Elon Musk on Thursday called for the end of the International Space Station, saying it had already outlived its usefulness. "It's time to begin preparations for deorbiting," the outpost, Musk wrote on ...

View from Shenzhou-20 spacecraft showing the docking interface with the Tiangong space station on April 24, 2025. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — Three Chinese astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space ...

A computer-generated image of the football-field-sized International Space Station. Editor at Large The last time no representative of the human race was in space Bill Clinton was in his final year in ...

On Episode 154 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Space TV director Liam Kennedy about bringing content and video from the International Space Station down to Earth. If you've ...

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030, its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it remains an open question as to whether its successes matched humanity's ...

Retired astronaut Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced space flier, and three rookie crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off on a privately-financed flight to the International Space ...

A view of Tiangong from the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft as it approaches the forward docking port. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — China is preparing to launch new modules to its Tiangong space station to meet ...

In a remarkable statement Thursday, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said the International Space Station should be deorbited “as soon as possible.” This comment from Musk will surely set off a landmine in ...

NATIONWIDE — As the International Space Station is set to retire in 2030, Axiom Space is hoping to be one of the few commercial companies to have a space station that will replace the famed floating ...

As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore, had to take manual control of the vehicle. But as ...

Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday evening on their way to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian ...

Running a day late, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Friday on a mission to deliver a fresh three-man one-woman crew to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 11:43 a.m. EDT from ...