NASA is charting a course for the International Space Station’s (ISS) retirement, with plans to deorbit the aging orbital laboratory by 2030. This controlled reentry over the South Pacific Ocean is ...

The International Space Station (ISS), one of the most famous symbols of human exploration and scientific achievement, is preparing for its final journey. After more than three decades orbiting our ...

The rocket departs from Kazakhstan and will reach the ISS in about three hours. A trio of astronauts and cosmonauts will celebrate Thanksgiving by heading to the International Space Station. NASA ...

"This study demonstrates the astonishing resilience of life that originated on Earth." This little plant is a lot tougher than it looks. Researchers exposed moss spores to the harsh environment of ...

As the International Space Station nears retirement, a bipartisan senatorial group proposed a National Institute for Space Research for U.S. microgravity research. A bipartisan group of senators wants ...

Starlab invited Leidos last week to help it build a new international space station. Led by Voyager Technologies, the Starlab group of companies is the biggest and most international team working to ...

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the Antarctic tundra to the lava fields of active volcanoes. Inspired by moss's ...

Nov. 20 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. In 1910, the Plan de San Luis Potosi was issued by Francisco I. Madero calling for the ...

Moss spores have survived a prolonged trip to space, scientists reveal. The spores spent nine months on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) before returning to our planet, and over 80 ...

For nine months in 2022, moss lived in space. It wasn’t in a lab aboard the International Space Station, like other gardening experiments conducted in orbit — rather, the moss was attached to the ...

The humble clumps of moss that grow on garden walls and between the cracks of sidewalks are hardy enough to survive the rigors of space, a new experiment found, and that means the velvety green stuff ...

International student enrollment rates at American colleges and universities fell sharply this year, driven by visa application issues as prospective students are caught up in the Trump administration ...