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SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule returns to Earth from ISS
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
SpaceX's robotic Dragon cargo ship left the International Space Station on Thursday (Dec. 21) and splashed down a day later.
NASA reveals what 2 tomatoes look like after being lost in space for 8 months (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA showed off two lost tomatoes that astronaut Frank Rubio misplaced nearly a year ago, on the International Space Station. The photo shows remarkable preservation in space.
ISS astronaut snaps amazing photos of icebergs from space
By Samantha Mathewson published
European astronaut Andreas Mogensen captured amazing photos of giant icebergs floating in the South Atlantic from his perch aboard the International Space Station.
SpaceX to launch 3rd private astronaut mission to the ISS for Axiom Space on Jan. 9
By Elizabeth Howell published
One month before SpaceX launches the Ax-3 astronaut mission toward the ISS, Axiom Space's president said he hopes similar missions will become less expensive in the future.
Astronaut shows off vintage Nobel Prize in space — and talks 'quantum dots' ISS experiment (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
A quantum experiment, based on a Nobel Prize work, is mounted outside the International Space Station. The new Nobel laureate called the ISS to talk about it all.
NASA astronaut spins the dreidel for Hanukkah aboard International Space Station (video)
By Josh Dinner published
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli celebrated the first night of Hanukkah aboard the International Space Station with a felt menorah and video of a spinning dreidel in microgravity.
Watch ISS astronaut speak with Nobel Prize winners today
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
International Space Station commander Andreas Mogensen will speak with two Nobel laureates on Dec. 11. You can watch the event live, for free.
Ex-NASA scientist dishes on space food in new memoir 'Space Bites'
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Of all of the food items she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris' favorite was the cherry-blueberry cobbler. A NASA food scientist for 34 years, Kloeris has published her memoir 'Space Bites.'
Private cargo spacecraft named for shuttle-era astronaut who died of plane crash injuries
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
NASA astronaut Patricia Hilliard 'Patty' Robertson, who died from injuries sustained in a plane crash, is Northrop Grumman's chosen namesake for its first Cygnus to launch atop a SpaceX rocket.
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