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The International Space Station photographed from a SpaceX Crew Dragon, December 2021.

Photo: NASA / Public domain (US government work)

The International Space Station is a destination as well as a programme: a laboratory about 400 kilometres above Earth, where crews live and work for months. It flies at 7.67 kilometres a second and circles the planet roughly every 93 minutes. Crews reach it on Soyuz or Crew Dragon, and Cargo Dragon and Cygnus bring supplies. Visiting crews on Crew-12 and Crew-13 have joined Expedition 74, 75 and 76. Spacewalks outside it, such as US Spacewalk 100 and ISS iROSA Spacewalks 100 and 101, have their own pages. Its modules include Zarya, Unity, Destiny and Zvezda.

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  1. André Kuipers’ Extended ISS Stay and Alexander Gerst’s Training

    Spark

  2. Crew-7 Launch: First Dragon Flight With Four Agencies Aboard

    SpaceX

  3. Crew-7 Dragon Endurance Rendezvous and Docking with the ISS

    SpaceX

  4. Crew-6 Dragon Endeavour Leaves the ISS After 184 Days in Orbit

    SpaceX

  5. How Shuttle Missions Built the ISS: Unity, Destiny and Canadarm2

    Jared Owen

  6. ISS Story: From Zarya’s 1998 Launch to Planned De-Orbit

    DW Documentary

  7. Why the ISS Will Be Deorbited at Point Nemo and What Comes Next

    Curious Droid

  8. Inside the ISS: How the Station Is Built, Powered and Lived In

    SLICE Science

  9. How the ISS Will Be Destroyed at Point Nemo in 2030

    The B1M

  10. ISS History: Assembly, Crises and the Plan to Deorbit by 2030

    Classic Aerospace History

  11. Thomas Pesquet’s Mission Alpha: Six Months Aboard the ISS

    Free Documentary – Space

  12. How the ISS Was Assembled: Modules, Gyros, Canadarm2 and Cooling

    Real Engineering

  13. ISS Tour With Nicole Mann and Kjell Lindgren: Modules and Daily Life

    NASA Johnson

  14. ISS Module Tour: Columbus, Kibo, Destiny and Zvezda in POV

    NASA

  15. Inside the ISS: Building, Training and Science in Orbit

    Free Documentary – Space

  16. Menon and Adenot Swap a Failed ISS Space-to-Ground Antenna

    NASA

  17. Spacewalk 98: Menon and Adenot Swap a Failed ISS Antenna

    NASA

  18. Spacewalk 99: Adenot and Meir Replace Harmony Retroreflector

    NASA

  19. Crew-12 Pre-Departure Briefing: Spacewalks, Science and Going Home

    NASA

  20. Progress 96 Launch: Soyuz 2.1b Sends 2.8 Tons to the ISS

    NASA

  21. Progress 96 Docks to Poisk After a 3-Day, 49-Orbit Chase

    NASA

  22. Starliner 1 and 2: NASA and Boeing Detail Fixes and 2028 Crew Flight

    NASA

  23. Crew-13 Prelaunch Briefing: Dragon Valve Repair and a Fast ISS Trip

    NASA

  24. Crew-13 Postlaunch Briefing: Record Dragon Docking Pace to ISS

    NASA

  25. Crew-13 Launch Countdown: Dragon Grace Readies for the ISS

    NASA

  26. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Arrival & Welcome Remarks

    NASA

  27. Crew-12 Farewell: Jessica Meir Hands ISS Command to Dubrov

    NASA

  28. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking and Departure

    NASA

  29. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Hatch Closure Aboard Dragon Freedom

    NASA

  30. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking Step by Step

    European Space Agency, ESA

  31. Crew-12 Hatch Closure: Dragon Freedom Readies to Leave the ISS

    European Space Agency, ESA

  32. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Re-Entry & Splashdown

    NASA

  33. Crew-12 Return: Dragon Freedom Splashdown Off Los Angeles

    European Space Agency, ESA

  34. Cygnus XL Departs the ISS: Release, Burn and Re-entry Plan

    NASA

  35. Sophie Adenot Back in Europe After 237 Days on the ISS

    European Space Agency, ESA

  36. CRS-35: Falcon 9 Launches Dragon With Final Two ISS Solar Arrays

    NASA

  37. CRS-35: Falcon 9 Launches Cargo Dragon With Final IROSA Arrays

    NASASpaceflight

  38. Crew-12 Crew Look Back on 237 Days Aboard the ISS

    NASA

  39. SpaceX CRS-35 Dragon Docks at the ISS Harmony Zenith Port

    NASA

  40. ISS iROSA Spacewalks 100 and 101: Final Solar Array Installs

    NASA

  41. US Spacewalk 100: Installing the Seventh ISS Roll-Out Solar Array

    NASA
Play video: US Spacewalk 100: Installing the Seventh ISS Roll-Out Solar Array

US Spacewalk 100: Installing the Seventh ISS Roll-Out Solar Array

NASA

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Dates are when each video was first published on YouTube.

All the videos

  1. Why the ISS Will Be Deorbited at Point Nemo and What Comes Next

    Mission explainerCurious Droid · 14:52

    Mission: International Space Station (1998)

  2. CRS-35: Falcon 9 Launches Cargo Dragon With Final IROSA Arrays

    Launch coverageNASASpaceflight · 1:52:11

    Mission: CRS-35 (2026)

  3. Crew-12 Hatch Closure: Dragon Freedom Readies to Leave the ISS

    Launch coverageEuropean Space Agency, ESA · 36:55

    Mission: Crew-12

  4. Progress 96 Launch: Soyuz 2.1b Sends 2.8 Tons to the ISS

    Launch coverageNASA · 32:00

    Mission: Progress 96 (2026)

  6. Inside the ISS: Building, Training and Science in Orbit

    DocumentaryFree Documentary – Space · 52:17

  7. Starliner 1 and 2: NASA and Boeing Detail Fixes and 2028 Crew Flight

    Press briefingNASA · 1:00:11

    Mission: Starliner 1

  8. Progress 96 Docks to Poisk After a 3-Day, 49-Orbit Chase

    Launch coverageNASA · 52:21

    Mission: Progress 96 (2026)

  10. Spacewalk 99: Adenot and Meir Replace Harmony Retroreflector

    Launch coverageNASA · 9:05:30

    Mission: Expedition 75

  11. Crew-13 Prelaunch Briefing: Dragon Valve Repair and a Fast ISS Trip

    Press briefingNASA · 56:30

    Mission: Crew-13 (2026)

  12. Menon and Adenot Swap a Failed ISS Space-to-Ground Antenna

    Mission explainerNASA · 8:57:39

    Mission: U.S. Spacewalk 97

  13. Spacewalk 98: Menon and Adenot Swap a Failed ISS Antenna

    Launch coverageNASA · 8:48:15

    Mission: US Spacewalk 98

  14. Crew-7 Dragon Endurance Rendezvous and Docking with the ISS

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 2:25:50

    Mission: Crew-7 (2023)

  15. Crew-7 Launch: First Dragon Flight With Four Agencies Aboard

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 1:34:30

    Mission: Crew-7 (2023)

  20. How the ISS Will Be Destroyed at Point Nemo in 2030

    DocumentaryThe B1M · 32:29

    Mission: International Space Station deorbit

  21. ISS Story: From Zarya’s 1998 Launch to Planned De-Orbit

    DocumentaryDW Documentary · 28:26

    Mission: International Space Station (1998)

  22. Thomas Pesquet’s Mission Alpha: Six Months Aboard the ISS

    DocumentaryFree Documentary – Space · 51:20

    Mission: Crew-2 (2021)

  23. ISS History: Assembly, Crises and the Plan to Deorbit by 2030

    DocumentaryClassic Aerospace History · 1:13:57

  24. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking Step by Step

    Launch coverageEuropean Space Agency, ESA · 43:30

    Mission: Crew-12

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