International Space Station
Inhabited space station in low Earth orbit
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| 2025 | Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will pilot the Axiom-4 mission, marking India's first human presence on the International Space Station, as part of a bilateral US-India initiative to support India's Gaganyaan programme. |
| April 21 2025 | ACES began its planned 18-30 month operations phase, externally mounted to the ESA's Columbus Laboratory. |
| April 21 2025 | ACES launched to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying two atomic clocks: a caesium laser cooled atomic clock (PHARAO) from CNES, France, and an active hydrogen maser (SHM) from Spectratime, Switzerland. |
| April 20 2025 | Planned departure of Soyuz MS-26 mission, with crew members Aleksey Ovchinin (Russian Federation), Ivan Vagner (Russian Federation), and Donald Pettit (United States). |
| April 8 2025 | Soyuz MS-27 mission launched, delivering 3 astronauts to the International Space Station for an eight-month flight. |
| April 8 2025 | Planned arrival of Soyuz MS-27 mission, with crew members Sergey Ryzhikov (Russian Federation), Alexey Zubritsky (Russian Federation), and Jonny Kim (United States). |
| April 1 2025 | Fram2 became the first crewed spaceflight to enter a polar retrograde orbit, launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. |
| March 16 2025 | Planned arrival of Barry E. Wilmore (United States) and Sunita Williams (United States) via SpaceX Crew-9 mission. |
| 2025 | Cygnus NG-24 mission scheduled for logistics resupply to the International Space Station using an Antares 300 launch vehicle, planned for Q4 |
| March 13 2025 | Planned arrival of SpaceX Crew-10 mission with crew members Anne McClain (United States), Nichole Ayers (United States), Takuya Onishi (Japan), and Kirill Peskov (Russia). |
| 2025 | Boeing Starliner-1 mission planned as the first operational mission of the CST-100 Starliner capsule, intended to deliver 4 members of a future expedition crew to the International Space Station. |
| 2025 | Ax-4 private mission planned for a short visit to the International Space Station, expected in Q2 2025. |
| March 2025 | SpaceX CRS-32 logistics mission to the International Space Station scheduled to launch using a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket. |
| 2025 | Planned installation of the seventh and eighth iROSAs on the 2A and 3B power channels of the P4 and S6 truss segments. |
| February 25 2025 | Blue Origin's 10th human flight lifts off with six paying passengers, including a Spanish TV host and investors, experiencing weightlessness during a 10-12 minute flight. |
| 2025 | Final pair of two new solar arrays planned to be delivered to the ISS in a future mission. |
| January 30 2025 | Expedition 72 EVA 3 conducted by Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. They retrieved the SASA Antenna, facing a delay when jacking bolts broke, and collected hull samples to examine potential microbial growth. Some planned tasks for prepping the LEE-A Wrist Joint Replacement Module and staging IROSA Cable Bag were deferred to EVA 4. Wilmore also stowed tethers and crowbars in an external locker for future use. |
| January 16 2025 | SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 exploded, causing debris falling to Earth and prompting the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to slow air traffic in the debris response area. |
| January 16 2025 | ISRO successfully tested a subscale version of the Bhartiya Docking System (BDS) during the SpaDeX mission, achieving successful docking. |
| January 16 2025 | Expedition 72 EVA 2 performed by Nick Hague and Suni Williams. They replaced the Rate Gyro Assembly Gyroscope 2 on the S0 Truss, replaced retro reflectors on IDA 3, installed shields on NICER, relocated C2V2 cables, tested tools on AMS jumpers, and photographed AMS jumpers. They also inspected an ammonia vent line on Unity and a foot restraint near the Z1 Radio Antenna. This spacewalk was originally planned during Expedition 70 but was delayed due to a radiator leak on Nauka. |
| 2024 | Nikon Z 9 camera added to the International Space Station's camera equipment. |
| December 19 2024 | Russian cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner performed Expedition 72 EVA 1, installing an x-ray telescope on Zvezda Service Module, jettisoning an ion radiation probe, retrieving various experiments, and rewiring Zvezda by replacing two patch panels with degraded insulation and electronics. |
| November 23 2024 | Several hours after Progress MS-29 cargo spacecraft's hatch opened, the ISS crew reported an unexpected odor and droplets. Station hatches were closed, and air filtration systems activated. Operations returned to normal on November 25, with NASA suggesting the odor was from material outgassing. |
| October 2024 | Axiom Space plans to launch its fourth mission to the International Space Station. |
| October 23 2024 | Expedition 72 crew arrived at the International Space Station via SpaceX Crew-8 mission at 21:05 UTC, with crew members Matthew Dominick (United States), Michael Barratt (United States), Jeanette Epps (United States), and Alexander Grebenkin (Russian Federation). |
| September 29 2024 | SpaceX Crew-9 mission arrived at the International Space Station, including Nick Hague (United States) and Aleksandr Gorbunov (Russian Federation). |
| September 29 2024 | Nick Hague (United States) and Aleksandr Gorbunov (Russian Federation) arrived at the ISS via SpaceX Crew-9 mission at 21:30 UTC. |
| September 28 2024 | SpaceX Crew-9 mission launched, delivering 2 astronauts to the ISS for a six-month flight. This is the fourteenth operational flight of Crew Dragon and planned to include the 2 astronauts from the aborted Boeing Crew Flight Test. |
| September 12 2024 | Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis performed the first commercial spacewalk during the Polaris Dawn spaceflight operated by SpaceX. |
| September 11 2024 | Soyuz MS-26 mission launched, delivering 3 astronauts to the International Space Station for a six-month flight. |
| June 27 2024 | After the Resurs-P1 satellite breakup, ISS crew was instructed to shelter in their spacecraft as a precaution against potential debris collision. The 'safe haven' was lifted about an hour later, and crew returned to normal operations. |
| June 24 2024 | Astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Michael Barratt attempted Expedition 71 EVA 2, but the spacewalk was terminated shortly after depressurization due to a water leak in Dyson's spacesuit's service and cooling umbilical unit. |
| June 24 2024 | US EVA-90 spacewalk was cut short to 31 minutes due to a water leak in Tracy Dyson's spacesuit umbilical unit. The spacewalk was aborted, and US spacewalks were paused for 6 months until January 16, 2025. |
| June 6 2024 | During Boeing Crew Flight Test mission, multiple technical issues were discovered: two new helium leaks in the Starliner pressurization system, five RCS thrusters failing during docking, and similar problems to previous missions. NASA ultimately decided to return the Starliner capsule uncrewed due to high uncertainty about system performance. |
| June 1 2024 | SpaceX cancelled its planned lunar tourism project with Yusaku Maezawa, which was originally announced in 2018. |
| May 2024 | NASA's Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS) released a comprehensive report titled 'Cost and Benefit Analysis of Mitigating, Tracking, and Remediating Orbital Debris', which evaluated over ten different actions for addressing space debris management, including spacecraft shielding, debris tracking, and large debris removal strategies. |
| April 25 2024 | Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub conducted Expedition 71 EVA 1, releasing launch locks on the Mini Radar Unit, installing experiments on Poisk, repositioning equipment, retrieving Biorisk canisters, and wiping down handrails on Nauka and Poisk to check for microbial growth and contamination. |
| March 8 2024 | A piece of space junk from an ISS battery pallet impacted a house in Naples, Florida. NASA confirmed it was an inconel stanchion from cargo pallets jettisoned in March 2021, which were originally planned to be disposed of by an HTV spacecraft but remained due to previous mission scheduling complications. |
| January 2024 | Axiom Space completes its third Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station. |
| December 18 2023 | Two spacecraft (Japan BEAK and Japan Clark sat-1) were brought to the International Space Station via SpaceX CRS-29 mission and were awaiting deployment. |
| November 1 2023 | Spacewalk by Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara to prepare for future solar array installations, replace a trundle bearing, secure a camera cable, and attempt to retrieve a Space to Ground Antenna. This was the fourth all-female spacewalk on the International Space Station. |
| October 25 2023 | Spacewalk by Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub to install a mini radar experiment on Nauka, launch a CubeSat, and photograph the RTOd radiator. They encountered challenges with coolant exposure and satellite deployment. |
| October 25 2023 | During a Roscosmos spacewalk, the backup radiator was isolated and inspected. A bubble of coolant was liberated from the leak area, prompting additional precautions to prevent contamination of the ISS environment. |
| October 9 2023 | A leak was discovered in the backup radiator of the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module, observed through ISS cameras and visual inspections. The primary radiator continued functioning normally. This incident resulted in the postponement of two NASA spacewalks. |
| August 9 2023 | Twelfth and final spacewalk to outfit Nauka by Prokopyev and Petelin. They attached debris shields to the Rassvet module and tested the European Robotic Arm's portable workpost. |
| July 19 2023 | Deployment of two Maya satellites from the University of the Philippines Diliman during SpaceX CRS-28 mission: Maya-5 and Maya-6, both successfully deployed. |
| June 2023 | The Neumann Drive, developed in Adelaide, South Australia, was first sent into space. This innovative propulsion system can convert metal space junk into fuel rods by transforming solid metal propellant into plasma, offering a potential solution for space debris removal. |
| June 2023 | By June, the number of large space debris pieces increased to at least 37,000, indicating a growing orbital debris problem. |
| June 2023 | Third pair of new solar arrays delivered to the ISS aboard SpaceX CRS-28 mission. |
| June 29 2023 | Virgin Galactic conducts Galactic 01, its first commercial spaceflight, marking a significant milestone in commercial space tourism. |
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