The astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station spent their first full week as Expedition 74 crewmates.

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim flew home with two Roscosmos cosmonauts from the International Space Station packed tight in their Soyuz spacecraft landing in the frozen steppes of Kazakhstan on Dec. 9 to complete an eight-month stay in space.

Russian Soyuz crews are now spending eight months aboard the space station instead of six to stretch supplies and lower costs.

A launch pad at Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome space complex was damaged during Thursday’s launch of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut to the International Space Station,

Jonny Kim of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky of Roscosmos touched down in Kazakhstan on Tuesday (Dec. 9).

If you've been outside the last night or two and noticed a star moving suspiciously fast, congratulations, you just saw the International Space Station (ISS) cruising above Miami. If you missed it, don't worry — there are a few more chances, and the viewing may only get better.

The International Space Station is hosting a record number of eight spacecraft docked at all eight of its ports for the first time ever.

Discover how the International Space Station was built, from Zarya and Unity in 1998 to Destiny, helping you understand each assembly step.