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ISS update: Crew-11 enters quarantine three weeks before launch
The four members of NASA's Crew-11 mission entered quarantine near Houston ahead of planned launch on July 13 from Florida to ...
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Axiom Mission 4 crew returns to Earth after historic ISS stay
Axiom Mission 4 returns to Earth after 18 days aboard the ISS, marking historic firsts for India, Poland, and Hungary in human spaceflight.
The handshake in orbit that made the International Space Station possible
In 1975, a meet-up between American and Soviet spacefarers in orbit showed that the superpowers could work together. Its ...
Boeing looks for Starliner fixes despite costs, ISS age
The Boeing Company has confirmed it continues to look for solutions to problems with its Starliner spacecraft that have left ...
The Company Helping Build the Next Space Station Is Launching to the ISS
Before the ISS dies, however, it will help birth its own replacement—one that will be built and launched by the private sector, with the new modules constructed by Houston-based Axiom Space, and ...
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After ISS: The private space station era is dawning - MSN
Construction of the International Space Station (ISS) began in November 1998. Following a slew of assembly flights, it was built out in July 2011. Now tipping the scale at over 900,000 pounds ...
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NASA will retire the ISS soon. Here's what comes next. : NPR
Since its first modules launched at the end of 1998, the International Space Station has been orbiting 250 miles above Earth. But at the end of 2030, NASA plans to crash the ISS into the ocean ...
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After ISS: The private space station era is dawning - Yahoo
There are continual, creaky reminders that the International Space Station is showing its age. Hissy-fit pressure leaks in the Russian segment, loss of attitude control on two separate occasions ...