Race for first private space station heats up as NASA set to retire ISS

With NASA's International Space Station set to come out of service in 2030, American aerospace firm Vast has stepped into a ...
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The risks of living on the International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a home for astronauts that entails a lot of risks and challenges. It’s the subject of a new two-part documentary, “Operation Space Station,” from our ...

PBS documentary looks at 25 years of the challenges of surviving in space on the ISS

This year is the 25th anniversary of humans inhabiting the International Space Station. A new PBS documentary looks at how the ISS was built and the challenges of surviving in outer space.

NASA Says Goodbye To The ISS - Say Hello To Privately Owned Space Stations

More than 4,000 experiments have been conducted on the ISS. As NASA decommissions it, the private sector is taking over ...
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How Space Debris Poses a Threat to the International Space Station

Space is no longer the final frontier it once seemed. Today, our planet's orbit resembles a cosmic junkyard where millions of ...