(THE CONVERSATION) The International Space Station is one of the most remarkable achievements of the modern age. It is the largest, most complex, most expensive and most durable spacecraft ever built.

From our position on the ground, it can be easy to forget that we’re a spacefaring species. But if you look up to the night sky at the right time, you’ll see a small point of light racing across the ...

It's official. Not a single person under the age of 25 has lived a day where there has not been a human orbiting Earth − and that is likely to never change. On Nov. 2, 2000, Expedition 1 arrived at ...

Although the U.S. government is shut down, NASA's astronauts in space are still expected to show up for work every day. As the shutdown continues into its second month, many federal employees are ...

When discussing space research, particularly the potential of actually living in space, the conversation naturally comes to the International Space Station (ISS). It makes sense; the ISS is the ...

The International Space Station is the largest space outpost ever built, but it's not the only one up there and there a more ...