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China has unveiled the crew for its next crewed mission to its Tiangong space station, including the first female astronaut to venture to the outpost.

China Is Sending the First Woman Astronaut to Its Brand New Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

An image shared by Chinese state news shows astronaut Tang Hongbo relaxing on board the country's new space station. amenities are surprisingly luxurious.

The Bunks in the Chinese Space Station Are Absolutely Enormous

By Victor Tangermann

International Space Station crewmembers are repairing equipment using instructions on an AR headset so they can be more autonomous during distant missions.

Astronauts Use Augmented Reality to Repair Space Station Equipment

By Dan Robitzski

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon subsidiary, is working on life support technologies for a "privately owned and operated low Earth orbit outpost."

Someone Is Secretly Working on “Privately Owned” Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has now confirmed that Russia's Nauka module sent the International Space station spinning farther off course than it admitted at first.

The Space Station Incident Was Far Worse Than NASA Admitted

By Dan Robitzski

Orbital Assembly Corporation has unveiled a robot capable of churning out parts for a ring-shaped luxury hotel that's meant to one day orbit the Earth.

Startup Successfully Tests Space Hotel Building Robot

By Victor Tangermann

China just launched the first astronauts to its nascent space station, who blasted off aboard a Long March 2F rocket, a sign of its immense space ambitions.

China Just Launched the First Astronauts to Its Space Station

By Jon Christian

China is set to launch the first astronauts to its new orbiting space station. A Long March 2F rocket rolled out onto the launch pad on Wednesday.

China Is About to Launch Astronauts to Its New Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

China launched the first module of its upcoming space station, and video footage shows it drifting away from the rocket as it reaches orbit.

China Releases Video of Space Station Module Entering Orbit

By Dan Robitzski

China successfully launched the first and largest module of its upcoming space station into orbit, where it now awaits the other parts.

China Successfully Launches First Module of New Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

China is getting ready to launch the core module for its Tianhe, or "Heavenly Harmony," space station on board a Long March 5B rocket.

China Launching First Module of New Space Station This Week

By Victor Tangermann

China's space station is preparing for the first crewed missions to launch and assemble its next space station, Tiangong-3.

Chinese Astronauts Prepare To Assemble Space Station in Orbit

By Dan Robitzski

Space Tango, a Kentucky-based space startup, is planning to launch its own tiny orbital research platform in a matter of just two years.

Kentucky Startup Plans to Launch Teeny Tiny Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

A space colonization company called Orbital Assembly Corporation has some incredibly bold plans to turn science fiction into reality.

Company Has Ambitious Plan to Build Private Space Station with Artificial Gravity

By Victor Tangermann

A company called Nanoracks has a plan to gather up orbital space junk and convert it into new space stations through in-orbit manufacturing.

Space Company Wants to Turn Orbital Junk Into Space Stations

By Dan Robitzski

The good news is that the air is leaking out of the space station very slowly. But the bad news is that they still haven't found it yet.

NASA Still Hasn’t Found the Damn Leak on the Space Station

By Jon Christian

Using a new toolkit that scientists are calling a "robot hotel," a robot just scanned the outside of the International Space Station for coolant leaks.

NASA Is Using a Robot to Search for Leaks Outside the Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

China is planning to launch 11 missions before 2023 to construct an orbital, three-module space station.

China’s Plans for “Heavenly Palace” Space Station Are Dazzling

By Victor Tangermann

China just successfully tested the spacecraft that it plans to use when the time comes to send crewmembers up to its next space station.

China Tests Spacecraft That Will Send a Crew to its Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

Australia Wants to Help NASA Build Space Station Using Robots

By Victor Tangermann

We're littering an already-crowded space station environment and filling up valuable launch manifests with PR stunts. Knock it off, brands.

Brands Keep Sending Their Pointless Swag to the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers in Japan invented a space fire extinguisher that sucks up the flame and its source like a vacuum cleaner.

This Space Extinguisher Can Vacuum Up Flames

By Victor Tangermann

Organisms Survived on the Outside of the Space Station

Organisms Survived on the Outside of the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

China has announced the "imminent launch" of the first mission to build its new orbital space station, according to state and local media.

China Announces “Imminent Launch” of New Space Station

By Jon Christian

The Gateway Foundation showed off its latest vision of the future: the Von Braun Rotating Space Station.

Watch This Epic “Trailer” for the Commercial Lunar Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

China Has Lost Control of a Space Station. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Worry.

China Has Lost Control of a Space Station. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Worry.

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China’s Space Station Will Crash into Earth in Months

NASA Wants to Collect Solar Power Directly From Space

NASA Wants to Collect Solar Power Directly From Space

By Christianna Reedy

How a New U.S. Space Station Would Let Humanity Colonize the Solar System

How a New U.S. Space Station Would Let Humanity Colonize the Solar System

By Weston Hochmuth