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ISS Expedition 1 was the first long-duration mission to the International Space Station, launching on October 31, 2000, aboard Soyuz TM-31. The three-person crew consisted of NASA astronaut William Shepherd as commander and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev as flight engineers. Th...
SpaceX Crew-1, utilizing the Crew Dragon spacecraft named Resilience, was the first operational crewed mission of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Launched on November 15, 2020, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, the flight successfully transported a crew of four—three NASA astronauts and one JAXA astronaut—t...
SpaceX Crew-2 was the second operational crewed flight of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, successfully launched on April 23, 2021. Utilizing the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket, the mission marked a milestone as the first to use both a previously flown booster and a reused cr...
Atlantis STS-135 was the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, launched in July 2011. Commanded by Christopher Ferguson, the crew utilized the Space Shuttle Atlantis to deliver supplies, logistics, and spare parts to the International Space Station. The payload included the Multi-...
The Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission represents a significant step in American human spaceflight. Developed by SpaceX in partnership with NASA, it successfully transported astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This marked the first time since 2011 that a United States spacecraft launched...
The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), nicknamed Kounotori, was an uncrewed cargo spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). It was designed to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) with pressurized and unpressurized cargo, water, and experiment racks. Between 2009 and...
SpaceX Crew-3 was a 2021 NASA mission that transported four astronauts to the International Space Station aboard the Crew Dragon Endurance for a six-month scientific expedition.
The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was an uncrewed cargo spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). Across five missions conducted between 2008 and 2014, the vehicle delivered propellant, water, breathable air, and scientific equipmen...
Peggy Whitson is an American biochemist, astronaut, and former NASA chief astronaut who has completed multiple long duration missions in orbit. She became the first woman to command the International Space Station and later the first woman to command it twice. After retiring from NASA, she continued...
Cygnus is an uncrewed cargo spacecraft developed for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services program and operated by Northrop Grumman following corporate acquisitions. It carries food, scientific equipment, spare parts, and other supplies to the International Space Station, where astronauts capture it w...
Chris Hadfield is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, and military pilot who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and later served aboard the International Space Station. In 2013 he became the first Canadian to command the station. Hadfield also became widely known for explaining daily life and sc...
Scott Kelly is a retired American astronaut, former naval aviator, and veteran of four spaceflights. From March 2015 to March 2016, he spent 340 consecutive days aboard the International Space Station with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, at the time the longest single spaceflight completed by a...
Soyuz TMA-1 was a 2002 Russian crewed spacecraft that delivered three astronauts to the International Space Station, marking the debut of the upgraded Soyuz TMA vehicle.
The Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) is an X-ray telescope developed by NASA and installed on the exterior of the International Space Station in 2017. The payload is designed to observe the X-ray emissions from neutron stars, allowing scientists to study their extreme physical prop...
Axiom Mission 1 was a 2022 Axiom Space and SpaceX flight to the ISS, notable as the first fully private astronaut mission to the station.
