A collaboration among international space agencies, this laboratory offers a glimpse into the origins of the cosmos and the possibilities of future spaceflight.
10 facts about the International Space Station and life in orbitJohn Matson
[1] Here are ten interesting facts you did not know about it. Featured image credit: NASA 10 It’s Actually Falling Photo credit: NASA Unlike what many of us think, there is gravity in space. The International Space Station is between 200 and 250 miles above the Earth, where gravity ...
Important Facts about International Space Station It is an international collaboration of five space agencies. Fifteen countries control the International Space Station. NASA Astronaut Bill Shepherd and cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko were the first humans to live on the space station. A ...
A new type of "sunrise" dawned above the Earth Nov. 20, 1998, with the launch of the first piece of the International Space Station (ISS). Marking its 15 years, a countdown of facts about the orbiting outpost.
International Space Station (ISS), space station that was assembled in low Earth orbit largely by the United States and Russia, with assistance and components from a multinational consortium. Learn more about the International Space Station in this artic
building its own space station around 2028. How the station will be operated after Russia's departure has not yet been determined. After 2030, plans for the International Space Station are not clearly laid out either. It could be deorbited, or recycled for future commercial space stations in...
The research conducted on the ISS today will give scientists a better understanding of how long-term space habitation impacts the human body, and will ultimately help space agencies plot their journeys to Mars and beyond. Below are 9 weird, surprising facts about the station that's changing our...
The set comes complete with a 148-page illustrated instruction booklet, packed with interesting facts and information about the International Space Station itself and the LEGO fan who created the original design for the set. LEGO fan Christoph Ruge submitted the original design for the LEGO Ideas ...
Although it travels high above the Earth’s surface, the International Space Station is the third brightest object in the heavens. In fact, it’s so easy to see that you don’t need a telescope to spot it--assuming you know where space station is. NASA’