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The ISS as it appeared in November 2022.Photo: NASAA chunk of Russian space junk came uncomfortably close to the International Space Station early Wednesday, resulting in a debris avoidance maneuver. Routine stuff—except for the fact that three crew members would’ve been forced to escape inside a potentially damaged Soyuz spacecraft had an evacuation of the ISS been necessary.Another day, another canceled spacewalk. This time, instead of the spacewalk being axed due toan unsettling coolant leak on the Soyuz MS-22 docked…

The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the Russian Rassvet ISS module, in a photo taken on October 8, 2022.Photo: NASAAn 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 the launch of a replacement capsule. The hole is located on the ship’s instrumentation…

Orion captured this breathtaking view of Earth rising behind the Moon shortly after its second close lunar flyby on December 5. Photo: NASAFrom long-awaited rocket launches to an unprecedented asteroid encounter, the past 12 months in spaceflight have been a doozy. The events of 2022 will be shaping space exploration and commercialization for years to come.These striking images will let you relive the biggest moments of the year, like the Artemis 1 lunar mission, the DART asteroid deflection test, and the out-of-control…

A livestream on NASA TV showed the leak outside the ISS.Screenshot: NASAGround 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.Micrometeorites are tiny pebbles, roughly the size of a grain of sand, that zip around space at high speeds, occasionally impacting spacecraft. The Webb Telescope’s primary mirror was smacked by a…

A livestream from the ISS on Wednesday showed the leak coming from the Soyuz spacecraft.Screenshot: NASA TVA 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. The crew on board the ISS were not harmed, but the Soyuz spacecraft’s “external casing” on the service module appears to have…

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough (left) and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet (right) during a spacewalk on June 16, 2021 to install new solar arrays.Image: NASAAfter a nearly 8-month hold on extravehicular activities outside the International Space Station (ISS), NASA is resuming its spacewalks on Tuesday with plans to install new solar arrays. But that’s not the only spacewalk set to take place outside the ISS this week.01:43The New Black Panther Debuts at Disney Parks Avengers CampusToday 1:19PMNASA Flight Engineers Josh…

A view of Earth and its glowing atmosphere as seen from the ISS on October 4, 2022.Photo: NASAAll seven members of Expedition 68 are now aboard the International Space Station following the arrival of Crew-5 last week. A cargo mission to replenish supplies is expected next week, prompting a necessary orbital adjustment to receive the Russian space hauler. The Progress 81 cargo vehicle attached to the Russian Zvezda module fired its thrusters for 10 minutes and 30 seconds on Monday, raising the space station’s orbit and…

The SpaceX Falcon 9 ready for launch at Kennedy Space Center. Photo: NASATwo NASA astronauts, along with astronauts from the Japanese and Russian space agencies, are embarking on a six-month mission to the International Space Station. You can catch the action live right here.The SpaceX Crew-5 mission for NASA, the fifth under a Commercial Crew Program agreement, is slated to blast off at noon ET on Wednesday, October 4 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Hurricane Ian blasted through the region only a week…

The four members of the Crew-5 mission in their Crew Dragon flight suits at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Photo: NASAWith Hurricane Ian reaching Florida later today, NASA and SpaceX have wisely decided to postpone the launch of the Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station. The mission was originally slated to launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida,on Monday, October 3 at 12:46 p.m. ET, but NASA and SpaceX have pushed the date back to Tuesday, October 4, with the launch window opening at 12:23…

The Soyuz rocket took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Photo: NASA/Bill IngallsA new crew has successfully reached the International Space Station following the successful launch and docking of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. The Expedition 68 crew will spend the next six months in low Earth orbit running science experiments and maintaining the orbital outpost, despite political tensions on the ground.NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, along with Roscosmos astronauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, flewaboard…