International Space Station

This undated image made available by Elon Musk on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 shows a new spacesuit from his company SpaceX. It's designed for its crewed flights planned for 2018. (SpaceX via AP)

The ISS is long overdue for new wardrobe options

A new contract for new spacesuits on the International Space Station.

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This image provided by NASA, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev perform maintenance on the International Space Station on Thursday, July 21, 2022.  Cristoforetti teamed up with Artemyev to work on the International Space Station’s newest robot arm. The 37-foot (11-meter) mechanical limb _ contributed by the European Space Agency _ rocketed into orbit with a Russian lab last July.   (NASA via AP).

Edge computing enables DNA sequencing, lower risk of contaminants on International Space Station

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NASA plows ahead on program to ensure nutrition for astronauts headed to Mars

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A NASA specialist helps U.S. astronaut Scott Tingle shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-07 space capsule about 150 km (80 miles) south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 3, 2018. A Soyuz space capsule with Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, U.S. astronaut Scott Tingle and Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, returning from a mission to the International Space Station landed safely on Sunday on the steppes of Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, pool)

Astronaut foresees coming boost in NASA interest

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In this image from video made available by NASA, astronaut Drew Feustel prepares to close a door to an atmospheric experiment during a space walk outside the International Space Station on Thursday, June 14, 2018. (NASA via AP)

NASA’s impending dilemma: Fund the ISS, or new deep space missions?

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FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2007 file photo by Associated Press photojournalist Alan Diaz, the space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Diaz, whose photo of the terrified 6-year-old Cuban boy named Elian Gonzalez earned him the Pulitzer Prize, died Tuesday, July 3, 2018, his daughter Aillette Rodriguez-Diaz said. He was 71. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

NASA adapting to, benefiting from more crowded spaceflight industry

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#FedFeed – NASA unveils new spacesuit

NASA unveiled its new spacesuit this week. It was designed by Boeing for use on its Starliner spacecraft, which astronauts will use on missions to and…

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This still image taken from video provided by NASA shows U.S. astronaut Shane Kimbrough, left and  French astronaut Thomas Pesquet during a space walk outside the International Space Station, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.  The astronauts are taking another spacewalk to plug in new and better batteries outside the space station. It's the same type of job conducted last Friday. Pesquet is the first French spacewalker in 15 years.  (NASA via AP)

#FedFeed – NASA livestreams spacewalk

NASA livestreamed a spacewalk this morning in two parts. At 6.5 hours, it’s a little long, but still really cool. The effects aren’t as good as Gravity though.

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#FedFeed – Message from space and a happy homecoming

The crew of the International Space Station sends a holiday message, sailors from the USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group return home and the Interior Department shows off some of its big trees.

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