Tag: International Space Station
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How to design a space station: Meet the Seattle company that’s helping define the look of the final frontier
This cutaway view shows the interior of the Starlab space station’s laboratory. (Starlab Illustration) How do you design a living space where there’s no up or down? That’s one of the challenges facing Teague, a Seattle-based design and innovation firm that advises space companies such as Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Voyager Technologies on how…
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Texas A&M To Deploy TAMU-SPIRIT Research Platform On International Space Station
Texas A&M University said it has developed an orbital research platform, TAMU-SPIRIT, that will be deployed aboard the International Space Station, giving its researchers priority access to conduct experiments in low-Earth orbit. The platform has been developed in partnership with Aegis Aerospace and will be mounted on the ISS’s Express Logistics Carrier 3. The facility…
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NASA Awards Axiom Fifth Private Astronaut Mission to ISS, Targeting 2027 Launch
NASA has awarded Axiom Space its fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, reinforcing the agency’s strategy to expand commercial participation in low Earth orbit as it prepares for future missions beyond Earth. The mission, known as Axiom Mission 5, is scheduled to launch no earlier than January 2027 from Kennedy Space Center.…
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Vast Delays Haven-1 Commercial Space Station Launch to 2027
Vast has delayed the launch of its first commercial space station, Haven-1, until at least the first quarter of 2027, pushing back an earlier target of 2026, the company said on Tuesday. The single-module station is designed to host up to four commercial astronauts for missions lasting as long as two weeks. Astronaut transport and…
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Voyager Technologies Wins U.S. Patent for Microgravity Crystal Manufacturing
Voyager Technologies has secured a U.S. government patent for a process that manufactures high-performance crystals in microgravity, a technology the company says could underpin future optical communications and advanced computing systems. The company said this week it plans to fly the patented manufacturing process to the International Space Station later this spring to demonstrate the…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashes Down in Pacific After Five-Month ISS Mission
NASA said its SpaceX Crew-11 mission safely returned to Earth early Thursday, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego and concluding a more than five-month stay aboard the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui,…
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Crew-11 lands after medical situation forces early return
The Crew-11 mission has left the International Space Station and have arrived back on Earth. Crew Dragon Endeavour and its crew of four — comprised of two NASA astronauts, one Japanese astronaut, and one Russian cosmonaut — splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:40 AM PST (08:40 UTC) on Thursday, Jan. 15. Crew-11 launched to…
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NASA, SpaceX conduct ‘medical evacuation’ Crew-11 return to Earth
SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft drifts away from the International Space Station on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission winds down. Image: NASA via livestream Update Jan. 14, 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 UTC): NASA, SpaceX confirm safe undocking of the Dragon Endeavour. The SpaceX Crew-11 mission is coming to a close with the…
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ISS gains new commander as Crew-11 prepares midweek departure
Four SpaceX Crew-11 members gather together for a crew portrait wearing their Dragon pressure suits during a suit verification check inside the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module on Jan. 9, 2026. Clockwise from bottom left are, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)…
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ESA Revises ISS Barter Plan With NASA After Cancelling Cargo Transport Call
The European Space Agency (ESA) has outlined a revised barter arrangement with the United States that would allow it to meet its International Space Station (ISS) cost-sharing obligations without commissioning a dedicated commercial cargo delivery mission, senior officials said this month. The move follows ESA’s decision in December to cancel a call for proposals for…