At the time of liftoff, the ISS — currently home to the seven-member Expedition 74 crew — was passing over the northern Pacific Ocean, too far away for the astronauts to see the launch directly. They instead followed it on NASA TV, staying past their bedtime to watch the launch, astronaut Chris Williams shared in a post on X.

NASA proposed a new solution that would bind the private companies more closely to NASA, requiring them not to build free-flying space stations but rather to work directly with the space agency on modules that would, at least initially, dock with the International Space Station. This change was not well-received.

Faced with the imminent retirement of the International Space Station, NASA is pushing to speed up work on its potential replacements

As the Artemis II crewed moon mission soars deeper into space than humans have traveled in decades, back on Earth, the White House has proposed slashing NASA’s budget.

As part of phase two, running from 2029 to 2032, NASA will seek to secure a site for a lunar base. This phase is projected to entail 27 landings with a total mass of 60 metric tons. These landed payloads would include larger, pressurized rovers, solar and nuclear power sources for surface activities, towers for communication, and excavator rovers.

A medical incident in January caused Mike Fincke to be evacuated from the space station - but no one understands what happened.

The first spacewalk of 2026 is scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, and will be livestreamed by NASA. Astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams will spend about 6.5 hours working outside the ISS. A previously planned spacewalk in January was canceled due to ...

To prepare for the conversation, the stem students did extensive research on space exploration and micro-gravity.