That launch is set for Thursday. The ISS, which travels at least 17,500 mph, is in orbit in an environment filled with hundreds of satellites and thousands of pieces of space debris.

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NASA officials remain eager for Starliner to begin these regular crew rotation flights, even as its sole destination, the ISS ...

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The world's first wooden satellite has been successfully launched into space and arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). Soon, it will be released into an orbit around 400 kilometers ...

The space station has been in orbit for more than 20 years, circling our planet at a distance of 250 miles (460 kilometers). We’re used to seeing NASA images of the ISS soaring gracefully ...

Elon Musk called this week for the deorbiting of the International Space Station (ISS) "as soon as possible." "It is time to begin preparations for deorbiting the [ISS]," Musk wrote in a post on X ...

"The ISS has already been in orbit for over two decades, well past its expected life-time," Manber said. "As wonderful an orbiting station as it has been, it is well past its prime and like an old ...

The venture is building a large station with a habitable volume equivalent to half the pressurized volume of the International Space Station and will launch the new station no earlier than 2028.

Now on the ISS, LingoSat will soon be put to the test as it is launched into orbit, where instruments on board will monitor how the wooden structure holds up in the harsh conditions of space.