International Space Station
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![a man with rosy cheeks and a black ball cap with a nasa logo wears a tan polo shirt in a windowed room, with Earth floating above.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kE674L6TqnLuaTsFYeHnCc-320-80.webp)
How to watch NASA's 1st Twitch stream from the ISS this week
By Julian Dossett published
NASA's first-ever Twitch stream premieres at 11:45 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 12 on NASA's Twitch channel.
![printed copies of paintings, drawings and poetry are hung on window panes aboard a space station](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xtcW3JzPUgwaggXpDxjy3c-320-80.jpg)
Students' contest-winning pen, paint and poetry works shown aboard space station
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A worldwide contest has again redefined the concept of "high art" by briefly converting the International Space Station into a gallery for the winners' works.
![the international space station hovers above an american football field. They are the same size.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8oZJDh39ht4DgqhE8Rbppe-320-80.jpg)
NASA will beam Super Bowl LIX to orbit for astronauts aboard the International Space Station
By Josh Dinner published
The Super Bowl is one of the most-watched sporting events across the world (for Americans), and there's a chance for astronauts living aboard the International Space Station to catch the big game.
![two astronauts in white spacesuits, one holding a piece of equipment, work outside a space station on a spacewalk](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xQ46XAirneGHhgekWVTvTa-320-80.jpg)
NASA astronauts free stuck radio unit, collect microbes and set record on station spacewalk
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were able to remove a stuck radio communications unit on a record-setting spacewalk on Thursday (Jan. 30).
![an astronaut in a white spacesuit works outside a space station opposite a space capsule](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FHyXawTKkLDsLMBtoaekD3-320-80.jpg)
Watch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore perform spacewalk outside the ISS today (video)
By Josh Dinner published
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to begin U.S. Spacewalk 92 early Jan. 30.
![an astronaut in a white spacesuit works outside a space station opposite a space capsule](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FHyXawTKkLDsLMBtoaekD3-320-80.jpg)
Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams completed a six-hour spacewalk to repair and upgrade equipment outside the International Space Station on Thursday (Jan. 16).
![Astronauts perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fLCJnjX8NZXtw892UPHr3R-320-80.jpg)
Watch 2 NASA astronauts repair X-ray telescope on ISS during a spacewalk today
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Nick Hague and Suni Williams will service the X-ray telescope attached to the ISS during a 6.5-hour-long spacewalk today (Jan. 16). Watch it live.
![a space station floats above earth, over an ocean or sea](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FDEKoy6XGkyo4KbCkfr68k-320-80.jpg)
Space mysteries: How does the ISS stay in orbit without falling to Earth?
By Keith Cooper published
The International Space Station is always falling, yet it never crashes to Earth or burns up in our atmosphere. How is this possible?
![NASA astronaut Don Pettit posted this view of the northern lights, as seen by the International Space Station, on X on Jan. 5, 2025.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fApMgNgDqYeJf9gQUAUG45-320-80.jpg)
ISS astronaut captures green auroras dancing over city lights (video)
By Mike Wall published
NASA astronaut Don Pettit continues to give us great views of Earth from the ISS, this time beaming home video of green auroras shimmering over bright city lights.
![A spacesuited cosmonaut standing on a platform at the end of a robotic arm outside the International Space Station releases a bundle of trash into the blackness of space.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pb26cxkBhNpYL8xXwLajnS-320-80.jpg)
Russian cosmonauts install X-ray detector, jettison trash on spacewalk outside ISS
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner installed an X-ray detector and jettisoned trash during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.
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