5 Companies Competing to Replace the International Space Station

The demise of the ISS will usher in a new era of commercial space stations. Several companies are already developing orbital ...

The end of the ISS is looming, and the US could have a big problem

As the US sets its sights on establishing a permanent base on the moon, its foothold in an area of space much closer to home is growing more uncertain.

ISS retirement countdown sparks global concern: US faces growing uncertainty over its future in orbit

The United States is reaching a critical point in its space policy. While long-term plans are being made to create a ...
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The International Space Station Set to Operate Until 2032 as Congress Pushes for Extension

In a bid to extend the life of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2032, Congress aims to ensure the U.S. remains at ...
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Here's the first look inside Voyager's Starlab Space Station

CNBC gets a first look inside Voyager Technologies' Starlab Space Station mockup. The three-story prototype is a near-exact replica of the space station the company is on track to launch in 2029. CEO ...
The Hill

Russia is out of the human spaceflight business — for now

A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Site 31 pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan recently, carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev, and NASA astronaut Christopher ...
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Chinese Space Station Astronauts Harvest Space Tomatoes

It was a "bumper crop." The post Chinese Space Station Astronauts Harvest Space Tomatoes appeared first on Futurism.
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Bonkers New Space Station Expands to Full Size From Single Capsule

The International Space Station was painstakingly assembled segment by segment, launched into orbit by many expensive and logistically complex rockets. Now there’s intense interest in a radically ...
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What's the point of a space station around the moon?

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The Lunar Gateway is planned space station that will ...