Astronauts on the International Space Station welcomed the arrival of a brand-new Russian module Thursday, an orbital room adds more research space and an extra parking spot for visiting spacecraft.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, will host a media opportunity at 10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 25, to showcase the Mini Research Module-1, known as ...

The International Space Station got a little extra room today, with the addition of a new, nine-ton Russian module. Using robotic precision in place of brute force, the Mini-Research Module-1 (MRM-1), ...

In the grasp of the Canadarm2, the Russian-built Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1) is transferred from space shuttle Atlantis’ payload bay to be permanently attached to the Earth-facing port of the Zarya ...

Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis successfully installed a new Russian research room on the International Space Station Tuesday. The $200 million new room – called the Mini Research ...