The OA-4/CASIS payload consists of Milliken & Co. flame retardant textiles. Testing in the ISS U.S. National Laboratory microgravity environment could lead to future clothing enhancements for fire fighters, electricians and more.
The supermassive black hole is 40 million times as massive as the sun and powers a quasar that existed 700 million years after the Big Bang.
The asteroid zoomed by Earth at a perfectly safe distance of around 1.8 million miles (2.9 kilometers).
Images show surprise changes to the spacecraft as it interacted with the atmosphere.