INternational Space Station

The Artemis Accord deal was signed during the recent state visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the USA.

A group of Chinese astronauts returned safely to Earth last week after spending six months on board Tiangong space station. The crew had taken off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert in October last year.

Radish seeds were also sent for astronauts to grow on the station and hopefully provide the crew with a harvest of around 40 radishes a month.

With assistance from experts, the team conducted a series of tests that involved the closure of several hatches around the ISS.

Installation of the world's largest underwater international "space station" will soon be underway.

It is open to the global community to come up with a new cutting-edge platform that would be used in the upcoming Artemis mission.

NASA astronauts landed on Friday.

In the first-of-its-kind experiment, the cookies took much longer to bake as compared to cookies baked on earth.

Astronauts successfully cultivated a beef steak onboard the International Space Station.

In a historic move, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were able to edit DNA in space using CRISPR-Cas9.

A new substance called AgXX can help protect astronauts from bacteria while in space.

To the ordinary person, commercial space travel may seem like a pipe dream, but at an embryonic level a few well-funded space companies are creaking into action.

The ISS could be handed over to the private sector like a piece of real estate.

The spacewalk lasted 8 hours and 13 minutes, a new record for Russian cosmonauts.

A draft of a recent budget proposal hints at dropping the ISS funding before the service lifetime end of the space station.

Spacewalking Nasa astronauts gave a hand to the International Space Station's big robot arm as the US federal government geared back up into action.

Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov rode the vacuum cleaner during routine clean-up activity on the space station.

A Japanese astronaut has spoken about his amazing growth spurt and concerns that he may not fit into his Earth-bound Soyuz space shuttle.

Using samples from surfaces in the space lab, unknown microbes have been collected and identified.

Nasa astronaut Joe Acaba recalled a family tradition of celebrating the New Year with his father's chilli at midnight.

Space station astronauts celebrated Christmas by watching Stars Wars The Last Jedi and opening gifts from Earth.

From Nasa's Trappist1 discovery to the mysterious Oumuamua – here are the biggest and most interesting space stories of the year.

From Nasa's ambitious goal to travel to Alpha Centauri to hunt for alien life to Russia's plan to open up a luxury hotel in space – these are the best space stories of the week.

The Russian space agency wants to build a hotel, complete with Wi-Fi, a luxurious cabin and more, aboard the ISS.

"This was a fantastic way to end the year for SpaceX east coast launches," Jessica Jensen, director of SpaceX's Dragon Mission Management, said.

The movie could be sent via SpaceX's Dragon capsule which will be heading towards space station Friday.

The historic mission will also see SpaceX attempt to launch a previously used orbit rocket and a pre-flown Dragon capsule for the first time.

The glowing meteor was captured when the space station was travelling at a speed of 28,100kmph.

The historic attempt comes just months after SpaceX first relaunched a used Falcon 9 rocket booster into space in March.

Bacteria seem to thrive in the Space Station and researchers find that most of them are harmless.