ISS

On the Hunt for High-Speed Sprites

A bright red sprite appears above a lightning flash in a photo captured from the ISS Back on April 30,…

12 years ago

Shields Up! ISS Spacewalkers Install New Micrometeorite Shields

International Space Station Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko completed the first spacewalk of the Expedition 32 mission…

12 years ago

Progress Resupply Ship Takes Fast-Track to ISS, Arriving 6 Hours After Launch

After a flawless launch, an unmanned Russian Progress resupply ship used a new expedited technique to reach the International Space…

12 years ago

Japanese HTV-3 Berthed to International Space Station

The HTV-3 Japanese cargo spacecraft was successfully captured with the International Space Station’s Canadarm 2 robotic arm, and then installed…

12 years ago

An Orbital Adagio: Nighttime Views from the ISS

People keep making these videos from ISS photography, and we keep loving them. Here's the latest, assembled by photographer Knate…

12 years ago

Japanese Cargo Ship Launches to Space Station

A Japanese resupply ship, the HTV-3 “Kountouri" (White Stork) launched Saturday to the International Space Station, lifting off on an…

12 years ago

New Crew Welcomed Aboard the Space Station

On the 37th anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz docking, a new international crew of three arrived at the International Space Station.…

12 years ago

Expedition 32 Crew Lifts Off

At 9:40 p.m. CDT a Soyuz TMA-05M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Expedition 32 Commander Yuri…

13 years ago

Wildfire Smoke is Visible Even at Night from Space

The Whitewater-Baldy fire is the largest wildfire in New Mexico's history and has charred more than 465 square miles of…

13 years ago

A Sci-Fi View from the ISS

What an awesome image of the Cupola on the International Space Station, with a view of Earth whizzing by! But,…

13 years ago