On November 1, 2025, the International Space Station celebrates 25 years of continuous human presence. This image gallery takes a look back at some of the highlights over the two and a half decades of science performed on the orbiting lab.
On November 2, 2025, the International Space Station celebrated 25 years of continuous human presence. This image gallery takes a look back at some of the highlights over the two and a half decades of science performed aboard the orbiting lab.
ISS001-389-023 --- The International Space Station serves as humanity’s orbital laboratory, enabling cutting-edge research and technology demonstrations... iss01e6886 --- Expedition 1, Expedition 2, and STS-102 crew photographed in the Unity module of the International... ISS008-E-20610 ---NASA astronaut Michael Foale photographs samples for the Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3 . Colloids, composed of... ISS010-E-24980 ---Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev is holding a sample tube as part of the Commercial Protein Crystallization...iss020e019067 --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata performs a check of the payload SPHERES....JSC2012-E-017837 --- This composite image shows the progress of the International Space Station as it crossed the face... ISS033-E-011146 --- SpaceX’s first Dragon commercial cargo craft grappled by the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm.... iss031e112292 --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit is photographed in the International Space Station’s Cupola. Pettit set up... SS036-E-006520 ---NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, conducts an Ocular Health exam in the Destiny module of the International... iss035e040444 --- A vivid composite image illustrates the flames produced during the Burning and Suppression of Solids... iss042e046048 ---NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore holds a 3D-printed tool made aboard the International Space Station. The... iss042e016553 --- European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti exercises on the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device ... iss038e045009 ---The Small Satellite Orbital Deployer is photographed deploying a set of CubeSats. CubeSats are small... iss041e055423 --- European Space Agency astronaut Alex Gerst is working on the Drug Metabolism experiment. This... iss044e064421 --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui is photographed with a bag of assorted... iss044e011199 --- The Destiny module is the primary U.S. research laboratory on the International Space Station, supporting... iss046e040899 --- Zinnia flowers, the first flowers grown in space, are photographed in the International Space Station’s... iss046e015807 --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, participated in a jointly conducted... iss049e035512 ---NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is shown in the Japanese Experiment Module collecting samples for Microbe-IV,... iss052e013087 --- NASA astronaut Jack Fischer works on the Capillary Structures investigation, which studied structures of specific... iss052e014201 ---NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson uses a microscope to view Magnetic 3D Cell Culturing, an investigation that... iss059e092719 ---Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques is shown hydrating growth packets as part of the... iss057e055500 ---The Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR X-ray telescope mounted to the exterior of the International... iss056e131400 ---NASA astronauts Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Drew Feustel conduct different experiments using research gloveboxes. Facilities like the... iss055e006395 ---Extending from the Kibo laboratory module on the exterior of the International Space Station is the... iss058e011401 ---The Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo vehicle is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm.... iss061e148301 --- The Space Test Program Satellite-4 photographed on the exterior of the International Space Station,... iss062e115369 ---NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works on the Engineered Heart Tissues investigation in the Life Sciences Glovebox.... iss064e024453 --- NASA astronaut Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi speak with... iss066e084306 --- Expedition 66 astronauts are pictured with the first chile peppers grown aboard the International Space... iss067e149651 --- NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines work on XROOTS, which used the station’s Veggie... iss070e014288 --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm, with its fine-tuned robotic hand Dextre attached, is pictured as the... iss072e189028 --- NASA astronaut Suni Williams conducted capture techniques with REACCH, tentacle-like robot arms with gecko-like adhesive... iss072e316087 --- The International Space Station is shown over the southern Pacific Ocean by crew in a... iss073e0078566 --- NASA astronaut Anne McClain and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi work together... iss072e595522 --- NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore is shown during a spacewalk, swabbing external surfaces near life support...
Anne C. Mcclain Astronauts Barry E. Wilmore Benefits Back On Earth Benefits To Science Bob Hines Commercial Resupply Cubesats Donald R. Pettit Earth Observatory Expedition 1 Humans In Space International Space Station (ISS) ISS Research Jack D. Fischer Jessica Watkins Kathleen Rubins Mark T. Vande Hei Natural Disasters NICER (Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply One Year Crew Peggy A. Whitson Remote Sensing Technology Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor Shannon Walker Spacex Commercial Resupply Sunita L. Williams Volcanoes
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