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ISS astronauts take cover from radiation as solar storms spark auroras across the planet

Out of an "abundance of caution," the station's three Russian cosmonauts were instructed to spend a night in the ISS ...
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How big is the International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a marvel of human engineering, stretching approximately 109 meters in length, akin ...
NewsBytes

ISS crew slept in lab module to avoid solar storm

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) adjusted their sleeping arrangements due to potential threats from recent solar storms.

Race for first private space station heats up as NASA set to retire ISS

With NASA's International Space Station set to come out of service in 2030, American aerospace firm Vast has stepped into a ...
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Public Vote Determines New Name for NASA ISS Module

The International Space Station is honoring the Apollo 11 missions by naming one of its modules “Tranquility” following a public vote. The name Tranquility was chosen from thousands of suggestions ...

The International Space Station Is Turning 25. Was it Worth it?

The ISS has “come into its own as a very sophisticated scientific laboratory,” says retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who ...
SpaceNews

On the eve of the ISS’s 25th anniversary, humanity stares down a gap in its presence in space

Since their arrival, there have always been people on the ISS, a continuous presence that is by far the longest in the history of spaceflight. NASA had planned to celebrate 25 years of humans on the ...

When will the International Space Station be retired? NASA's plan to land it in ocean

By 2030, the iconic ISS – where the world's astronauts have lived, worked and gazed upon the cosmos for more than two decades ...

25 years of meatbags permanently in space on the ISS

The ISS in 2000 bore little resemblance to today's sprawling outpost. Its iconic solar arrays had yet to arrive, and the ...