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International Space Station - Wikipedia
4 hours ago - The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada).
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International Space Station - NASA
4 weeks ago - ... The station was designed between 1984 and 1993. Elements of the station were in construction throughout the US, Canada, Japan, and Europe beginning in the late 1980s. The International Space Station Program brings together international ...
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International Space Station Facts and Figures - NASA
July 16, 2024 - Astronauts and cosmonauts regularly conduct spacewalks for space station construction, maintenance and upgrades. The solar array wingspan (356 feet, 109 meters) is longer than the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380 (262 feet, 80 meters). The International Space Station has been continuously occupied for two decades, and the astronauts and cosmonauts aboard have taken more than 3.5 million photographs of our home planet from space.
i have a question about the people in space right now
So, most of them are on the ISS. This means they live and work with each other all day, everyday. Yes, they came on different ships, but all docked to the ISS. As for the other 3 from China, they are on their own separate space station and are not in contact with astronauts aboard the ISS. More on reddit.com
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January 17, 2025How could an international space station designed and built today be better? What emergent technologies would be a game changer for a 21st century space station?
Don't forget advances in space hygiene, iirc there was some mold issues in the ISS And things like the ability to build larger structures with more room for expirements. More on reddit.com
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December 14, 2024What are possibility for another International Space Station?
I think there will be a space station that replaces the international mission of the ISS, but will more likely be designed and built by one company instead of a patchwork of different modules from different countries like the ISS. More on reddit.com
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November 14, 2024How the international space station was built
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October 24, 2024Videos
NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 Undocking - YouTube
Crew-11 undock from the ISS - YouTube
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Space.com
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International Space Station: Everything you need to know about the orbital laboratory
May 14, 2025 - The International Space Station, or ISS, is an orbital laboratory and has hosted more than 250 people since 1998.
Canadian Space Agency
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International Space Station | Canadian Space Agency
September 17, 2025 - About the Station, Canadian science, space robotics, crew, testing technologies, and news. Information about the orbiting laboratory, its modules and its size. Canadian robotics on the International Space Station (ISS), their benefits, the Robotics Training and Mission Control Centres.
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International Space Station (@iss) • Instagram photos and videos
9M Followers, 80 Following, 3,767 Posts - International Space Station (@iss) on Instagram: "The International Space Station is a collaboration of 15 nations working together to operate a world-class, state-of-the-art orbiting laboratory."
YouTube
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Tour the International Space Station: 25 Years of Humans in Space - YouTube
Tour the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Kjell Lindgren as they celebrate 25 years of continuous human presence in orbit. Ex...
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NASA
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Space Station Research and Technology - NASA
February 27, 2023 - Learn More About Research Areas ... and drugs possibly advancing the commercialization of space. ... Orbiting more than 200 miles (320 km) above Earth, the International Space Station is a powerhouse of cutting-edge science ...
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Live High-Definition Views from the International Space Station (Official NASA Stream) - YouTube
Live views from the International Space Station are streaming from an external camera mounted on the station's Harmony module. The camera is looking forward ...
Published October 27, 2025
NYTimes
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Highlights From NASA’s Medical Evacuation From the Space Station - The New York Times
An astronaut who experienced a medical issue aboard the International Space Station is back on Earth and in good condition, NASA officials said early Thursday morning.
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International Space Station National Laboratory
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International Space Station National Laboratory
January 21, 2024 - Where? In space. Low Earth orbit(Abbreviation: LEO) The orbit around the Earth that extends up to an altitude of 2,000 km (1,200 miles) from Earth’s surface. The International Space Station’s orbit is in LEO, at an altitude of approximately 250 miles.
NASA
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Returns, Splashes Down off California - NASA
15 hours ago - Research conducted aboard the space station advances scientific knowledge and demonstrates new technologies that enable us to prepare for human exploration of the Moon and Mars. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program provides reliable access to space, maximizing the use of the International Space Station for research and development by partnering with private U.S.
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Spot The Station - NASA
It also moves faster than a typical airplane (airplanes fly at about 600 mph (965 kph); the space station flies at 17,500 mph (28,000 kph)). The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology, and human innovation that enables research not possible on Earth for the benefit of humanity.
Published July 15, 2025
Deseret News
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4 astronauts return early from International Space Station, splash down safely in Pacific Ocean
18 hours ago - The astronauts spent 167 days in orbit and conducted over 140 science experiments on the space station. Four astronauts returned to Earth early Thursday morning after leaving the International Space Station a month early because of a medical issue.
PBS NewsHour
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Ailing astronaut returns to Earth from space station early in NASA's first medical evacuation | PBS News
19 hours ago - The space station has gotten by with three astronauts before, sometimes even with just two. NASA said it will be unable to perform a spacewalk, even for an emergency, until the arrival of the next crew, which has two Americans, one French and one Russian astronaut. WATCH: The scientific and cultural impact of the International Space Station after 25 years
The Conversation
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NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations
September 24, 2025 - The ISS has proven the value of conducting research in the unique environment of spaceflight – which has very low gravity, a vacuum, extreme temperature cycles and radiation – to advance scientists’ understanding of a wide range of important physical, chemical and biological processes. But in the wake of the station’s retirement, NASA and its international partners are not abandoning their outpost in low-Earth orbit.
Wikipedia
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International Space Station programme - Wikipedia
2 weeks ago - It was conceived in September 1993 by the United States and Russia after 1980s plans for separate American (Freedom) and Soviet (Mir-2) space stations failed due to budgetary reasons. These agreements tie together the five space agencies and their respective International Space Station programmes and govern how they interact with each other on a daily basis to maintain station operations, from traffic control of spacecraft to and from the station, to utilisation of space and crew time.
NYTimes
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NASA Astronauts Return to Earth After Medical Evacuation From International Space Station - The New York Times
An astronaut who experienced a medical issue aboard the International Space Station is back on Earth and in good condition, NASA officials said early Thursday morning.
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Ars Technica
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Key Senate staffer is “begging” NASA to get on with commercial space stations - Ars Technica
20 hours ago - The International Space Station orbits 260 miles (420 kilometers) above the Earth.
Sky News
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International Space Station astronauts back after first ever emergency return | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News
With assistance from SpaceX, the capsule landed less than 11 hours after the astronauts exited the International Space Station (ISS).
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