The ISS includes three main modules connected by nodes: the US Laboratory Module Destiny, the European Research Laboratory Columbus and the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo (Hope). Each was launched ...

The solar system holds extraordinary wonders, from Voyager 1’s historic journey into interstellar space after traveling ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and the fifth planet from the sun. The gas giant features beautiful banded cloud layers, a set of thin, dusty rings, the famous Great Red Spot and ...

The main structure of the International Space Station was complete in 2004. Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images The International Space Station (ISS) is 22 years old. And Monday will mark the ...

Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy (center) in July conducted his fourth spacewalk this year at the International Space Station. Cassidy has completed 10 spacewalks throughout his career for a ...

The four-person Ax-2 is scheduled to launch on Sunday (May 21). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Houston-based company Axiom Space ...

October 24, 1960 - The first space-related fatalities occur when a rocket explodes at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, killing 165 people, including Air Marshal Mitrofan I.

(CNN) — Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. October 24, 1960 – The first ...