Thunderbird is a single-module space station that is designed to expand to a volume of 12,360 cubic feet (350 cubic meters) once in orbit. Instead of launching multiple missions to assemble an ...

The Russian state rocket company, Energia, has officially secured a patent for a giant, rotating space architect, according ...

With this change of plan, Russia intends to separate the existing modules of the Russian Orbital Segment of the ISS—Zarya, ...

There has been much discussion in the space community recently about building large data centers in orbit to avoid the environmental consequences of sprawling computing facilities on Earth. These ...

Discover how the International Space Station was assembled in-orbit. Orbiting 250 miles above Earth, the International Space Station is a marvel of engineering and global collaboration. Built by 15 ...

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030, its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it remains an open question as to whether its successes matched humanity's ...

This is happening at The Leffell School, a K–12 Jewish independent school in Westchester County, New York. Most people assume ...

Astronauts and Mission Control relive terrifying moments during construction of the ISS. From ammonia leaks to Space Shuttle disasters to a spacewalk gone terribly wrong, astronauts and Mission ...