Humans have been living continuously in space for nearly 25 years, with astronauts and cosmonauts living aboard the ...

The new manned space station Tiangong, ... When complete, the T-shaped station will be more than one-fourth the size of the 20-year-old International Space Station in habitable volume.

China plans to expand its space station to six modules from three in coming years, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform for near-Earth missions as the NASA-led ...

Research on the ISS helped scientists tackle problems we can’t solve on Earth, from human biology to fire behavior and ...

A render of Tiangong Station in the Earth's orbit. Getty Images. Launch: 2021 Operated by: China Manned Space Agency At only one-third the size of the ISS, Tiangong doesn't have the same research ...

"The Budget reduces the space station’s crew size and onboard research." Eric Berger – Updated May 7, 2025 6:50 pm | 158 The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer was installed on the International ...

NASA considered an uncontrolled re-entry, but the ISS is nearly the size of an American football field. Without the ability to maneuver the space station, it could crash on a populated region.

By the time NASA’s shuttles retired in 2011, the station had grown to the size of a football field, with a mass of nearly 1 million pounds (430,000 kilograms). NASA figures the station will last ...

The International Space Station (ISS), launched in 1998, is nearing the end of its operational lifespan and is scheduled for decommissioning in 2030. NASA has chosen deorbiting the ISS as the most ...