Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a station operated by a partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries. Information on ISS crews and expeditions can be found here.

June 1999 – The space shuttle Discovery crew, on mission STS-96, supplies two modules with ... of private citizens reaches the ISS. July 26, 2022 – Russia announces it is planning to pull ...

One moment occurred in 1984 when NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II became the first human to spacewalk or float free from ...

As Sunita Williams begins her homeward journey from the ISS, she has joined the elite club of NASA astronauts with most time spent in space; know ...

former CEO and a member of the Board of Advisors of the National Math and Science Initiative; and CEO and managing partner of Vesalius Ventures. He made history as the first African American to ...

Former NASA astronaut Dr Sandra H. “Sandy” Magnus will join an exclusive Aurora Expeditions voyage in August 2026.

The Launch of the First Successful Space Shuttle Mission (1981)** March 12, 1981, was a historic date for space exploration as NASA launched the first successful space shuttle mission, STS-1 ...

Learn the inspiring stories of 7 pioneering black NASA astronauts and join a free virtual event on March 18, 2025, to hear ...

co-developed groundbreaking mammography technology and persevered through 11 rejections before achieving his dream of becoming a NASA mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-128 in ...