Two cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station early Wednesday to wrap up preparations for detaching the two-decades-old Pirs airlock and docking compartment next month, clearing the ...

A heavy-lift Proton rocket roared to life and blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday, sending a long-delayed 44,000-pound laboratory module into orbit for an eight-day flight ...

After two decades, the Pirs docking port's days are numbered. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two Russian cosmonauts took a ...

A Russian Progress cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station early Monday, taking with it the two-decades-old Pirs airlock and docking compartment to clear the way for Thursday's ...

The 20-year-old docking compartment is now the first ISS module to be decommissioned and removed from the space station. Reading time 2 minutes The Russian segment of the International Space Station ...

On Monday (July 26), astronauts said goodbye to a cornerstone of the International Space Station and captured stunning images of the compartment burning up in Earth's atmosphere. A Russian Progress ...

Russia's old Pirs module (safely) went down in flames. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. From his perch on the International Space ...

MOSCOW, July 26. /TASS/. The Progress MS-16 resupply ship with the Pirs module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) has undocked from the orbital outpost’s Zvezda service ...

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. The Pirs module of the Russian International Space Station (ISS) segment will be sunk in the ocean on Saturday, the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, told TASS on Thursday.

On Monday (July 26), astronauts said goodbye to a cornerstone of the International Space Station and captured stunning images of the compartment burning up in Earth's atmosphere. A Russian Progress ...