The ISS orbits the Earth at an altitude of around 250 miles (400 kilometres), completing one rotation every 93 minutes. This allows it to experience 16 sunrises and sunsets every day.

Elon Musk recently called for the ISS to be deorbited "as soon as possible." Experts say the station provides vital research, ...

The International Space Station is the largest man-made object in space. It was built in pieces, then launched into space and ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket successfully launched Saturday to deploy 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit ...

Elon Musk has called for the deorbiting of the floating laboratory that is regularly used by multiple nations as it serves ...

Elon Musk's latest space-related hammer throw is to call for it to be deorbited as soon as two years from now.

Comments made by Elon Musk about two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station and the efforts to bring them home ...

Elon Musk has called for the deorbiting of the International Space Station (ISS) in two years, several years earlier than its ...

Arizona's U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly and his twin brother, Scott Kelly, slammed Elon Musk after he insulted another astronaut on X.

Elon Musk has made unfounded claims that two NASA astronauts were left on the space station for "political reasons" after ...

"Data is getting even more gravity in this space because the more data you have, the more accuracy these parameters in get in your model," said Bill Vass.

From space, Mecca appears as a city of light and contrast, with winding roads threading through rugged mountains. The radiant Great Mosque of Mecca and the Kaaba stand at its heart, a spiritual beacon ...