NASA retries to inflate spare room in space
WASHINGTON: NASA tried again Saturday to inflate an add-on room at the International Space Station, after the first attempt ran into problems due to too...
International Space Station
Space X Rocket to International Space Station explodes on takeoff
by TNT Desk
FLORIDA: The Space X rocket Falcon 9Â carrying supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) exploded shortly after liftoff on Sunday. The unfortunate rocket was carrying...
SpaceX unveils capsule to ferry astronauts to space
by AFP
LOS ANGELES: A sleek, white gumdrop-shaped space capsule that aims to carry up to seven astronauts to the International Space Station and return to land...
Japanese rocket takes supplies, robot to space station
by Hamza Khan
TOKYO, Japan: Â Japan launched a cargo-carrying rocket Sunday loaded with supplies for the crew of the International Space Station, along with a small robot meant...
‘Very serious’ ammonia leak outside International Space Station
by AFP
MOSCOW: Russian and US space experts were scrambling to address a “very serious” ammonia leak outside the International Space Station that may require astronauts to...
Orbital Sciences ready for first launch of Antares rocket
by AFP
WASHINGTON: Orbital Sciences, one of two private US firms chosen by NASA to shuttle cargo to the International Space Station, is preparing for the first...
Three astronauts blast off on express ride to ISS
by AFP
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: A crew of two Russians and an American blasted off Friday on a Russian rocket for the International Space Station, in a trip...
ISS Sunita Williams, Yuri Malenchenko, Akihiko Hoshide return to Earth in Russian capsule
by AFP
Moscow: Three astronauts touched down early Monday on the snowy steppes of Kazakhstan in a Russian Soyuz capsule after spending over four months aboard the...
Soyuz spacecraft launches Russia’s Novitskiy, Tarelkin, NASA’s Ford to ISS
by AFP
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: A Russian rocket carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut blasted off successfully on Tuesday for the International Space Station....
SpaceX craft on way to ISS in first supply run
by AFP
Washington: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasted off, launching the cargo-laden Dragon capsule into orbit en route to the International Space Station for NASA’s first privately-run...