With a replacement crew on board the space station, NASA is eyeing Tuesday for the Starliner astronauts' return to Earth, finally ending their marathon mission.

China plans to send an astronaut from its all-weather ally Pakistan as the first foreign guest to its space station Tiangong. China and Pakistan on Friday (February 28, 2025) signed an agreement ...

On February 19, 1986, the Soviet Union launched the Mir space station. While this wasn't the first space station launched into orbit, it was the first one that had to be assembled piece-by-piece ...

Astronauts take hundreds of stunning photos from the International Space Station. This year's best snapshots reveal both Earth and space in glorious detail. Check out astronauts' views of eclipses ...

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US space officials do not like to talk about the perils of flying astronauts on the aging International Space Station, elements of which are now more than a quarter of a century old. However, a ...

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NASA is now preparing for what’s next for human presence in space with plans to de-orbit the International Space Station in 2031. "We constantly have maintenance on the space station.

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Mir remained in space until 23 March 2001, during which time it orbited the Earth more than 86,000 times. This BBC News report was broadcast on 20 February 1986. BBC Archive ...