International Space Station

International Space Station

Orbiting at about 250 miles above Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) has served as humanity's home in space since November 2000. It is not owned by a single nation, but is rather a joint project involving five space agencies—NASA (U.S), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).

International Space Station gets crowded after Progress 96's arrival, hosts five spacecraft

Five of ISS's eight docking ports are now occupied.
Published: 22 hours ago  |  By Harsh Vardhan

NASA awards SpaceX $946 million for three more crew missions to the International Space Station

NASA has modified SpaceX's CCtCap contract that now includes Crew-15, Crew-16 and Crew-17.
Published: 1 day ago  |  By Harsh Vardhan

Watch: Russia’s Progress spacecraft docks with International Space Station carrying 3 tons of cargo

The docking occurred at 9:44 am EDT on September 19 nearly three days after launch from Kazakhstan.
Published: 1 day ago  |  By Harsh Vardhan

Russia's Progress 96 spacecraft finally departs for International Space Station after long delay. What's next?

The unmanned spacecraft is carrying about 3 tons of cargo to the orbital laboratory.
Published: 4 days ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA shares major update on the Crew-13 mission to the ISS—here’s when it will launch

Crew-13 was delayed due to an oxidizer leak in the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft's propulsion system.
Published: 4 days ago  |  By Harsh Vardhan

Who is Adrianos Golemis, the soon-to-be first Greek astronaut to fly to the International Space Station?

Golemis is expected to fly to the ISS as part of Vast's first private astronaut mission to the orbital outpost.
Published: 5 days ago  |  By Harsh Vardhan

Elon Musk congratulates SpaceX's Falcon team on completing 700 missions, 20 years after Falcon 1's debut

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 2:49 pm EDT on September 13 from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, marking the 700th overall mission for the Falcon family of launch vehicles.
Published: 7 days ago  |  By Harsh Vardhan

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to discuss their return from ISS on September 16: Here’s where to watch live

Crew-12 departed for the International Space Station on February 13 and will return after handing over responsibilities to Crew-13, who are yet to arrive at the station.
Published: 7 days ago  |  By Harsh Vardhan

Ultrasound in space: NASA’s Anil Menon shows how astronauts undergo health checkup aboard the ISS

Menon was accompanie by commander Jessica Meir in showing how ultrasound is performed in space using assistance from an expert on Earth.
Published: Sep 13, 2026  |  By Harsh Vardhan

25 years of 9/11 attacks: When a NASA astronaut experienced the horror as the only American in space

NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson was aboard the International Space Station as the commander of Expedition 3 when the tragedy struck the U.S.
Published: Sep 11, 2026  |  By Harsh Vardhan

Progress 96 mission to bring supplies to the ISS on September 9: How to watch the resupply live

The mission will bring three tons of supplies for the Expedition 75 crew living in space.
Published: Sep 4, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

China’s Tiangong space station will be visible over the eastern U.S. till September 9—here's how to spot it

Tiangong will make several bright evening passes over the eastern U.S. over the next week.
Updated: Sep 4, 2026  |  By Purva Muley

Indian scientists propose BHEEM—a Mars habitat double the size of ISS designed to launch on Starship

This design, the scientists said, could solve the biggest logistical problems in building space habitats. 
Published: Sep 2, 2026  |  By Harsh Vardhan

International Space Station to see its sixth all-woman spacewalk today: Here's a look at the other five

NASA's Jessica Meir and ESA's Sophie Adenot will venture out of the station at 8:30 am EDT.
Published: Sep 1, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

Spacewalk complete: NASA's Anil Menon and ESA's Sophie Adenot finish ISS antenna repair (watch video)

A week ago, they ran out of time mid-repair. Now, they finally got to finish the job.
Published: Aug 25, 2026  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Scientists may finally know why astronauts get constipated in space—and how to avoid it on Moon and Mars missions

To identify the cause, researchers focused on blood samples of 52 astronauts who spent between 2 and 9 months aboard the International Space Station.
Published: Aug 20, 2026  |  By Harsh Vardhan

Watch: Moment ESA’s Sophie Adenot reenters ISS as the first French woman to complete a spacewalk

Accompanied by NASA's Anil Menon, she spent 6 hours and 23 minutes removing a failed Space-to-Ground antenna for high-speed communication.
Published: Aug 19, 2026  |  By Harsh Vardhan

Northrop Grumman to reuse components of postponed Gateway lunar space station for Moon Base missions

The Lunar Infrastructure Demo missions will allow NASA to test lunar technologies for the long run.
Published: Aug 14, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

August 12 solar eclipse from International Space Station: NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shares photos

Meir shared photos captured from the Russian segment of the ISS, which saw a partial solar eclipse.
Updated: Aug 14, 2026  |  By Harsh Vardhan