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

    Published: 10 Oct 2026

    ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot arrived at Cologne Airport two days after splashing down off California with her Crew-12 crewmates, ending 237 days aboard the ISS for her epsilon mission.

    View mission: Crew-12
  2. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking and Departure

    Published: 7 Oct 2026

    NASA and SpaceX coverage of Dragon Freedom undocking from the International Space Station with the four Crew-12 members at 8:05 a.m.

    View mission: Crew-12
  3. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Hatch Closure Aboard Dragon Freedom

    Published: 7 Oct 2026

    NASA's coverage follows Crew-12 as the hatch between Dragon Freedom and the International Space Station closes at 5:05 a.m.

    View mission: Crew-12
  4. Crew-12 Hatch Closure: Dragon Freedom Readies to Leave the ISS

    Published: 7 Oct 2026

    ESA's broadcast of NASA's Mission Control Houston coverage shows the Crew-12 hatch closure between Dragon Freedom and the International Space Station, at 5:05 a.m.

    View mission: Crew-12
    Outcome
    In progress
  5. Inside the ISS: Building, Training and Science in Orbit

    Published: 29 Apr 2026

    A documentary tour of the International Space Station told partly through ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet as he prepares for a six-month stay.

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

    Published: 17 Dec 2025

    A guided point-of-view tour of the International Space Station, recorded by astronauts on Oct.

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

    Published: 17 Dec 2025

    NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Kjell Lindgren give a guided tour of the International Space Station, moving through the Columbus, Kibo, Destiny, Unity, Cupola, airlock, Russian service module and…

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

    Published: 12 Jul 2025

    A long-form history of the International Space Station, from early station proposals and Space Station Freedom through the Shuttle-era assembly, Expeditions, the Columbia pause, commercial cargo and…

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

    Published: 26 Mar 2025

    The B1M explains how the International Space Station was built from Zarya in 1998 onward and why it is planned to be brought down in 2030 by a specially modified SpaceX Dragon, ending in the ocean…

    View mission: International Space Station deorbit
  10. Inside the ISS: How the Station Is Built, Powered and Lived In

    Published: 17 Feb 2025

    A documentary tour of the International Space Station, described as covering 9,700 m² and about 400 tons.

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

    Mission: 1998Published: 7 May 2024

    A DW documentary on the International Space Station, whose first module, Zarya, was launched on a Proton rocket on 20 November 1998.

    View mission: International Space Station (1998)
    Outcome
    In progress
  12. Crew-7 Dragon Endurance Rendezvous and Docking with the ISS

    Mission: 2023Published: 27 Aug 2023

    SpaceX and NASA's live coverage follows Crew Dragon Endurance from its approach to the International Space Station through docking on Sunday, August 27, with Crew-7.

    View mission: Crew-7 (2023)
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
  13. André Kuipers’ Extended ISS Stay and Alexander Gerst’s Training

    Published: 7 Mar 2022

    A documentary filmed partly in 3D aboard the International Space Station, following ESA astronaut André Kuipers on his long stay on the ISS and Alexander Gerst through his training in Houston,…

    Vehicle
    Soyuz
    Launch site
    Baikonur Cosmodrome
  14. Inside the ISS: Sunita Williams Tours Sleep, Food, Toilet and Soyuz

    Published: 31 Mar 2016

    NASA astronaut Sunita Williams leads a room-by-room tour of the International Space Station, showing the sleep stations in Node 2, the bathroom, the galley, the exercise equipment, the spacesuits…

    Vehicle
    Soyuz