International Space Station (ISS)

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International Space Station (ISS)
Volcanoes
Wildfires
From the International Space Station, astronauts photographed Mount Hood and Mount Rainier as wildfire smoke spread across the Pacific Northwest in summer 2026.
Posted August 13, 2026
ISS Research
International Space Station (ISS)
The International Space Station has been busy throughout 2026, as it continues to be a bustling workspace for astronauts conducting a variety of scientific experiments that lay the groundwork for missions to the Moon and beyond. NASA’s Artemis II mission in April was the first crewed flight around the Moon in more than 50 years, […]
Posted August 11, 2026
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
The International Space Station hosts hundreds of science experiments at a time. Some experiments can take hours to perform, and researchers need to account for astronauts’ limited time. Fully automated devices, like Redwire’s  ADvanced Space Experiment Processors (ADSEPs), have been designed to conduct more space science with less crew time.
Posted August 5, 2026
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham will embark on her first mission to the International Space Station, serving as an Expedition 76 flight engineer. Burnham will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-30 spacecraft with cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Konstantin Borisov.
Posted July 30, 2026
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Editor’s note: This media advisory was updated July 27, 2026 to reflect an updated start time for the spacewalk on Thursday, Aug. 6.
Posted July 27, 2026
Humans in Space
Christopher L. Williams
International Space Station (ISS)
Johnson Space Center
Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. The crew made its safe, parachute-assisted landing at 5:27 a.m.
Posted July 26, 2026
Anil Menon
International Space Station (ISS)
From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a July 18, 2026, photo while holding a cake celebrating their recent arrival aboard the International Space Station. The trio arrived at the space station on July 14, 2026, after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome […]
Posted July 24, 2026
ISS Research
International Space Station (ISS)
After eight months aboard the International Space Station for his first mission, NASA astronaut Chris Williams is preparing to return to Earth.
Posted July 23, 2026
Humans in Space
Christopher L. Williams
International Space Station (ISS)
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on July 23, 2026, to reflect changes to the mission timeline.  NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241‑day mission aboard the International Space Station.
Posted July 22, 2026
Humans in Space
Commercial Crew
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation mission to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Monday, Aug. 3, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Mission leadership will provide an overview of NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission at 12 p.m. EDT. Next, crew members will discuss their […]
Posted July 20, 2026
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