Space Station

International Space Station thrown out of control by misfire of Russian module: NASA

July 30, 2021

International Space Station thrown out of control by misfire of Russian module: NASA

The module's jets inexplicably restarted, causing the entire station to pitch out of its normal flight position some 250 miles above the Earth.

August 23, 2020
A tiny asteroid may hit Earth on Nov 3, predicts NASA

A car-sized asteroid flew past our planet over the last weekend, in the closest flyby of such space rocks on record. Scientists hardly had any information about it until it departed.
December 04, 2019
Tired of vacations on Earth? Space hotels can offer you room in the sky

US space agency NASA announced in June that it plans to allow two private citizens a year to stay at the ISS at a cost of about $35,000 per night for up to a month.
May 10, 2019
Billionaire Bezos unveils moon lander mockup, embraces Trump's lunar timetable

Bezos, intent on moving Blue Origin closer to commercialization, underscored his broader vision of enabling a future in which millions of people live and work in space.