WASHINGTON, 15th January, 2026 (WAM) — NASA started bringing a four-member astronaut crew back to Earth on Wednesday due to a medical issue, marking the first such early return in the history of the International Space Station (ISS). The astronauts undocked from the ISS aboard a Crew Dragon capsule operated by SpaceX, NASA live footage […]
WASHINGTON, 13th January, 2026 (WAM) — Command aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has shifted ahead of the early return of four crew members due to a medical issue. US astronaut Michael Fincke handed over command aboard the ISS to Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov on Monday. The return of the four astronauts is scheduled to […]
WASHINGTON, 24th August 2025 (WAM) — SpaceX successfully launched its CRS-33 resupply mission today with a cargo load of about 2,270kg bound for the International Space Station (ISS). Riding atop a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 40, the mission marks the 33rd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) flight. Within 8.5 minutes, the Falcon 9 […]
WASHINGTON, 2nd August 2025 (WAM) — An international crew of four astronauts launched toward the International Space Station from Florida on Friday aboard a SpaceX rocket, embarking on a routine NASA mission that could be the first of many to last a couple months longer than usual, Reuters reported. The four-person crew – two NASA […]
RIYADH, 16th July, 2025 (WAM) — The Saudi Space Agency announced yesterday the successful execution and safe return to Earth of experiments conducted in microgravity by ten student winners from Saudi Arabia and various Arab countries as part of the “Madak Space” competition. These experiments were carried out aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and […]
MOSCOW, 2nd March, 2025 (WAM) — Russia’s Progress MS-30 cargo spacecraft, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos said. Carrying a total of 2,599 kg of supplies, the Progress MS-30 delivered 1,179 kg of equipment, clothing, food supplies, and medical […]
SEOUL, 13th November, 2024 (WAM) — A solar coronagraph jointly developed by Korea and the United States has been successfully installed to the International Space Station (ISS) to begin its mission of observing the sun and its outer atmosphere, or corona, Seoul’s national space agency said Wednesday. Yonhap News Agency quoted the Korea Aerospace Administration […]
SEOUL, 1st November, 2024 (WAM) — The Republic of Korea’s national space agency said Friday it plans to send a solar coronagraph jointly developed with the United States to the International Space Station (ISS) to study the sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, and solar wind, reported Yonhap News Agency. The Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX), a […]
MOSCOW, 6th October, 2024 (WAM) — Russia is preparing to launch two new Progress cargo spacecraft, Progress MS-30 and Progress MS-29, to the International Space Station (ISS). According to the Russian space agency Roscosmos, preparations are underway at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where the Progress MS-30 has arrived and is undergoing testing in anticipation […]
NEW YORK, 30th September, 2024 (WAM) — A SpaceX spacecraft carrying a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, and two empty seats, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. According to the German Press Agency (dpa), NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov took off on Saturday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. […]
WASHINGTON,7th September, 2024 (WAM) – Boeing’s first Starliner capsule to carry astronauts to the International Space Station left the orbiting lab on Friday (Sept. 6) leaving its crew behind as it prepares for landing. The uncrewed Starliner spacecraft undocked from the station at 6:04 p.m. EDT (2204 GMT) aqs both craft sailed 260 miles above […]
