20 November 1998

Science & Discovery

International Space Station

About this moment

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station in low Earth orbit (LEO). It is the product of the International Space Station program and is operated by five partner space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). It is the first space station built, maintained and crewed through international cooperation and the largest human spacecraft ever constructed.

Gallery

The station pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon 5 (cropped)NASAPublic domainWikimedia Commons
A soccer ball floats in microgravity in this March 2, 2026, picture from the International Space Station (soccer-meets-space-science)NASAPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Assembly of the International Space Station (1998-2001)NASA / montage by Emily LakdawallaPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Forbidden seasAlexander GerstCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
ISS tranzit3AstrobondCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Issjupiter1 (2182249602)David Warrington from EnglandCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Paris iss with signatures4-й экипаж МКСPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Soyuz over ash cloud (49378564761)ESA_eventsCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
The Horn (50000415476)Yonas KidaneCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
International Space StationUnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress
International Space StationUnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress

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