The International Space Station (ISS) is now orbiting Earth at a record altitude of 262 miles (422 km). It was deliberately nudged to a higher position just recently by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

Astronauts orbiting the Earth are drilled to deal with the worst possible scenarios. That includes having to leave a doomed ...

Microbes that hitched a ride into orbit are not just surviving in space, they are changing in ways that give them startling ...

Four astronauts are set to depart the International Space Station Wednesday amid a health concern. The unprecedented early departure will leave behind a skeleton crew.

Over the course of its nearly 30 years in orbit, the International Space Station has played host to more “firsts” than can ...

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...

NASA makes unprecedented decision to bring International Space Station crew home early after medical emergency – first time in 25-year station history.

For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit, including at least one American – a streak ...

Japan resumes supplying the International Space Station (ISS) after five years, now with a new cargo ship launched on its H3 ...

The International Space Station is the largest space outpost ever built, but it's not the only one up there and there a more ...