ISS Narrowly Escapes Space Junk Impact

Late this Friday, a chunk of space debris whooshed passed the International Space Station (ISS) at very close distance, triggering concerns for the astronauts' safety. The piece of debris did not buzz past extremely close to the station, Mission Controllers report, otherwise the six memb... [ read more >> ]

The ISS, as viewed from the departing STS-128 assembly flight, carried out in August/September by the space shuttle Discovery

Image comment: The ISS, as viewed from the departing STS-128 assembly flight, carried out in August/September by the space shuttle Discovery
Image credits: NASA / STS-128 crew

The ISS, as viewed from the departing STS-128 assembly flight, carried out in August/September by the space shuttle Discovery