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US-Russian crew reach International Space Station

A Russian-American crew arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, five months after a botched launch led to an emergency landing for two of the three astronauts

World

Astronauts make emergency landing as engine fails on Soyuz rocket

Russian officials are investigating the cause of a booster problem that forced a Soyuz rocket capsule to make an emergency landing just after launch

World News

Expedition 55 crew lands back on Earth after 168 days in space

The crew - Anton Shkaplerov of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA astronaut Scott Tingle - parachuted safely into Kazakhstan.

China

China says its space station project will be open to all UN Member Sta

Announcement is in contrast with United States who barred China from the ISS

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United Kingdom

‘Space harpoon’ to capture orbiting junk heads to ISS

The British-designed satellite is equipped with a net for capturing space litter and a harpoon for spearing and hauling in bigger objects.

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How astronaut health studies help us Earthlings

If you have a bad back, you have something in common with the average astronaut. We investigate medical research in space and what it means for us on the ground in this episode of Space.

Kazakhstan

US-Russian crew returns from space station

NASA's Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei and Russia's Alexander Misurkin spent 168 days aboard the ISS.

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So you want to be an astronaut?

euronews takes you on a 360 tour of Europe's astronaut training centre in Cologne.

World News

Pope Francis asks ISS astronauts about 'man's place in the universe'

The pontiff took part in a 20-minute video call with the crew of the ISS

Kazakhstan

Cargo spacecraft sets off for ISS

Carrying almost three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted Russian Progress 68 cargo spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

World News

ESA releases film of Aurora Borealis shot from ISS

The European Space Agency's cameras onboard the ISS have caputred the glory of the Aurora Borealis.

USA

SpaceX Dragon arrives home from International Space Station

The cargo capsule was released from the ISS on Sunday, heading back to Earth after a month in space.

Kazakhstan

Record-breaking Peggy Whitson returns from the ISS

With several space records in her pocket, American astronaut Peggy Whitson returns from the ISS.

World News

LIVE: Six-hour spacewalk on the ISS

Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy today (August 17) take part in a six hour-long spacewalk on the International Space Station (ISS).

World News

60-year-old Italian astronaut: "He's in great condition!"

60-year-old Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli blasted off to the International Space Station

World News

Veteran astronaut set to blast into space for third time

Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, aged 60, is about to go into space for the third time making him Europe's oldest astronaut.

Italy

Europe’s oldest astronaut set for third trip to space

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Voyaging back into space at 60: Paolo Nespoli

The Italian astronaut is about to embark on his third space mission, this time to the International Space Station.

USA

SpaceX Dragon released from ISS

SpaceX Dragon is successfully detached from the International Space Station.

Sci-Tech

A worm went to space and came back with two heads. Why?

A regenerating worm from Earth has come back from the International Space Station with two heads, a shock finding that may have significant implications for advanced health care for humans.