Engineers were afraid pieces might break off and damage the space station, so they decided to cut it loose. The device, which weighs about 60 pounds and has solar panels that extend about 2 feet, is ...

On July 25, 1984, the Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to embark on a spacewalk, also known as an ...

SpaceX's Axiom-4 mission launch delayed because of leak Concern about a small but persistent air leak in a Russian compartment of the International Space Station has prompted NASA and Axiom Space ...

A docked SpaceX Dragon at the International Space Station shines in this timelapse image by NASA astronaut Don Pettit taken in November 2024. In the background is an aurora and the streaks of city ...

Here’s how it works. NASA astronaut Don Pettit posted this view of the northern lights, as seen from the International Space Station, on X on Jan. 5, 2025. (Image credit: NASA/Don Pettit) ...