Humans have lived continuously in space for over 9,000 days. Twenty-five years ago, humanity made a significant leap into permanent space habitation. On November 2, 2000, NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko opened the hatch of the International Space Station for the first time. This moment marked the beginning of an unprecedented era. Since that historic day, humans have lived continuously in space for more than 9,000 days straight. Building humanity's orbital laboratory The ISS represents one of the most...