NASA Marks 25 Years of Continuous Human Presence in Space

The International Space Station (ISS) during its fly in an undated handout photo. Roscosmos State Space Corporation via APA truly out-of-this-world celebration broke out among NASA leadership on Nov. 2 despite a media blackout due to the government shutdown as humanity marked a continuous presence in outer space for 25 years, thanks to its enduring outpost in low Earth orbit: the International Space Station (ISS).“On this day 25 years ago, Expedition 1 became the first crew to call the @Space_Station home, launching a continuous human presence in orbit,” Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy wrote on X on Nov. 2. “This would not have been possible without @NASA and its partners, as well as every astronaut and engineer who keeps the lights on in low Earth orbit.”