International Space Station - NASA
3 days ago · Explore the International Space Station. We are driven to explore the unknown, discover new worlds, push the boundaries of our scientific and technical limits, and then push further. The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.
International Space Station - Wikipedia
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). The ISS is the largest space station ever built.
Spot The Station | NASA
Watch the International Space Station pass overhead! It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. NASA’s Spot the Station mobile application and website make knowing when to see it easy.
Wish you could escape the planet? Too bad life in space would suck
2 days ago · Astronauts on the ISS encounter high levels of radiation — equivalent to roughly 10 chest x-rays every day, or around 30 times the amount of radiation people on Earth experience on a daily basis.
NASA will retire the ISS soon. Here's what comes next. : NPR
Feb 21, 2024 · NASA is crashing the ISS into the ocean at the end of 2030. The agency is collaborating with private companies to build its replacement. So what could the space stations of the near future look...
ISS High Definition Live Streaming Video of the Earth (HDEV)
Formerly the site for the High Definition Earth-Viewing System (HDEV) : Operational: April 30, 2014 – End of Life: August 22, 2019. See more information below. Currently, live video of Earth is streaming from an external HD camera mounted on the ISS.
Facts About Earth - NASA Science
Earth – our home planet – is the third planet from the Sun, and the fifth largest planet. It's the only place we know of inhabited by living things. While Earth is only the fifth largest planet in the solar system, it is the only world in our solar system with liquid water on the surface.
Missions: ISS - SpaceX
Designed from the beginning to transport people, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft is capable of carrying both NASA and commercial astronauts to destinations in low-Earth orbit, the Moon and beyond. The Dragon spacecraft is capable of carrying up to …
ESA - Where is the International Space Station?
The International Space Station with ESA’s Columbus laboratory flies 400 km high at speeds that defy gravity – literally. At 28 800 km/h it only takes 92 minutes for the weightless laboratory to make a complete circuit of Earth.
Sunrise from the Station - NASA Earth Observatory
Dec 31, 2023 · As the International Space Station orbited over the southern Indian Ocean, an astronaut looked eastward and captured this photo of the Sun rising above Earth’s horizon. This edge-on photo of Earth’s limb reveals several atmospheric layers.