In the planned, controlled, de-orbit operation for the ISS, newly built modules will first detach from the main structure and remain in orbit to eventually recombine as parts of future space stations.

The International Space Station has been orbiting our planet for decades, but how did it get up there and how long did it take? Here's everything we know.

The initial pieces of the ISS were launched in 1998, and by the time operations are over in 2030, they will have been in ...

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A technical marvel The ISS is a massive structure, stretching 356 feet (109 meters) end-to-end, which is just shy of the length of an American football field.

Since 1998, humanity is conducting extensive experiments is space aboard the International Space Station, the most daing human endeavor beyond our planet.

In the planned, controlled, de-orbit operation for the ISS, newly built modules will first detach from the main structure and remain in orbit to eventually recombine as parts of future space stations.

The International Space Station is the most complex engineering project ever attempted in space and, at some $150 billion to date, one of the most expensive.

The ISS just celebrated its 25th anniversary — soon, the station will be hanging up its boots.

The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest structure humans have ever put into space. In fact, it's so large that it wasn’t launched in its entirety. It was sent up in pieces, and then ...

For two decades, humans have permanently occupied the International Space Station. And though most residents have been professional astronauts, that could soon change.

The space station turned 25 years old on Wednesday (Dec. 6), and NASA is preparing for the pioneering outpost's end. The agency just celebrated the milestone mission that docked the first two ...