Feb 01 Astronauts complete 4 years of power upgrades for International Space Station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Over the weekend, flight controllers in Houston used the station's big robot arm to replace the last batch of old batteries with a new, more powerful one. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch 4:18 NASA and SpaceX set to make history, again By PBS NewsHour NASA and SpaceX are set to make history—again–when they launch their first operational commercial voyage to the international space station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Dave Mosher, Senior Space Correspondent for Business Insider, speaks with Hari… Continue watching
May 31 SpaceX’s astronaut-riding Dragon arrives at space station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The docking occurred just 19 hours after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Saturday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, the nation’s first astronaut launch to orbit from home soil in nearly a decade. Continue reading
Apr 17 U.S.-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan By Daria Litvinova, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press A U.S.-Russian crew landed safely Friday in the steppes of Kazakhstan following a stint on the International Space Station and was greeted with extra precautions due to the coronavirus. Continue reading
Apr 10 After months in space, astronauts returning to a changed world By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Two NASA astronauts said they expect it will be tough returning to such a drastically changed world next week, after more than half a year at the International Space Station. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 5:03 Astronaut Christina Koch on women in space and 11 months without gravity For nearly a year, astronaut Christina Koch was away from the planet, working on the International Space Station and orbiting Earth more than 5,200 times. Her mission was the longest continuous spaceflight by a woman and the second longest for… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch 4:45 With record space mission, astronaut Christina Koch inspires women back on Earth By Amna Nawaz After spending nearly 11 months in orbit aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth Thursday, parachuting into Kazakhstan with two crewmates aboard a Soviet Soyuz capsule. Koch set a record for the single longest female stay… Continue watching
Feb 06 NASA’s record-setting Koch returns safely from space By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Christina Koch wrapped up a 328-day mission on her first flight into space, providing researchers the opportunity to observe the effects of long-duration spaceflight on a woman. Continue reading
Jan 23 First space-baked cookies took 2 hours in experimental oven By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press "Overall, I think it's a pretty awesome first experiment.”… Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 2:49 How these 2 astronauts took a giant leap for womankind By William Brangham NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conducted the first all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday. The occasion represented a momentous milestone for the space program, which long disregarded women. Meir and Koch held a news conference… Continue watching