The International Space Station was painstakingly assembled segment by segment, launched into orbit by many expensive and logistically complex rockets. Now there’s intense interest in a radically ...

According to the patent, habitable modules would rotate around a central axis to simulate gravity for crew by producing an outward-pushing centrifugal force. When you purchase through links on our ...

Russia's ambitious plans for the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) that was supposed to act as a beacon of Russian technological developments and the new pinnacle manned station in orbit, isn't going to ...

Florida startup Max Space announced its plans to launch a prototype of its commercial space station by 2027, testing its expandable habitat technology that aims to reduce the number of trips needed to ...

For several years now, in discussing plans for its human spaceflight program beyond the International Space Station, Russian officials would proudly bring up the Russian Orbital Station, or ROS. The ...

Max Space is proposing to develop Thunderbird Station, with a single module that can launch on a Falcon 9 and expand to 350 cubic meters once in orbit. Credit: Max Space WASHINGTON — Max Space, a ...

A new commercial space station mockup is ready for astronauts to test the kitchen layout, develop emergency procedures and train for future missions. Starlab Space recently completed a three-story, ...

Four teams of companies are attempting to build a replacement for the International Space Station. Orbital Reef, backed by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, and Starlab are the leading contenders. Jeff Bezos ...

The International Space Station is slated to be retired just four years from now. In fact, “retired” confers an aura of decorum that may not be warranted; the plan is to nudge it out of its orbit with ...

For the first time in its 25-year history, all eight docking ports on the International Space Station are occupied, according to NASA. The rare "orbital traffic jam" occurred after Northrop Grumman's ...

A U.S.-Russian crew of three began a mission on the International Space Station after being launched there on a Russian spacecraft Thursday. A Soyuz booster rocket lifted off at 2:27 p.m. from the ...

Nov. 25 (UPI) --China's uncrewed Shenzhou-22 space vessel arrived at the Tiangong space station on Tuesday morning, avoiding the potential stranding of three Chinese astronauts on the orbiting space ...