Keen for its astronauts to continue living in near-Earth orbit after the ISS's decommissioning, NASA wants private firms to develop their own space stations.

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore who have been in the International Space Station since June 2024, are now expected to return after March 2025 and not February 2025 as anticipated earlier.

Chinsese astronauts are conducting experiments with fruit flies and more aboard the Tiangong space station. Credit: China ...

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Satellites and chunks of space junk come close to colliding on a regular basis. The situation could get dangerously out of ...

NASACrew members aboard the International Space Station celebrate the holiday season in a unique way while living and working at the orbitin ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit recorded a Christmas message from the International ...

When Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched to the space station in June, they expected to stay for just eight days. But ...

NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have reached their six-month milestone of being stranded on ...

When the astronauts stranded at the International Space Station were pictured wearing Santa hats next to a tiny Christmas ...

SPACE (KXAN) — Two astronauts got what one would consider an out of this world Christmas present this month. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore learned this month that their extended stay ...

Stranded NASA astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams has followers scratching their heads over a festive new photo that shows the space travelers getting into the holiday spirit lightyears away from earth.