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Repairing the ISS 250 miles above Earth | Space photo of the day for Sept. 1, 2026
1+ week, 5+ day ago (143+ words) technologies, alternative launch concepts, military space developments and uncrewed aircraft systems. Brett's...mountains. Repairing an engineering marvel like the International Space Station is no easy feat by itself, but it's even...
International Space Station astronaut gives out of this world tribute to honor Star Trek’s
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (289+ words) ISS Expedition 75. It's her first launch to space, and is set to wrap up soon, pending the launch...crew of the USS Enterprise to the crews on the International Space Station, the mission hasn't really changed. Explore....
Astronauts make history repairing the ISS | Space photo of the day for Aug. 25, 2026
2+ week, 5+ day ago (324+ words) One small step (for complicated tech repairs in space). Intensely focused and tethered to a floating laboratory in the vacuum of space, two astronauts spent over 6 hours working on the International Space Station during a historic spacewalk. Two astronauts aboard......
A bright space station will soar over the US this week — and it's not the ISS. Here's
1+ week, 4+ day ago (522+ words) sky? Here's how to see China's Tiangong space station with the naked eye this week. You may have seen the International Space Station whizzing across the night sky before, but have you ever seen China's Tiangong space station? Three taikonauts…...
on this day in space Coverage
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (242+ words) Published 24 August 26 On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto...Weitering Published 22 August 26 On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker...Weitering Published 20 August 26 On this day in space! Aug. 20, 1977: NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 225 — Get a Grip!
2+ week, 1+ day ago (171+ words) Space.com is the premier source of space exploration, innovation and astronomy news, chronicling...the final frontier. Originally founded in 1999, Space.com is, and always has been, the passion of writers and editors who are space fans and also trained…...
to be hypnotized by the 'Eye of Africa' | Space photo of the day for Aug. 20, 2026
3+ week, 3+ day ago (167+ words) Mauritania in a hypnotizing snapshot captured from space. A 25-mile-wide (40 kilometer-wide) circular structure...this geologic formation can be seen clearly from space. Amazingly, because of its massive size, this geologic...geologic feature is perhaps most clearly seen from space. While…...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 223 — The Lunar Domain
4+ week, 1+ day ago (144+ words) with Dr. Scott Pace On Episode 223 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Dale Skran are joined...exploration on the Moon. We're headed for a space renaissance, and it will be focused on the Moon. The US,…...
On this day in space! Sept. 13, 2007: Japan launches Kaguya spacecraft to the moon to map the
7+ hour, 9+ min ago (371+ words) the impact occurring near Gill Crater. Want more space history? Check out our full On This Day In Space Story archive and watch our On This Day In Space videos on YouTube. On this day in space! Sept. 12, 1992: NASA astronaut…...
American Summer: The 2000s teen movie that's actually about a space station falling to Earth
3+ week, 3+ day ago (803+ words) Summer." But do you remember that it's actually a space movie? This movie — the debut feature film from...