2012年2月8日 · A partnership between European countries (represented by ESA), the United States (NASA), Japan (JAXA), Canada (CSA) and Russia (Roscosmos), the International Space Station is the world's largest international cooperative programme in science and technology.

The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada).

2025年1月29日 · Unity Node 1 module—the first U.S.-built component of the International Space Station— launches into orbit two weeks later during the STS-88 mission. Joining Unity with the Zarya module was the first step in the assembly of the orbiting laboratory.

2025年1月30日 · The International Space Station is humanity’s home in space and a research station orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth. Learn more about astronaut health and training.

How has the International Space Station (ISS) changed since building started in 1998? When and how were new parts added? What is ESA's contribution? Which astronauts have lived on the Space Station? What's next? Find out on ESA's Building the ISS web pages.

2018年11月20日 · The largest, most complex international construction project in space began on the steppes of Kazakhstan 20 years ago today. Atop its Proton rocket, on Nov. 20, 1998, the Zarya Functional Cargo Block (FGB) thundered off its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome into cold wintry skies.

3 天之前 · International Space Station (ISS), space station assembled in low Earth orbit largely by the United States and Russia, with assistance and components from a multinational consortium. The project, which began as an American effort, was long delayed by …

2024年2月23日 · The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest single structure humans ever put into space. Explore the orbital laboratory in more detail here.

2023年8月30日 · An overview of the improvements made on the spacewalking suits and equipment used to assemble the International Space Station (ISS) while in orbit is presented. Details are given on the adjustable heaters and helmet lights.

2023年5月23日 · The International Space Station Program brings together international flight crews, multiple launch vehicles, globally distributed launch and flight operations, training, engineering, and development facilities, communications networks, and the international scientific research community.

A comprehensive, highly readable account of complex, technical, political and human endeavor and a worthy successor to Creating the International Space Station (Springer Praxis, January 2002) by David Harland and John Catchpole.

Where is the International Space Station? Building the International Space Station. Space Station elements Control centres How much does it cost? Features the latest news on the International Space Station (ISS), European participation in the ISS and ISS commercialisation.

2021年3月17日 · The International Space Station is the largest structure ever built in space. The first module — the Russian Zarya module — launched from Earth 15 years ago on Nov. 20 1998.

At 131 feet high, 290 feet wide and 356 feet long, the International Space Station will be the largest man-made object in space. But what's involved in this mammoth building project far...

2024年7月16日 · International Space Station Facts. An international partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries operates the International Space Station. Learn more about visitors to the space station by country. The space station has …

2025年2月24日 · Circling 250 miles above the ground at an eye-watering 28,000 km/h, NASA's International Space Station (ISS) is one of mankind's most incredible engineering feats. This cutting-edge science ...

The 420-tonne International Space Station has more than 916 cubic metres of pressurised space - enough room for its crew of six persons and a vast array of scientific experiments. Station construction began in November 1998 with the launch of Russia’s Zarya module.

2025年2月23日 · Space infrastructure company Axiom Space is planning to launch a commercial module to the International Space Station that would become its own independent station once the ISS retires. Photo: Axiom Space. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin announced plans to build a private space station in Earth orbit, called Orbital Reef. Photo: Blue Origin

6 天之前 · The overly sterile environment of the International Space Station is missing important microbes, a new detailed map shows. If we want to live off Earth, we may need to take more of our bacterial ...

2025年2月25日 · The International Space Station is a unique place – a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and makes research breakthroughs not possible on Earth.

6 天之前 · Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), quasi-extraterrestrial life is growing and replicating. Viruses, bacteria, and fungi carried on the bodies of astronauts, building materials, and food ...

Where is the International Space Station? The International Space Station with ESA’s Columbus laboratory flies 400 km high at speeds that defy gravity – literally. At 28 800 km/h it only takes 92 minutes for the weightless laboratory to make a complete circuit of Earth.

5 天之前 · Sierra Space is a leading commercial space company at the forefront of innovation and the commercialization of space in the Orbital Age ®, building an end-to-end business and technology platform ...

2024年3月27日 · Launched on June 6, 2023. Installed on June 9 and 15, 2023. The roll-out siolar arrays augment the International Space Station’s eight main solar arrays. They produce more than 20 kilowatts of electricity and enable a 30% increase in power production over the …

2022年7月24日 · As the International Space Station enters its third decade of use, scientists continue lining up to initiate new research efforts. Engineers are proposing new technology demonstrations and upgrading existing systems to increase reliability and reduce their mass, volume, and maintenance needs in preparation for missions farther into space.

2023年6月15日 · Hoburg and Bowen completed their major objective to install an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1B power channel on the station’s starboard truss structure. The new array is 60 feet long by 20 feet wide (18.2 meters by 6 meters) and is shading a little more than half of the original ...