International Space Station

What will happen to the International Space Station when it is retired?

10:21am February 03, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

NASA says the International Space Station will stop operating at the end of 2030. After that, the space agency plans to crash the football field-sized craft into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean.

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"By bringing archaeological perspectives to an active space domain, we're the first to show how people adapt their behavior to a completely new environment," Associate Professor Justin Walsh of Chapman University said of the experiment.

Archaeologists launch first-ever 'dig' into life on the International Space Station

11:42am January 20, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

The project, a first of its kind, aims to study the social and cultural dimensions of living in space and how people adapt their behavior when they're living in a completely new environment.

The International Space Station shown in orbit in 2011. Astronauts aboard the station were ordered to briefly take shelter after Russia conducted an orbital test of an anti-satellite missile that spewed potentially dangerous debris into orbit.

A Russian missile creates enough space junk to pose risk to astronauts for years

10:00am November 16, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The U.S. condemned the test, which blasted a cloud of debris into orbit, forcing astronauts aboard the ISS to spend two hours inside spacecraft that could return them to Earth in an emergency.

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough checks Hatch chile plants growing on the International Space Station earlier this year.

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Astronauts grew green chile on the space station and made themselves space tacos

11:39am November 02, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

It's NASA's first time growing peppers in space. And after they were harvested, NASA astronauts got to sample the crop sprinkled on tacos at the International Space Station.

Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center), along with film director Klim Shipenko (right) and actor Yulia Peresild (left) pose for a photo ahead of the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome

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A Russian actor blasts off to make a movie on the International Space Station

12:52pm October 05, 2021

by Nell Clark

The film is reportedly the first feature-length fiction movie shot in space, telling the story of a doctor who rushes to save the life of a cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station.

The bottle of Pétrus 2000 spent 14 months on the International Space Station. It will be sold alongside a "terrestrial" bottle of the same vintage.

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A Fancy Bottle Of Wine That Went To Space Can Be Yours For Perhaps A Million Dollars

6:09pm May 05, 2021

by Becky Sullivan

The bottle of Pétrus 2000, a luxury wine that would normally cost about $6,500, spent 14 months on the International Space Station. Now, via Christie's, it can be yours.

The International Space Station is larger than a football field. But with 11 people soon to be aboard, there aren't enough places for them all to sleep.

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International Space Station Is About To Get Crowded, And It's Running Out Of Beds

7:15am April 22, 2021

by Brendan Byrne

Four astronauts are set to launch to the space station Friday. When they arrive, the new crew of 11 will be the largest since the shuttle program, and there aren't enough sleeping pods for them all.

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Astronauts (from left) Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker and Japan's Soichi Noguchi wave to family and friends as they leave for the launch site on Sunday.

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4 Astronauts Aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Successfully Dock With Space Station

11:39am November 17, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Three NASA astronauts and one from Japan's space agency reach the ISS after a 27-hour flight following Sunday's liftoff from Kennedy Space Center.

From left, astronaut Soichi Noguchi of Japan and NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins walk after arriving at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the Interna

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Astronauts Arrive In Florida To Ready For SpaceX Launch To Space Station

8:52pm November 08, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Four astronauts are scheduled to take a SpaceX capsule to the International Space Station on Saturday. NASA hopes to demonstrate the safety and reliability of regular crew transportation to the ISS.

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins participates in Soyuz qualification exams on Wednesday at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center just outside Moscow.

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NASA Astronaut Will Vote From Space

2:38pm September 26, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Astronauts have been able to cast ballots from above since the Texas legislature gave its blessing in 1997. "It's critical to participate in our democracy," NASA astronaut Kate Rubins said.