CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A quartet of astronauts have reached orbit and are on their way to support the skeleton crew of three left behind after the first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA’s Starliner spacecraft has faced a series of setbacks in its journey to become a reliable mode of transport for astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Despite these issues, the agency is hopeful that Boeing’s spacecraft will be ready for an uncrewed mission in April 2026,

NASA is running out of time before the International Space Station's planned 2030 retirement. At Web Summit Qatar, the CEOs of Vast Space and Axiom Space urged it to get moving.

The International Space Station is nearing retirement, and the fight over what happens next has shifted from technical planning to political theater. Lawmakers are pressing NASA to justify whether it should spend billions to deliberately burn up the outpost or instead stash it in a higher orbit,