The International Space Station (ISS) has been in orbit for over 26 years, housing astronauts at an altitude of 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth. But even at that distance, the space station can’t escape the drag of Earth’s atmosphere as oxygen molecules and other gases collide with it, causing it to lose altitude over time. For the ISS to …
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NASA’s SpaceX 33rd Commercial Resupply Services Rendezvous and Docking – YouTube Watch On A SpaceX cargo ship is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday morning (Aug. 25), and you can watch the rendezvous live. A robotic Dragon capsule is expected to dock with the station on Monday around 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT), ending a …
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin SpaceX’s 33rd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-33) mission to the International Space Station. Image: SpaceX A Cargo Dragon spacecraft from SpaceX lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket in the early hours Sunday morning to begin a day-long journey to the …
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NASA’s SpaceX 33rd Commercial Resupply Services Launch – YouTube Watch On A SpaceX cargo ship laden with 5,000 pounds (2,270 kilograms) of supplies will launch to the International Space Station early Sunday morning (Aug. 24), and you can watch the action live. A robotic Dragon capsule is scheduled to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday at …
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With its microgravity environment, the International Space Station (ISS) provides researchers unique opportunities to study the effects of spaceflight on the human body, plants, bacteria and other systems. Various companies and universities partner with NASA to perform their experiments aboard the ISS, making the space station a constant hub of scientific research. What is it? One of the projects supported …
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On Aug. 1, 2025, the SpaceX Crew-11 astronaut mission launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, headed for the International Space Station (ISS), which sits in low Earth orbit (LEO) at around 260 miles (418 kilometers) above our planet. As its name suggests, Crew-11 is the 11th contracted crewed mission that SpaceX has flown to the ISS for NASA, …
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Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Petit took this stunning image in a long exposure capture. Within just one photo, Petit revealed many different events that could be seen from low-Earth orbit, from star trails to orbiting Starlink satellites to the glow of city lights on Earth. What is it? On the ISS, Petit had a view …
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The landing marks a successful end to their mission on board the International Space Station to help stranded pilots. Four astronauts have returned to Earth after hurrying to the International Space Station (ISS) five months ago to relieve stranded test pilots of Boeing’s Starliner. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Pacific off the Southern California coast on Saturday, a day …
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From left, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi pose for a group portrait inside the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module on July 19, 2025. NASA hide caption toggle caption NASA A crew of four wrapped up a nearly five-month stay on …
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The next four-person team to live and work aboard the International Space Station departed from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, taking aim at the massive orbiting research complex for a planned stay of six to eight months. Spacecraft commander Zena Cardman leads the mission, designated Crew-11, that lifted off from Florida’s Space Coast at 11:43 am EDT …
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