Russia Quietly Changed Its Space Station Plans. Here's What That Means The proposed Russian Orbital Station will stick to a familiar path instead of an ambitious polar orbit ...

For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit, including at least one American – a streak ...

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 ...

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The International Space Station has been circling Earth for more than two decades now, serving as humanity's home in orbit, a laboratory, and a one-of-a-kind example of global cooperation in space.

Since then, more than 280 spacefarers from 26 countries have visited the International Space Station, including 170 from the United States alone. Seven people are living aboard the International Space ...