Related Sites
Latest News
Image above: Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff works inside the International Space Station’s Kibo Laboratory. Credit: NASA TV The engines of the “Jules Verne" Automated Transfer Vehicle fired for 20 minutes and 37 seconds at 12:18 p.m. EDT Wednesday to reboost the International Space Station.
The reboost was the second in a series of four such maneuvers, placing the complex at the correct altitude for the Sept. 10 launch of the Progress 30 cargo ship and the Oct. 12 launch of the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft carrying the Expedition 18 crew.
Meanwhile, Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff continued the outfitting of the Kibo module, making minor adjustments to internal cameras and reconfiguring experimentation equipment.
Also, the Solar Monitoring Observatory (SOLAR) experiment was recovered Wednesday. SOLAR is a sun observation experiment which is attached to the forward end of the Columbus module. It had been inoperable for several weeks due to a power problem.
+ Read more about Expedition 17
+ View crew timelines
International Space Station Calendar
Find out when the U.S. launched its first satellite and other historical tidbits with photos that highlight 50 years of NASA milestones and a decade of space station assembly.
+ Download calendar (8.6 Mb PDF)
Features
-
Russian Spacewalkers Outfit Station's Exterior
International Space Station Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko wound up a 5-hour, 54-minute spacewalk after installing one experiment and retrieving another.
-
Russian Spacewalkers Retrieve Soyuz Pyro Bolt
International Space Station Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko wrapped up a 6-hour, 18-minute spacewalk at 9:06 p.m. EDT Thursday.
-
Progress Docks to Space Station
A new Progress cargo carrier docked to the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's Zarya module at 5:39 p.m. EDT Friday with more than 2.3 tons of fuel, oxygen, air, water, propellant and other supplies and equipment aboard.
-
1968 Science Fiction is Today's Reality
When 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered 40 years ago, living and working in space full time was science fiction.
-
Every Day is Earth Day on the Space Station
There may be only one place in the universe which can be the subject of 300,000 and counting photos and still never get old.
-
Expedition 16 Crew Lands in Kazakhstan
Commander Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko of the 16th International Space Station crew landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan around 4:30 a.m. EDT Saturday after 192 days in space.
Interactive Features
-
Interactive Space Station Reference Guide
Take a virtual tour of the orbital outpost.
See the Station in the Sky
-
Station Sightings
Find out when the ISS is over your city, or track where it is right now.
› Sightings Page →
› Track Other Spacecraft →
Related Multimedia
-
ReelNASA on YouTube
View more NASA video, crew wake-up calls and other behind-the-scenes videos on the ReelNASA YouTube channel.
› View the videos →
-
Happy Anniversary '2001,' From the Space Station
40 years ago, a visually stunning film sparked our imagination and provided a realistic image of what our future in space might look like.
› View This Video -
International Space Station Calendar
Find out when the U.S. launched its first satellite and other historical tidbits with photos that highlight 50 years of NASA milestones and a decade of space station assembly.
› Download calendar (8.6 Mb PDF)
-
Assembly Sequence Imagery →
Exterior photos show the Station's growth as new components are added.
-
What are the ISS Attitudes?
See how the International Space Station orients itself.
 "message from the International Space Station commemorating the 40th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey")