Almost 20 years after arriving at the International Space Station (ISS), the Pirs docking module departed the orbiting outpost earlier this week before burning up in Earth’s atmosphere. Also known as ...

The International Space Station (ISS) will soon be receiving an upgrade, with the largest module ever launched to the station set to be sent into orbit this week. The Nauka module, funded by the ...

The ISS, now in its twenty-first year of continuous human occupation, has had a busy year of operations. Two new modules were added and 18 visiting vehicles were at the Station throughout the year. In ...

Russia's old Pirs module (safely) went down in flames. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. From his perch on the International Space ...

Last week, Russia’s Pirs module was retired and detached from the International Space Station, one month before its 20th work anniversary. Despite immolating itself into nonexistence, Pirs’ exit was ...

The day had been a success. On July 29, 2021, after an eight-day trip to space and almost fifteen years behind schedule, the Russian scientific module Nauka successfully docked to the International ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. First, ...

Yesterday was a big day aboard ISS as, after many years of delay, a new Russian ISS module arrived and docked with the space station. That module is the Multipurpose Laboratory Module named Nauka. The ...

It looks like the ISS is attracting a lot of drama these days. After watching a piece of their home burn up in Earth's atmosphere, the astronauts experienced a loss of altitude control. On July 29th, ...

MOSCOW — A newly arrived Russian science lab briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position Thursday. For 47 minutes, the space station lost control of its orientation when the ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...

ISS (International Space Station) decided to let go of the Russian Pirs space module to allow the arrival of the new Nauka module. Because of this, the old rocket burned in outer space like a fireball ...