International Space Station news

Plans have been revealed to build the world's deepest pool in Cornwall, UK, which would house facilities serving the spaceflight, sports science and healthcare communities. ... More

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has chosen a team led by Axiom Space with design by Philippe Starck to create a commercial space ... More

British astronaut Tim Peake has urged the UK government to invest more in science, education and research and development. Since 1994 players of the National ... More

He's created everything from hotel and restaurant interiors to Olympic torches and outdoor gym equipment. Now, multitasking French designer Philippe Starck has his most otherworldly ... More

Not many visitor attractions can say they’ve operated through and survived two World Wars and had Queen Victoria come to visit, but the Isle of ... More

A formal opening has been held for the Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre (SAASCC) in Kuwait – a mammoth cultural district for the country ... More

Astronaut Tim Peake has announced his return to space as the Russian capsule that carried him to and from the International Space Station has gone ... More

Jean-François Clervoy, one of the world’s most experienced astronauts, has said that the next generation of scientists and engineers are being inspired at science centres ... More

Leading Danish scientist Tina Ibsen has called for planetariums and science museums to use a re-emerging popularity in space to draw young people into STEM ... More

US space agency NASA is preparing to explore the feasibility of expandable habitats, or inflatable ‘space houses’, in a new mission that launches this Friday ... More

Alton Towers has turned UK astronaut Tim Peake’s home street into a ‘gravity-free zone’, also announcing a new space education programme to promote the upcoming ... More

British astronaut Tim Peake is set to hold a live Q&A session with schoolchildren in Liverpool’s World Museum while on board the International Space Station ... More

California Science Center has debuted a new immersive visitor experience, enabling guests to see life through the lens of an astronaut. The Journey to Space ... More

The Russian Space Agency is planning on taking tourists to the International Space Station (ISS) to cover a funding deficit, which will be made when ... More

The general public may one day get the chance to grab a spot on Boeing’s planned space taxi, which is being developed to ferry NASA ... More

Tourism Ireland is harnessing star power to fuel its latest marketing campaign by recruiting famed Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield to front a series of online ... More

The Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibition has opened to the public at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. More than 40 NASA astronauts attended the grand ... More

The Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay will, for the first time ever, take a trip to the international space station. The torch, which will not ... More

The Kennedy Space Centre in Florida is about to launch its newest attraction with the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit set to open 29 June. The ... More

Delaware North Companies Parks and Resorts, operators of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, US, has contracted PGAV Destinations to design a 10-year ... More

Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum has reopened its space gallery, with a refurbished exhibition featuring a Zero Gravity Space Lab, which allows visitors to experience the illusion ... More

Armagh Planetarium in Northern Ireland has reopened following a three-year renovation project. The £2.7m scheme has remodelled the Planetarium’s exhibition halls and restored the attraction’s ... More