The International Space Station has been orbiting Earth for more than 25 years, but this week marks a historic first: all eight docking ports on the ISS were occupied at the same time. The current spacecraft lineup docked at the orbital outpost includes two SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, a Cygnus XL, and a JAXA spacecraft, with the remaining ports filled by other visiting vehicles. This unprecedented achievement highlights the ISS’s evolving role as a bustling hub for international collaboration, commercial cargo deliveries, and long-duration human research in low Earth orbit. With every docking port in use, the station demonstrates its capacity to support multiple visiting spacecraft simultaneously, enabling complex experiments and continuous human presence in space. The milestone underscores ongoing partnerships between space agencies and commercial partners and underscores the space station’s critical importance for scientific discovery, technology demonstrations, and future exploration. Originally published by Digital Trends.