US EditionThe International Space Station marks 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit
The ISS has hosted nearly 300 visitors from 26 countries and conducted thousands of scientific experiments, preparing for a transition to private space stations.
- The International Space Station marks 25 years of continuous human presence this weekend, hosting nearly 300 visitors from 26 countries since the early 2000s.
- NASA is pushing to prevent a service gap by relying on private firms, with Axiom Space planning to remove a module for its own station to preserve America's continued human presence in orbit.
- Originally a cramped three-room station, the ISS grew into a football-field-sized lab with a glassed-in cupola, internet phones, espresso trials, and welcomed Peggy Whitson, Chris Hadfield, and Dennis Tito.
- NASA has hired SpaceX to handle the station's final deorbit, paying nearly $1 billion for a controlled reentry planned in early 2031 after operational challenges delayed returns and caused incidents.
- Long-Duration medical studies like the NASA twins study and recent blood-clot discovery, plus upgrades planned next year, are guiding future station safety and design.
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The International Space Station Is Turning 25. Was it Worth it?
The last time no representative of the human race was in space Bill Clinton was in his final year in the White House, Vladimir Putin was in the first year of his quarter-century reign, the New England Patriots had yet to win any of their six eventual Super Bowl titles, and Taylor Swift was turning 11. It was the fall of 2000 and the American space shuttle was between missions, as was the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, meaning every member of the huma…
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The International Space Station marks 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit
The International Space Station is marking 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit. Nearly 300 people have lived aboard the scientific outpost.
On November 2, 2000, just 25 years ago, it marked a milestone in the history of astronautics: the International Space Station (ISS) received its first permanent crew members.They were two Russians, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, and an American, William Shepherd.The latter, a former SEAL member, military trained in clandestine operations and veteran of three flights on the ferry, was the commander of the first crew.Keep reading...
The Space Station Is Turning 25. Was it Worth it?
The last time no representative of the human race was in space Bill Clinton was in his final year in the White House, Vladimir Putin was in the first year of his quarter-century reign, the New England Patriots had yet to win any of their six eventual Super Bowl titles, and Taylor Swift was turning 11. It was the fall of 2000 and the American space shuttle was between missions, as was the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, meaning every member of the huma…
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