International Space Station
Articles related to the International Space Station.
![Starliner lifting off atop of Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41. ©Joel Kowsky/NASA](/content/images/size/w300/2024/06/53771714995_f7cdf927a4-2.jpg)
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has finally carried its first crew into orbit for its first crewed flight test today. The Altas V launch vehicle carrying the spacecraft had an instantaneous launch window and lifted off at 14:52 pm Universal Coordinated Time from Space Launch Complex 41, in Florida.
Jun 5, 2024
4 mins![A Soyuz 2.1a lifting off from its launchpad for MS-25. ©NASA/Bill Ingalls](/content/images/size/w300/2024/03/expedition-71-launch-nhq202403230009_53604618757.jpg)
Over the weekend, two vehicles from two different sides of the world arrived at the International Space Station. The first to arrive was a SpaceX Cargo Dragon V2 with the second, following by a few days, being Soyuz MS-25 carrying three astronauts. After spending almost two days catching up to
Mar 25, 2024
4 mins![Falcon 9 lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 for CRS-30. ©Madison Tuttle/NASA](/content/images/size/w300/2024/03/GJOetXpWkAAcQKB-1.jpg)
Late on the 21st of March, Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40, in Florida, carrying a Cargo Dragon V2 spacecraft into orbit where it has since begun to chase down the International Space Station. The mission is SpaceX's thirtieth overall commercial resupply mission it is
Mar 21, 2024
7 mins![Falcon 9 lifting off from Launch Complex 39A for the Crew-8 mission. ©Aubrey Gemignani/NASA](/content/images/size/w300/2024/03/53566906829_a4257ac4b9.jpg)
At 03:53 am, Universal Coordinated Time, a Falcon 9 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A with Crew Dragon Endeavor atop of it carrying four astronauts onboard for the Crew-8 mission. The four astronauts are Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, and Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin.
Mar 4, 2024
5 mins![The Crew Dragon capsule for the Axiom-3 mission floating in the ocean. ©SpaceX](/content/images/size/w300/2024/02/GF6Gs9na8AASzTT.jpg)
Axiom Space's third commercial mission to the International Space Station has returned to Earth on the 9th of February. The mission launched back on the 18th of January from Launch Complex 39A, at Cape Canaveral in Florida, with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Crew Dragon
Feb 9, 2024
3 mins![Axiom-3 lifting off from LC-39A atop of a Falcon 9. ©SpaceX](/content/images/size/w300/2024/01/GEKgzQ7a0AAVruG-1.jpg)
Axiom Space has begun its Axiom-3 mission bound for the International Space Station on the 18th of January at 21:49 pm Coordinated Universal Time. The mission was launched from Launch Complex 39A, at Cape Canaveral in Florida, with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Jan 19, 2024
6 mins![Jasmin Moghbeli (left) and Loral O'Hara (right) testing their spacesuits.](/content/images/size/w300/2023/11/blog_moghbeli_ohara_pic2.jpg)
Recently astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara completed NASA's fourth all-female spacewalk aboard the International Space Station. Jasmin Moghbeli wore the spacesuit with red stripes for the spacewalk with Loral O'Hara wearing the unmarked spacesuit. Both astronauts spent six hours and forty-two minutes outside
Nov 3, 2023
2 mins![Frank Rubio after exiting the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft.](/content/images/size/w300/2023/09/image--50-.png)
NASA astronaut Francisco Carlos "Frank" Rubio returned to Earth recently on the 27th of September aboard the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft after spending 371 days in space, or 5,936 orbits of the Earth, concluding his first trip to space. Frank Rubio now holds the American record for the
Oct 1, 2023
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