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International Space Station in 2011, as seen from STS-134. Origins of the International Space Station covers the origins of ISS. The International Space Station programme represents a combination of three national space station projects: the Russian/Soviet Mir-2, NASA's Space Station Freedom including the Japanese Kibō laboratory, and the European Columbus space stations.
Flight engineer Sergei Krikalev had spent over a year in orbit, mostly on Mir, and would become the first person to visit the ISS twice. [15] He had felt excitement to have been one of the first people to enter the Zarya module (the first component of the space station) in 1998, during STS-88, and was looking forward to returning. [16]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Inhabited space station in low Earth orbit (1998–present) "ISS" redirects here. For other uses, see ISS (disambiguation). International Space Station (ISS) Oblique underside view in November 2021 International Space Station programme emblem with flags of the original signatory states ...
Current ISS crew names are in bold. The suffix (twice, thrice, ...) refers to the individual's number of spaceflights to the ISS, not the total number of spaceflights. Entries are noted with for women and for men. This list only includes crew members of the ISS. For a list including non-crew, see List of visitors to the International Space Station.
The highest number of people at the same time on one space station has been 13, first achieved with the eleven day docking to the ISS of the 127th Space Shuttle mission in 2009. The record for most people on all space stations at the same time has been 17, first on May 30, 2023, with 11 people on the ISS and 6 on the TSS. [2]
By Eric Sandler On August 20, 1975 -- 39 years ago today -- NASA launched the first of two spacecraft as a part of their new Viking program and the images they captured back in the '70s and '80s ...
First commander of the ISS and also first American commander of the ISS. Expedition 2: Yury Usachev [7] 19 March 2001 [7] 18 August 2001 [8] First Russian commander of ISS. Expedition 3: Frank Culbertson [8] 18 August 2001 [8] 13 December 2001 [9] Only American onboard ISS during September 11 attacks. [10] Expedition 4: Yury Onufrienko [9] 13 ...
The ISS even recycles the astronauts’ urine and sweat into fresh water, ensuring very little waste. Williams and Wilmore prepare their own food and eat it on magnetized trays with metal utensils.