For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research that is transforming life on Earth and shaping the future of exploration.

PORTLAND (WGME) -- An astronaut from Maine is heading back to space. In February, Jessica Meir, who grew up in Caribou, will be one of four crew members launching to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition. Meir will serve as the spacecraft commander pilot.

As space scales into daily infrastructure, which moments in 2026 will still feel new -and which will quietly change everything?

The International Space Station on Monday witnessed the change of command with outgoing Crew 11 handing over the charge to Roscosmos.The ceremony, bro.

Four astronauts on the Crew-11 mission will depart the International Space Station as early as Wednesday on NASA's 1st medical evacuation.

NASA says a crew member on the International Space Station is unwell. The agency canceled a planned spacewalk for Thursday and is taking the rare step of ending the Crew-11 mission early.

Marshall Smith, who spent 37 years at NASA before moving to Starlab, told Sky News space stations were "critical" for research in microgravity. "Life support systems, they don’t work on the ground [like how] they work in space and microgravity," he said.

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030, its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it remains an open question as to whether its successes matched humanity's ambitions for it. By the time that the International Space ...

Learn what science payloads are being shipped aboard Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-30 mission. Credit: NASA