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Watch Live as SpaceX Launches a New Crew to the ISS

Four astronauts—two from NASA and the others from Russia and the United Arab Emirates—are set to blast off and begin their six-month mission on the International Space Station. You can watch the launch live right here. Read more…

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SpaceX Could Help Bring Back 3 Astronauts Stranded on the ISS

SpaceX Could Help Bring Back 3 Astronauts Stranded on the ISS

NASA may turn to its commercial partner SpaceX to transport three astronauts back to Earth after a Russian Soyuz spacecraft suffered a coolant leak in mid-December. Read more…

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Fate of Russia’s Damaged Soyuz Spacecraft to Be Decided in January

Fate of Russia’s Damaged Soyuz Spacecraft to Be Decided in January

Roscosmos says it needs more time to evaluate the flight worthiness of its damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, leaving the safety of three ISS crew members in doubt. Read more…

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Leak Inspection Finds Hole in Russian Spacecraft Docked to ISS

Leak Inspection Finds Hole in Russian Spacecraft Docked to ISS

An inspection has revealed an 0.8-millimeter-wide hole in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft that sprung a coolant leak outside the International Space Station last week. Russian space agency Roscosmos will make a decision on the flight-worthiness of the spacecraft later this month, at which time Russia may choose to expedite… Read more…

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Strike From a Space Rock May Have Caused Soyuz Coolant Leak at the ISS

Strike From a Space Rock May Have Caused Soyuz Coolant Leak at the ISS

Ground teams are investigating the cause of an upsetting coolant leak that erupted yesterday on the Russian Soyuz Ms-22 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS). Experts are now saying that a micrometeorite may have been responsible. Read more…

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Three Astronauts May Be Stranded on the ISS After Disturbing Soyuz Coolant Leak

Three Astronauts May Be Stranded on the ISS After Disturbing Soyuz Coolant Leak

A Russian spacewalk was called off on Wednesday after a Soyuz spacecraft attached to the International Space Station (ISS) started leaking coolant in low Earth orbit. For one NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts on board, that could mean their ride back to Earth is suddenly gone. Read more…

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Spacesuit Malfunction Forces Cancelation of ISS Spacewalk

Spacesuit Malfunction Forces Cancelation of ISS Spacewalk

Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin were unable to perform a scheduled maintenance task outside the ISS today due to a malfunctioning coolant system on a Russian-built Orlan spacesuit. Read more…

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Watch Live as Russia Launches the Next ISS Crew—Including a U.S. Astronaut—to Space

Watch Live as Russia Launches the Next ISS Crew—Including a U.S. Astronaut—to Space

The International Space Station is gearing up to host a new crew. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, along with Roscosmos astronauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, are launching on board a Soyuz MS-22 crew ship on Wednesday to spend six months on the orbiting space station. You can catch the action live right here. Read more…