Space Station Operations

Coordinating crew rotations, life support, and logistics on a crewed orbital outpost.

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ISS’s First Medical Evacuation

ISS’s First Medical Evacuation
NASA brought four Crew‑11 astronauts home early after a serious—but undetailed—medical issue aboard the International Space Station, marking the agency’s first planned medical eva…
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Viruses Seem Stronger in Space

Viruses Seem Stronger in Space
Multiple lines of research — astronaut monitoring, bacterial studies on the ISS and laboratory experiments simulating microgravity — show microbes behaving differently in orbit. S…
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Ax-4 Launch Grounded After ISS Leak

Ax-4 Launch Grounded After ISS Leak
Axiom Space's Ax-4 private mission, scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9, was paused after NASA and Roscosmos detected a new pressure signature in the ISS's Russian Zvezda mod…
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China to Reclaim Damaged Shenzhou Capsule

China to Reclaim Damaged Shenzhou Capsule
China will send the damaged Shenzhou-20 return capsule back to Earth uncrewed for hands-on inspection after a suspected millimetre-scale debris strike cracked its window and force…