Whatever the case, a wounded ISS will have been fairly rotten luck. Back in 2017, scientists from NASA and a Russian space contractor put the odds of this worst-case scenario at 1 in 121. As of late 2025, NASA told WIRED the risk of debris causing a depressurization event in any six-month period was somewhere between 1 in 36 and 1 in 170.

The uncrewed spacecraft undocks from the International Space Station and returns research and cargo to Earth.

The Crew 12 docking came one month after a previous crew had to return to Earth early due to a medical issue.

The International Space Station orbits Earth about 16 times each day and goes over Middle Tennessee about once each day, but it's pretty rare that it orbits at the perfect time to be visible with the naked eye.

A U.S. Senate committee ⁠next ⁠week will consider extending the planned ⁠life of the International Space Station by two years to give companies more ​time to develop a replacement, one of a few changes to a NASA bill focused on rivaling China's growing footprint ‌in space.

A Russian anti-satellite missile test destroyed the defunct COSMOS 1408 satellite, generating more than 1,500 pieces of trackable debris and forcing the International Space Station crew into emergency shelter procedures.

Expedition 74 crew members conduct muscle, vein, and respiratory studies aboard the International Space Station to examine microgravity’s effects on blood flow, exercise response, and cardiovascular regulation.

A team of aerospace students and faculty at the University of Kentucky have spent the last year building 12 flight capsules for NASA that will be delivered to the International Space Station ahead of a mission in April.