Medicine & TechnologyRussian cargo ship, Progress MS-17 Cargo, made a 24-hour parking swap at International Space Station to make leak inspections of Nauka module.
For the second time this year, ISS had gone into an accidental tilting while a planned pre-departure test was being conducted, and the Russian thrusters, according to reports, were responsible for the occurrence.
People heard a sonic boom after a SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft arrived in Florida. The arrival of the spacecraft marks the 23rd commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station.
The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft launched on time from Baikonur, Russia's space launch facility, and landed 3 and a half hours later at the International Space Station.
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet became the new commander of the International Space Station as of today, taking over from JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. He will assume the role for a month before he returns to Earth in November.
On Tuesday, Russia will send actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko to the International Space Station. Tom Cruise was supposed to be filmed on the ISS by NASA, but the Russian team went first.
From the International Space Station, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet recorded a stunning aurora. The breathtaking image depicts green ribbons strewn across the surface of the Earth.
Communication delays between the International Space Station and Mission Control Center had been a problem in the past, but now NASA's new augmented reality program is assisting astronauts without help from the ground crew.
Thomas Pesquet, a French astronaut and aerospace engineer is presently on the International Space Station and there, he was able to capture images of Aurora Australis under the full moon.
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei has already expected a mission extension even before his last-minute launch in April. This time, he will be setting a new record in spaceflight as he will be staying in the ISS for 353 days until he gets home in March 2022.