Russia is preparing a space experiment that sounds equal parts thrifty and risky: detaching its aging modules from the International Space Station and turning them into the core of a new national ...

Russia's ambitious plans for the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) that was supposed to act as a beacon of Russian technological developments and the new pinnacle manned station in orbit, isn't going to ...

Russia is preparing for life after the International Space Station by floating one of the most controversial ideas in modern spaceflight: detaching its aging ISS modules and turning them into the core ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is due to retire soon, plunging into the South Pacific Ocean after being dragged down through Earth’s atmosphere. But perhaps not all of the space station will be ...

The International Space Station has been in orbit around the Earth, at least in some form, since November of 1998 — but not without help. In the vacuum of space, an object in orbit can generally be ...