The International Space Station (ISS) is the most complex international aerospace project in history. Sixteen countries contribute to this massive structure that measures 360 ft (110m) wide and 289 ft (88 m) long. At Earth's surface gravity, the...

I am directing NASA to develop a permanently manned space station and to do it within a decade. —President Ronald Reagan, January 25, 1984 A space station is an orbiting structure designed to accommodate visiting crewmembers for an extended...

Viewpoint: Yes, the ISS provides an effective platform from which manned exploration of the solar system can begin, and it represents an important model for international cooperation. Viewpoint: No, the ISS is a poor use of valuable space exploration...

November 20, 1998 The International Space Station (ISS), under construction since 1998, is the largest international scientific partnership in history. The project involves seventeen countries: the United States, the eleven member nations of the...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a research facility currently being assembled in space. The on-orbit assembly of ISS began in 1998. The space station is in a low Earth orbit and can be seen from Earth with the naked eye: it has an altitude of...

Teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan was spending her first full day in space Thursday helping her fellow crew members inspect the shuttle Endeavour for damage as they sped toward the international space station.Morgan was fulfilling the space program's quest to send an educator into space _ a...

A Russian rocket carrying U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi and two cosmonauts blasted off late Saturday from the Baikonur cosmodrome en route to the international space station.The Soyuz capsule roared into the overcast nighttime skies over the bleak Kazakh steppes on-time at 11:31 p.m. local time...

The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely Friday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bring a crew member home from the outpost.Atlantis crossed the Pacific and glided to a stop at 12:49...