New NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said ending the mission a little early is in the best interest of Crew-11. The astronauts — Commander Zena Cardman, pilot Mike Fincke, Japan’s Kimya Yui, and Russia’s Oleg Platonov — will ride SpaceX 's Dragon Endeavour capsule back to Earth within days.

Green aurora can be seen dancing in Earth 's upper atmosphere as the zodiacal light fades, shimmering between the profiles of the space station's solar panels as they rotate to track the sun. The bright stars of the constellations Pegasus, Andromeda and Ares also rotate into view as the station continues its lap of Earth.

The ISS witnessed an intriguing phenomenon in the stratosphere when Hurricane Helene hit the shores of the Florida coast, devastating the region.

The era of commercial space stations is set to begin in 2026, marking a revolutionary change in the history of space exploration. For nearly three decades,the International Space Station (ISS) has been the sole destination for astronauts and experiments in low Earth orbit.