NASA will also allow other commercial and even marketing activities.

NASA is officially opening the Space Station to tourists

ISS Holiday

NASA will officially allow regular citizens — not just certified astronauts — to visit the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA is Officially Opening the Space Station to Tourists

Tickets to the ISS won't come cheap.

Twelve spaceflight companies assessed what habitable platforms in space could look like.

NASA's new goal: a "robust economy" of orbital space habitats

Space Commercial

NASA has selected a number of companies to complete studies about the future of commercial spaceflight in low-Earth orbit.

NASA’s New Goal: A “Robust Economy” of Orbital Space Habitats

Is this what the commercialization of space will be like?

"UV disinfection has been shown to decrease hospital infection rates, so we expect to replicate those results in space."

This space Roomba could clean the ISS while astronauts sleep

Space Roomba

GermFalcon, a company specializing in airplane sanitizing tech, developed a kind of space Roomba that can blast sterilising UV rays at the walls of the ISS.

This Space Roomba Could Clean the ISS While Astronauts Sleep

Blasting the walls with UV is bound to curb the spread of microbes.

Astronauts Koch and Meir React to International Space Station Mission Updates

Astronaut Christina Koch is about to make history.

NASA announces plan to keep astronaut in space for 328 days

Get Comfortable

By extending astronaut Christina Koch's space mission to 328 days, NASA hopes to glean new insights into the impact of longterm spaceflight on humans.

NASA Announces Plan to Keep Astronaut in Space for 328 Days

And the mission could help us finally send humans to Mars.

Astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch got the job done.

NASA announces successful completion of ISS spacewalk

Go Team

On Friday, NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch completed a nearly seven-hour-long ISS spacewalk, the 215th in space station history.

NASA Announces Successful Completion of ISS Spacewalk

The nearly seven-hour-long spacewalk went off without a hitch.

"They have survived in space conditions and are also detectable with our instruments."

Organisms survived on the outside of the space station

Life on Mars

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) found that some samples of different organisms survived on the exterior of the International Space Station for 533 days.

Organisms Survived on the Outside of the Space Station

Bacteria, algae and even moss survived in the vacuum of space.

General task substituting robot in ISS (2018.12)

General task substituting robot (2019.02)

Astronauts can watch the robot's video feed from the comfort and safety of Earth.

Japan wants to send telepresence robots to space

Remote Control

To save money on future missions, Japan's space agency is working to develop remote-controlled robots that can handle menial or dangerous tasks in space.

Japan Wants to Send Telepresence Robots to Space

Experimental robots could handle a human's workload on the ISS.

Previous cargo missions of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific — not the Atlantic.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft splashes down in the Atlantic

Crew Dragon Landing

After successfully undocking from the ISS, SpaceX's Crew Dragon splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean at 8:45 am EST.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spacecraft Splashes Down in the Atlantic

Mission complete.

"It will plant itself in front of the station and use a docking port on its own, no docking arm required."

Watch SpaceX's Crew Dragon dock autonomously with the ISS

Crew Dragon Dock

SpaceX's next-generation passenger spacecraft Crew Dragon has docked itself to a free dock on the International Space Station at 5:51 am EST this morning.

Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Dock Autonomously With the ISS

It's the first time an American spacecraft has docked autonomously to the station.

Hexoskin is hoping to make the smart shirt available to all astronauts stationed on board the ISS.

This smart "Astroskin" shirt tracks astronauts' vital signs

Space Muscle Tank

Hexoskin's aesthetic new smart shirt can track astronauts' vital signs, including blood oxygen, heart rate, and skin temperature.

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