News Stories relating to "international space station"

The two man U.S. and Russian crew of the International Space Station heard a metallic crunching noise the day before Thanksgiving, but Russian space officials and NASA say the ISS was not hit by an object from space. "All systems are intact," says NASA's Rob Navias. "All of the data from the U.S. and Russian sides shows nothing out of the...

Pepsi-Cola is planning a contest with the winner getting a free ride aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The deal will cost them $35 million, including a payment to the Russians of $15 million. The rest of the money will go toward promotion, possibly including a game show of some kind. The promotion will run through 2003. The new plan comes...

The crew of the International Space Station was forced to activate back-up oxygen generating equipment on Wednesday after the ISS's main supply system broke down.Russian engineers are struggling to repair the main "Elektron" oxygen supply system, which is located in the Russian Zvezda living module. The system converts water into hydrogen and...