Tranquility – Spaceflight Now

June 26, 2022

Breaking News

[ June 24, 2022 ] NASA targeting late summer launch for first Artemis moon rocket Artemis
[ June 23, 2022 ] European probe images Mercury’s cratered landscape on second flyby Mission Reports
[ June 23, 2022 ] Second segment added to Starship launch tower at Kennedy Space Center Mission Reports
[ June 23, 2022 ] ULA’s next launch for Space Force is less than a week away Atlas 5
[ June 22, 2022 ] Ariane 5 rocket deploys satellites for Malaysia and India Ariane 5

NASA okays commercial airlock for space station

February 6, 2017

A commercial airlock built in partnership by NanoRacks and Boeing will be connected to the International Space Station in 2019, the companies announced Monday, after the proposed project won preliminary approval from NASA managers.

Expandable room installed on space station

April 16, 2016

The International Space Station’s robotic arm, under the control of engineers on Earth, extracted an experimental inflatable habitat from the trunk of SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship Saturday and attached it to the orbiting complex.