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The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada).
This is a chronological list of commanders of the International Space Station.A pre-decided inhabitant of the ISS assumes command upon departure of the previous commander, at the end of an expedition, in a small hand-over ceremony.
This is a chronological list of expeditions to the International Space Station (ISS). An expedition to the ISS refers to the crew that is occupying the space station and using it for research and testing. Expeditions can last up to six months and include between two and seven crew members.
NASA astronaut Suni Williams has set a female spacewalk record after venturing outside the International Space Station with her fellow Boeing Starliner crew member.. Williams and Butch Wilmore ...
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the fifteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilisation, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station.
This is a list of crew to the International Space Station, in alphabetical order. Current ISS crew names are in bold. The suffix (twice, thrice, ...) refers to the individual's number of spaceflights to the ISS, not the total number of spaceflights. Entries are noted with for women and for men.
ISRO chairman K. Sivan announced in 2019 that India will not join the International Space Station, but will instead build a space station of its own. [94] of 52 Tonne Mass [95] It is intended to be completed 5–7 years after the conclusion of the Gaganyaan program. [96] Starlab: NanoRacks Voyager Space Airbus MDA Space Mitsubishi Corporation ...
Japan is an International Space Station partner and contributes the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo". [65] It has also provided cargo transport on the HTV cargo vehicle and is as of January 2025 currently developing its successor, HTV-X, with consideration of utilizing a variant for future lunar gateway missions. [66]