The fifth anniversary of the first all-female spacewalk by NASA astronauts Christina H. Koch and Jessica U. Meir seems like a good time to tell the story of women spacewalkers. Since the first woman ...

Almost 20 years after arriving at the International Space Station (ISS), the Pirs docking module departed the orbiting outpost earlier this week before burning up in Earth’s atmosphere. Also known as ...

The International Space Station (ISS) will soon be receiving an upgrade, with the largest module ever launched to the station set to be sent into orbit this week. The Nauka module, funded by the ...

The ISS, now in its twenty-first year of continuous human occupation, has had a busy year of operations. Two new modules were added and 18 visiting vehicles were at the Station throughout the year. In ...

Smoke alarms were triggered on the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbited the Earth at 17,100 mph (27,600 km/h). The alarms rang as the crew woke to the smell of burning plastic and saw smoke ...

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Last week, Russia’s Pirs module was retired and detached from the International Space Station, one month before its 20th work anniversary. Despite immolating itself into nonexistence, Pirs’ exit was ...

Russia's old Pirs module (safely) went down in flames. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest updates on ...

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet takes a selfie during his Alpha mission at the European-made Cupola, a dome-like structure with a panoramic window that is used as a control room for astronauts operating ...

The Russian space agency Roscosmos reported a pressure drop in one isolated part of the Zvezda service module on July 31, 2021. Zvezda is the main module of the Russian Orbital Segment of the ...

The day had been a success. On July 29, 2021, after an eight-day trip to space and almost fifteen years behind schedule, the Russian scientific module Nauka successfully docked to the International ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. First, ...