The International Space Station’s truss system begins expanding after space shuttle Atlantis delivers the Boeing-built S1 (starboard one) truss to the orbital outpost in October. When completed, the ...

The Integrated Truss Structure (or "Truss") is the backbone of the International Space Station, completed over numerous space shuttle missions. This video showcases real-life images from NASA.

The most significant difference, if we were to design the ISS today, is that we no longer have a Space Shuttle to assemble the vehicle. That would dramatically change the designs for all of the ...

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28, 2002 – The Boeing-built P1 (port one) truss joins its twin, the S1 (starboard one) truss aboard the International Space Station, when space shuttle Endeavour delivers it in ...

Over the past two years, the repeated successful launches performed by private contractors have put the International Space Station back in the spotlight. Born in 1998 with the launch of the first ...

This question originally appeared on Quora: With 15 years of technological advances since its construction, how would the International Space Station differ if it were being designed now? Answer by ...

At around 10:30 a.m. CDT on Thursday, small white flakes were seen by the International Space Station (ISS) crewmembers as they were floating away from an position on the space station's P6 truss ...