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10 videos

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

    Published: 29 Oct 2026

    NASA's coverage follows Anil Menon and CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk through US Spacewalk 100, the 285th ISS spacewalk for assembly, maintenance and upgrades.

    View mission: US Spacewalk 100
    Outcome
    In progress

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

    Published: 20 Oct 2026

    NASA officials preview US spacewalks 100 and 101, planned for Oct.

    View mission: ISS iROSA Spacewalks 100 and 101

  3. Spacewalk 99: Adenot and Meir Replace Harmony Retroreflector

    Published: 1 Sep 2026

    NASA's live coverage of U.S. Spacewalk 99, in which ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir worked outside the International Space Station.

    View mission: Expedition 75

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

    Published: 25 Aug 2026

    NASA's live coverage of US Spacewalk 98, in which NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot work to finish replacing a failed space-to-ground antenna (ESCAN) on the station's Z1 truss.

    View mission: US Spacewalk 98

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

    Published: 18 Aug 2026

    NASA's live coverage follows astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot as they prepare for and begin a spacewalk of about six and a half hours to replace a faulty Space-to-Ground antenna on the…

    View mission: U.S. Spacewalk 97

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

    Published: 6 Dec 2025

    This documentary-style explainer covers the early assembly of the International Space Station, from Zarya and Unity in 1998 through the 14 shuttle missions up to 2003.

  9. 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

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

    Published: 22 Nov 2023

    An animated explainer on how the International Space Station was assembled in its early stages using the Space Shuttle and the Canadarm robotic arm.