weeklong mission at the International Space Station last year.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station after nine months in space, checking out with two other ...

Hague and Gorbunov arrived at the station in late September, on SpaceX's Crew-9 mission. Williams and Wilmore have been in ...

While stranded, Wilmore and Williams will have been providing vital data to help measure the impacts of prolonged stays – every bladder and bowel movement they had will have been weighed and checked ...

A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station in a NASA crew-swap mission that will allow a ...

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

The solar array isn’t the only plan China has for space research—it also plans to reach the Moon and build an International ...