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'Like a mermaid swimming through a sea of auroras': ISS astronauts photograph 2 comets dancing above the northern lights

"Comets Lemmon and SWAN soar millions of miles away from Earth, beaming with auroras and airglow, in these celestial images ...

Inside the incredible space shuttles vying to replace the ISS as the clock ticks on famous home of the astronauts

THE International Space Station’s days are numbered. Nasa plans to decommission the much-loved base in 2030, sending it ...

Moss Survives 9 Months Outside ISS, Somehow Keeps Growing Once Back on Earth

Plants can be quite tough—they’ll survive forgetful caretakers, aggressive pets, and other potentially life-threatening ...
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ISS shares striking night-time photographs of Delhi as station marks 25 years of human presence

The International Space Station (ISS) has released a new set of night-time images capturing some of the world’s brightest ...

Delhi shines from space: ISS captures dazzling night images of World’s brightest cities

The ISS shared an image of Delhi glowing strongly. The photo was taken at around 10:54 pm from nearly 400 kilometres above ...
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ISS astronauts take cover from radiation as solar storms spark auroras across the planet

Out of an "abundance of caution," the station's three Russian cosmonauts were instructed to spend a night in the ISS ...

On This Day: First module of ISS launched

On 1998, Zarya, the first module that would make up the International Space Station, was launched from Kazakhstan.

Researchers stuck moss to the outside of the ISS for nine months and it survived.

The moss isn’t quite as hardy as the reigning king of extremophiles, the tardigrade, but it put up an impressive showing in an experiment where scientists exposed sporophytes (the reproductive ...