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20 Years Ago, ISS Construction Begins

NASA will lay the foundation for satellite life extension and duration space exploration with the upcoming launch of RRM3, a mission that will pioneer techniques for storing and replenishing cryogenic spacecraft fuel.

NASA has officially committed to a development timeline that will lead to the first flight of its X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft in just three years.

In space, like on Earth, people sometimes cannot believe their eyes. Or their ears. Or even their body’s orientation.

Northrop Grummans Cygnus spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with about 7,400 pounds of cargo after launching at 4:01 a.m. EST Saturday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

The Expedition 57 crew members aboard the International Space Station spent the week conducting scientific investigations and preparing for the arrival of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus vehicle, currently scheduled for launch early Saturday morning.

Loaded with almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies, a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:14 p.m. EST Friday, Nov. 16 (12:14 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, Baikonur time), to ...

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, currently orbiting Earth as part of the International Space Station’s Expedition 57 crew, will answer questions from students at New York’s University Prep Charter High School at 11:05 a.m. EST Friday, Nov. 16.

In addition to preparation for the arrival of cargo vehicles, the Expedition 57 crew members aboard the International Space Station spent time maintaining space-grown plants, continuing research on DNA and RNA sequencing in microgravity and ...

NASA’s commercial partner Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its Antares rocket, carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, at 4:49 a.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 15. The launch, as well as briefings preceding and ...