04 October 2021
Russian film crew to head to the ISS, 5 October
... to the International Space Station 5 October on board a Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, for a 12 day stay to film segments for a movie. Making his fourth flight into space, veteran Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, a former Commander of the ISS, will...
24 August 2024
NASA formally abandons Starliner for crew return to Earth
... not accepting more risk than necessary for its crew. Wilmore and Williams, who flew to the International Space Station (ISS) in June aboard NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test on a scheduled eight-day mission, have been kept busy...
26 February 2018
International Space Station – Architecture Beyond Earth
The main triumph of the International Space Station (ISS) project is not so much the experiments conducted on board (though of course many of them are important in the context of human space exploration) but the fact that it is a football field-...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... smaller – home will become. At any given time, there are usually six people living aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Over two hundred miles above the planet’s surface, Earth is a dominant presence, filling the window. Countries...
February 2016
Innovations in human astronautics
...unconventional solutions. Today, the International Space Station (ISS) is actively working in low Earth orbit. It is the largest ever international high technology project, a unique example of international cooperation that brings together 26 partner...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... outlined above, the experience of managing astronauts during long duration visits to the International Space Station (ISS) may provide some guidance for managing humanity in space over the longer term. China announced plans in 2013 for a proposed...
