International Space Station

Europe space chief heads to Gulf as bloc looks beyond US

FILE PHOTO: The media stands next to a six-wheeled Mars rover prototype known as Charlie during a test by the European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus and other European partners, testing technologies and operational procedures for ESA's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission, in a desert area in Tabernas, Spain, October 1, 2026. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo

Astronaut Pikachu logs 67 days and 1,040 orbits aboard ISS – now catch him on Earth

The plush space traveller was at the orbiting laboratory from April 11 to June 17 with crew members from the European Space Agency.

‘No divisions, no borders’, French astronaut says of seeing Earth from space

French astronaut Sophie Adenot is the first French female astronaut to venture outside the space station for a spacewalk.

SpaceX launches 13th long-duration astronaut crew to International Space Station

NASA’s Crew-13 mission departing for the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket on Oct 1 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Interstellar comet likely far older than solar system, astronomers say

The Hubble Space Telescope image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 21, 2025. The comet has a teardrop-shaped cocoon of dust coming off its solid, icy nucleus.

NASA's Artemis III crew: a test pilot, an Italian, a record-holder and a first-timer

Mission specialist Andre Douglas speaks during the unveiling for the NASA Artemis III mission at an event at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Antranik Tavitian

Who is aboard the International Space Station during the air leak?

FILE PHOTO: NASA’s Crew-12 members, Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir walk out of the Operations & Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center before transport to Launch Complex 40, ahead of their launch to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 13, 2026. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo

Leak on space station triggers brief safety alert; crew shelters in docked capsule

A 2022 NASA photo showing a Crew Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station.

China launches three-crew space flight as part of Moon ambitions

A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft blasts off from a launch centre in China's north-western Gobi Desert.

Kanpai! Space-brewed sake sells for almost $900,000

A Dassai official anticipates a slower fermentation process due to reduced liquid convection.

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