International Space Station

British

noun

ISS. an orbiting space station construction of which began in 2001 with the cooperation of 16 nations; used for scientific and space research

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In the 1980s, we heard about the space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft that would be used for Earth-to-orbit missions, including eventually to the International Space Station.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Artemis III will stick in near-Earth orbit — closer to where the International Space Station sits as opposed to traveling into deep space like Artemis II.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst once told Aschbacher, after returning from the International Space Station, that the view from space changes everything.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

I have been lucky enough to see launches of the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The dog who’d blasted off in a rocket ship and saved the crew of the International Space Station?

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

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