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Why deorbit the ISS?
NASA contracted SpaceX to build a Dragon-based vehicle to deorbit the ISS after 2030. But why destroy the longest-serving permanently crewed space station in human history after investing hundreds of billions of dollars into it over a third of a century?
Where is the International Space Station?
Live ISS view
A blue screen may appear during "loss of signal" periods.
since 06:40 UTC Nov. 20, 1998
since Nov. 2, 2000
since 1:41 UTC Dec 9, 2025
Next event:
All times UTC
Crew: Expedition 74
Began Dec. 8, 2025; transitioning to Expedition 75 in July 2026
Docked Nov. 27, 2025
Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Roscosmos
| Commander
Sergey Mikayev, Roscosmos
| Flight Engineer
Christopher Williams, NASA
| Flight Engineer
Launched: Nov. 27, 2025, aboard Soyuz MS-28
Expected landing: July 27, 2026, aboard Soyuz MS-28
The Expedition 74 patch. Credit: NASA
Currently docked and berthed spacecraft
Russian orbital segment
Zvezda aft
Spacecraft: Progress MS-32
Arrival: Sept. 13, 2025
Planned departure: April 24, 2026
Poisk zenith
Spacecraft: Progress MS-31
Arrival: July 5, 2025
Planned departure: March 20, 2026
Prichal nadir
Unoccupied
Rassvet nadir
Spacecraft: Soyuz MS-28
Arrival: April 8, 2025
Planned departure: July 27, 2026
US orbital segment
Unity nadir
Spacecraft: NG-23 Cygnus
Arrival: Sept. 18, 2025
Planned departure: March 2026
Harmony zenith
Unoccupied
Harmony nadir
Spacecraft: HTV-X1
Arrival: Oct. 29, 2025
Planned departure: Jan. 28, 2026
Harmony forward
Spacecraft: CRS-33 Dragon
Arrival: Aug. 25, 2025
Planned departure: Jan. 21, 2026
News
The crew on board the International Space Station conduct cutting edge research, inspire thousands of children into STEAM fields and is arguably a bigger, greater and more challenging project than going to the moon was nearly 50 years ago.
Expeditions
Since Nov. 2, 2000, the International Space Station has been continuously occupied by at least two people. Over the last two decades more than 225 people have visited or lived aboard the ISS, including individuals from at least 10 countries.
ISS configuration
The ISS consists of 16 pressurized modules and a truss structure with solar array wings spanning an area larger than a football field. It took dozens of rocket launches and over 1,000 crew-hours to assemble this $100 billion outpost.
