The Roscosmos Progress 96 cargo spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station on September 19, 2026, delivering roughly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies…
Planetarium Negara is recording roughly 300,000 visitors annually through the first half of 2026, driven by new immersive exhibits and global space initiatives like NASA’s Artemis program, according to director Mohd Zamri Shah Mastor. The Kuala Lumpur institution, which marked its three-decade milestone, is experiencing a surge in public engagement as experiential learning reshapes astronomy … Read more
NASA astronaut Christina Koch traveled farther into space than any person (other than her three crewmates) had gone before during the Artemis II mission, but she had to return to Earth to find herself starring as a category on the television quiz show Jeopardy! Masters, according to broadcast records from the program. The game’s outcome … Read more
According to research archived on Nasa’s Technical Reports Server from the Kennedy Space Centre, dry corn kernels flown on an early 1990s space shuttle mission germinated in orbit without gravity’s directional cues, producing healthy tissue while forcing roots and shoots to grow in tangled, disorganized patterns instead of predictable vertical lines. How Space Shuttle Experiments … Read more
According to Romain Gutkind with AFP, Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon completed a six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on August 25, 2026, to dismantle a faulty communication antenna known as SGANT. Completing the SGANT Antenna Repair Outside the ISS The mission began at 12:27 GMT, with Adenot and Menon stepping out … Read more
According to NASA, astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will land in Kazakhstan today at 3.55 pm IST aboard the Soyuz MS-28 capsule, concluding a 241-day mission that involved 3,856 orbits and more than 102 million miles of space travel. Crew Missions and Station Operations on Expedition 74 The returning … Read more
The distinctive pink light observed in recent International Space Station (ISS) timelapse footage originates from the “Veggie” plant-growth facility located within the station’s Columbus laboratory. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), this specialized lighting supports ongoing research into how crops develop in microgravity, providing essential data for future long-duration space missions while offering psychological … Read more
China has overtaken the United States in specific critical space technologies, including satellite-based navigation and anti-satellite weaponry, according to a report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). The Washington-based think tank notes that China’s rapid transition from state-led industry to a robust commercial sector has displaced Russia as the primary competitor to American … Read more
NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir are scheduled to conduct a spacewalk on June 30 to replace a malfunctioning wrist joint on the International Space Station’s (ISS) Canadarm2 robotic arm. The mission, which NASA expects to last six hours and 40 minutes, aims to restore the 25-year-old arm’s full range of motion using a … Read more
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have captured high-resolution footage of the aurora australis, providing new insights into the atmospheric impact of intense solar activity. According to NASA, these displays are the result of particles and magnetism interacting with Earth’s upper atmosphere, a process known as space weather. Recent time-lapse imagery shared by astronaut … Read more