International Space Station
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SpaceX's 30th Dragon cargo mission departs the ISS, heads home to Earth
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX's 30th robotic Dragon cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station today (April 28) and headed back home to Earth.
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Russian cosmonauts make quick work of space station spacewalk
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub are back inside the International Space Station after just 4.5 hours outside.
![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.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/46SoWfbWAVsNRsh8u53hsR-320-80.jpg)
International Space Station: Live updates
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.
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Watch 2 cosmonauts conduct spacewalk outside the ISS today
By Mike Wall published
Two Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to spend about seven hours working outside the International Space Station today (April 25), and you can watch the action live.
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Starliner: Boeing's next-generation spaceship for astronauts
By Chelsea Gohd last updated
Reference Starliner is the commercial spacecraft Boeing will use to carry astronauts to space.
![a pallet of silvery batteries is seen in space against the blue ocean of Earth, with a white robotic arm to its right](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Mju7yKdsXSkhTmMYpQ9MXT-320-80.jpg)
Object that slammed into Florida home was indeed space junk from ISS, NASA confirms
By Mike Wall published
The small object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was indeed part of a pallet jettisoned from the ISS three years ago, NASA has confirmed.
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NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara missed the total solar eclipse, but saw Earth 'moving' below her during spacewalk (photos)
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara missed watching an eclipse from the ISS by days. But she did participate in the 4th all-woman spacewalk, and has a unique story about a baby octopus.
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Soyuz capsule with crew of 3, including 1st female astronaut from Belarus, lands safely to end ISS mission
By Elizabeth Howell published
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three people, including the first female Belarusian in space, landed in Kazakhstan early this morning (April 6).
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