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It’s safe to say that the ISS astronauts might not sleep at night if they watch Gravity, which cleverly creates an uneasy feeling of isolation and fear. A crew aboard an ISS-like spacecraft is tasked with studying a sample collected from Mars.

Space authorities have ensured that astronauts aboard the International Space Station don’t miss out on Thanksgiving celebrations.

The space scientists on Earth gave instructions to the astronauts during a recent communication between ISS mission control and crew members on the space station. One operator spoke to NASA astronaut Mike Fincke over the comms channel to convey the message.

Astronauts orbiting Earth recently photographed not one but two comets while an aurora show danced below them. The International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 73 crew took several pictures of comets Lemmon (C/2025 A6) and SWAN (C/2025 R2) in recent weeks that were just posted to NASA's website and social media pages after the end of the long government shutdown.

Local students will have a chance to reach for the stars and speak to astronauts on the International Space Station.

Shenzhou 21 successfully landed with its three occupants on November 14, but that still left three astronauts on the Tiangong station without a safe return craft. On the ground at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s remote Gobi Desert, technicians scrambled to ready a standby rocket and ship for launch as soon as possible.