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: Twenty-five years ago on Nov. 2, 2000, the first people moved aboard the International Space Station and made it their home. Expedition 1 began a quarter-century-long continuous human occupancy on board the ISS. Looking at the station today, though, you might not be able to tell how many people formed that chain and who they were. Fortunately, all 126 people from 12 countries left behind their mark: colorful decals showing they were there.
: The result of the largest immersive production ever filmed in space, Felix & Paul's "Space Explorers: The ISS Experience" already delivered the best way to visit the International Space Station short of actually launching there. Now the studio's "Ultimate Edition" adds augmented reality (AR), an exclusive chapter about NASA's Artemis program and the return to the moon, improved VR controls and visuals optimized for 8K viewing.
: Scott "Maker" Tingle is the new chief of the astronaut office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will help assign crews to missions, including the first astronauts to land on the moon in more than 50 years. He will also manage the corps' activities in-between flights and coordinate their work with international partners. Tingle is the 19th astronaut to be appointed chief, succeeding his former space station crewmate, Joe Acaba.
: In most cases, mission patches celebrate a spaceflight, its crew or payload and the program to which it belongs. Rarely is a patch the mission itself, but that is the situation with Margaritaville's new emblem, which is the first-ever insignia to directly fund science on the International Space Station. Created by the late Jimmy Buffett, the patch is the product of a partnership between Margaritaville and the ISS National Lab (CASIS).
