International Space Station
UPDATE NASA ends ‘Emergency Standby Alert’ for ISS crew as leak repairs are paused for further analysis
[UPDATE on June 5, 2026 | 11:46 PM IST] NASA has ended the precautionary ‘safe haven’ alert aboard the ISS after Russian repair work on the leak-prone PrK…
Axiom-4 crew undocks from the ISS aboard capsule ‘Grace’, splashdown expected tomorrow
The Axiom-4 (aka ‘Ax-4’) crew undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 4:35 pm IST (7:05 am EDT) on July 14. They are aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon…
Russia says it will leave International Space Station after 2024 amid rising post-Ukraine war tensions
For many years, the International Space Station (ISS) has been a symbol of international cooperation. In particular, it highlights the partnership between Russia and the US – two…
SpaceX launches a simulator that lets you take control of and dock its Crew Dragon spacecraft
SpaceX is working in full force to get American people back in space as soon as possible, in their self-manufactured rockets. So far, it has launched multiple test…
NASA and SpaceX targeting mid-May for first manned mission, despite coronavirus pandemic
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to prevail pan-industry, causing unprecedented losses globally, NASA and SpaceX’s Demo-2 flight test seems to be visibly undeterred. The space agency’s first…
Axiom Space will send the first, fully private mission to ISS at an all-inclusive fare of $55M in partnership with SpaceX
Axiom Space, the four year old space startup that aims to make private space travel a reality, has announced its first private space mission. And the mission, which…
ISS astronaut Christina Koch returns after her record setting stay in space
It takes a different kind of skin to become an astronaut, and it takes a different kind of person altogether to become a record holding one. The excruciating…
SpaceX successfully tests crucial crew abort system, setting stage for space station crewed missions
Elon Musk-led SpaceX has today successfully launched its Crew Dragon spacecraft using a Falcon 9 rocket, in a major step towards test of human-related spacecraft’s In-Flight Abort (IFA)…
Soyuz MS-14 carrying humanoid robot Skybot F-850 successfully docks to ISS in 2nd attempt
Russian Space Agency Roscosmos’ Soyuz MS-14 module finally docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in a second attempt (nearly 72 hours after aborting its original attempt to…
NASA opens ISS for commercial use by private companies and astronauts
According to a new interim directive from NASA, the International Space Station (ISS) will now be available for commercial use by private players as well. The same was…
CIMON robot aboard the ISS asks astronaut to “not be mean, please”!
In what may look like a realisation of what we have been thinking AI powered humanoids should actually be doing, CIMON — a robot which boarded the International…
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has attached itself to the International Space Station
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule has homed in to the International Space Station. Launched on Saturday, the spacecraft was bang on target and managed to connect to the ISS as per…
SpaceX’s Dragon fails to connect with the ISS in its first attempt, will try again on Thursday
GPS is important, more so when you are in space with no sign posts around. An error in its global positioning system prevented SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship from…
BBC To Create History By Broadcasting The Calcutta Cup Rugby Clash To The ISS In Outer Space
For the first time ever, BBC is set to broadcast a live program into the outer space, creating fresh history in the digital broadcasting domain. BBC will live-stream…
Become A Virtual Astronaut And Discover The ISS In This New Self-Guided Virtual Tour
Virtual Reality is taking the entire tech ecosytem by storm. In fact, such has been the surge in popularity for this rather nascent industry, that established tech giants are…