The overview effect: Astronaut perspectives from 25 years in low Earth orbit

To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view. Since Alan Shepard became the first American to lay eyes on our ...
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What Comes After the International Space Station?

After the International Space Station is decommissioned, China and possibly Russia will have active space stations in low ...

When will the International Space Station be retired? NASA's plan to land it in ocean

By 2030, the iconic ISS – where the world's astronauts have lived, worked and gazed upon the cosmos for more than two decades – will be no more.

International Space Station marks 25-year milestone. What to know about iconic outpost

Since the first crew of astronauts reached the International Space Station on Nov. 2, 2000, humanity has had a continuous ...
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NASA's Dream Chaser 'mini shuttle' has a flight schedule change

NASA and Sierra Space are skipping the ISS on Dream Chaser’s first mission, opting for a 2026 free flight to test the ...
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'We were genuinely astonished': This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station and could still grow on Earth

So, they sent some sporophytes to the ISS. Astronauts affixed the samples to the station's exterior, where they remained for ...
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Moss survives 9 months outside NASA space station, returns to Earth ready to reproduce

“However, the moss spores retained their vitality after nine months of direct exposure. This provides striking evidence that ...