NASA, ISS and Thanksgiving
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The ISS Isn’t What You Think It Is and That’s the Interesting Part
The International Space Station isn’t just a lab in orbit — it’s a functioning home where astronauts live through constant noise, microgravity, and strict routines. Every moment onboard serves a scientific purpose,
WASHINGTON -- Elon Musk called this week for the deorbiting of the International Space Station (ISS) "as soon as possible." "It is time to begin preparations for deorbiting the [ISS]," Musk wrote in a post on X on Thursday. "It has served its purpose.
A Soyuz-2-1a rocket carrying the NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts will launch the Soyuz MS-28 mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, about 1,300 miles (2,100 km) southeast of Moscow on Thursday.
Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev of Roscosmos and Chris Williams of NASA — launched for and arrived at the ISS on Nov. 27, 2025, Thanksgiving Day.