The International Space Station (ISS) has had a busy week. First, a spacewalk had to be called off because coolant water got everywhere in the airlock....
To send and receive messages to and from the International Space Station (ISS), NASA has built the first end-to-end wired system that works both ways. With...
SpaceX showed off its new Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suit over the weekend. This is a big step forward for commercial space travel. The suit looks nothing...
Movies and TV shows depict space stations as sterile and immaculate environments. However, wherever humans are present, they inevitably carry along with them a multitude of...
Many pieces of space debris are intentionally directed towards Earth, relying on atmospheric friction to incinerate and eliminate them before they pose a threat to humans....
Scientists are discussing mounting a laser cannon on the International Space Station (ISS) to defend it against space debris Space debris has been building up for...
A lot of the things we take for granted here on Earth are real luxuries in orbit, for a number of reasons. For one thing, when...
Well, we finally managed to find life in outer space, although it’s not exactly what we were hoping for. A crew of Russian cosmonauts were recently on...