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The International Space Station will fall to Earth in 2030. Can a private space station really fill its gap?

By Keith Cooper published

We'll lose the ISS pretty soon. What might we lose with it?

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a man in a red shirt takes a selfie with two women in dark colored shirts as they hold up a makeshift cake with a "200 Days" embroidered patch mounted atop it.

What's happening on the International Space Station while the government is shut down?

By Josh Dinner published

NASA's astronauts living in space are still going to work during the government shutdown.

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An image of the International Space Station, with its many solar panels and modules, floating above Earth in space

25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us about living and working in space

By Justin St. P. Walsh published

We wanted to show space agencies that were already planning three-year missions to Mars what they were overlooking.

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An image of the International Space Station, with its many solar panels and modules, floating above Earth in space

Meet Point Nemo, where the International Space Station will die in 2030

By Mike Wall published

The International Space Station just notched a major milestone, but its days are numbered: The ISS will crash to Earth over Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean in late 2030.

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Artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starship vehicle on the moon during an Artemis astronaut mission for NASA.

SpaceX looking into 'simplified' Starship Artemis 3 mission to get astronauts to the moon faster

By Mike Wall published

On Oct. 30, SpaceX posted an update about its Starship moon-landing plans, which includes a reference to a possible "simplified mission architecture and concept of operations" for NASA's Artemis 3.

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Japan's HTV-X cargo spacecraft in Earth orbit.

Japan's 1st HTV-X cargo craft arrives at the International Space Station

By Mike Wall last updated

Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for the first time ever today (Oct. 28), delivering payloads and supplies to ISS astronauts.

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two spacesuited cosmonauts work outside a space station during a spacewalk

Spacewalking Russian cosmonauts install experiments on the International Space Station

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky completed a 6 hour and 54 minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

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Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.

International Space Station: Live updates

By Space.com Staff last updated

Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

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Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov performs a spacewalk in support of science and maintenance on the International Space Station on Aug. 18, 2014.

Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts spacewalk outside the ISS today

By Mike Wall published

Cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Oct. 28), and you can watch the action live.

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Graphic showing the the artemis accords logo above white text reading "the artemis accords", the surface of the moon is seen in the lower portion of the image and a distant Mars peeks out from the surface of the moon.

Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?

By Robert Lea last updated

Reference As the Artemis program aims to return humanity to the moon and beyond, the Artemis Accords lay out a framework for nations collaborating in this effort.

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