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Watch a SpaceX rocket launch Crew-10 relief mission for NASA astronauts on ISS tonight

By Josh Dinner published

SpaceX plans to launch the Crew-10 mission to relieve the current astronauts aboard the ISS tonight (March 12), and you can watch the action live.

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For NASA astronauts on a 10-day space mission that lasted 9 months, a landing date at last

By Josh Dinner published

Crew members launching on SpaceX's next mission to the International Space Station are ready to take the reins of the orbital lab so NASA's Starliner astronauts can finally return to Earth.

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Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.

International Space Station: Live updates

By Space.com Staff last updated

Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

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Russian cargo ship docks at space station with science, spacesuit and supplies

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A new delivery of food, fuel and supplies has arrived at the International Space Station by way of a Russian supply ship.

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a white rocket lifts off into the night sky

Belyayev's birthday 'candle': Russia launches ISS cargo ship with logo honoring cosmonaut's centennial

By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated

Russia celebrated a late cosmonaut's 100th birthday with a special logo on the launch shroud of a space station resupply spacecraft.

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The International Space Station, photographed by Expedition 56 crew members in 2018 from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.

The ISS should be deorbited 'as soon as possible,' Elon Musk says: 'Let's go to Mars'

By Mike Wall published

The International Space Station "has served its purpose" and should be deorbited "as soon as possible," SpaceX chief and close Trump adviser Elon Musk said today (Feb. 20).

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NASA astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore, who flew to the International Space Station on Boeing's Starliner capsule in June 2024, discuss their mission during a press conference from the ISS on Sept. 13.

Boeing Starliner astronauts on the ISS set the story straight: 'We don't feel stranded'

By Josh Dinner published

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore say they aren't stranded aboard the space station. They'll be happy to come home but sad when their spaceflight journey comes to an end.

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The bulbous blue orb of Earth rises from below. On the left, a white spacecraft.

How Sen's 4K live cameras on the ISS offer a new perspective from space (op-ed)

By Charles Black published

Sen aims to use the story-telling power of video to inspire, empowering everyone to witness planetary change and humanity's exploration of space.

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a man with rosy cheeks and a black ball cap with a nasa logo wears a tan polo shirt in a windowed room, with Earth floating above.

How to watch NASA's 1st Twitch stream from the ISS this week

By Julian Dossett published

NASA's first-ever Twitch stream premieres at 11:45 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 12 on NASA's Twitch channel.

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printed copies of paintings, drawings and poetry are hung on window panes aboard a space station

Students' contest-winning pen, paint and poetry works shown aboard space station

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A worldwide contest has again redefined the concept of "high art" by briefly converting the International Space Station into a gallery for the winners' works.

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