International Space Station: Live updates
Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.
www.space.comHere’s a concise update on whether people are living on the International Space Station (ISS) right now.
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The ISS has been continuously crewed for many years, with rotating crews arriving and departing on a regular cadence. As of late 2024–2025, expeditions commonly maintain a multinational crew on board for extended periods, interspersed with new crewmembers arriving to replace others. This pattern continued through 2025 and into 2026, keeping the station inhabited most of the time. [web sources from 2024–2025 show ongoing occupancy and crew rotations, including arrivals of new crewmembers and extended stays due to mission requirements].
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In recent years there have been occasional extended stays due to mission needs or vehicle issues, but in general the ISS maintains a continuous human presence, with 6–11 people aboard at various times depending on crew handovers and visiting missions. For example, reports in 2025 mention arrivals and temporary increases in the crew size during handovers, followed by standard crew complements after undocking.[1][2][3]
If you’d like, I can pull the very latest, time-stamped reports from NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, and other space news outlets and summarize the current crew on board with sources.