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The ISS will travel over part of the U.S. and Canada on Thursday night, giving millions a chance to view it as it flies by.
The best viewing opportunities occur within a few hours before or after sunrise or sunset when the station is illuminated by the Sun but the sky is dark enough for it to stand out.
A first-of-its-kind mineral map from the International Space Station mission's EMIT presents big-picture climate science.
The best places to view the International Space Station. (Map by NASA). The ISS is a unique laboratory traveling at a speed of five miles per second, orbiting Earth every 90 minutes while carrying ...
Google Maps in Space lets you "walk" the surface of the Moon, Mars, Venus, and other entities in the Solar System, as well as the International Space Station. Here's how to use it.
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 ...
The mission specialist, Jeanette Epps is the second Black woman to be part of a long-term mission to the ISS. She was selected in 2009 as an astronaut by NASA. Prior to liftoff, Epps said she is ...