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ISS year-long mission

The ISS year-long mission was a joint NASA and Roscosmos expedition that kept Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko aboard the space station for 340 days, from 2015 to 2016.

ISSTA

ISSTA, the ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis, is an annual ACM conference on software testing and program analysis, rated rank A in CORE and CCF A.

Istana Negara, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim

Istana Negara, the National Palace of Malaysia, is the official Kuala Lumpur residence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the head of state, replacing the old palace in 2011.

Istana Nurul Iman (ايستان نور الإيمان)

Istana Nurul Iman (ايستان نور الإيمان) is the official residence of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in Brunei, the world's largest residential palace with 1,788 rooms, completed in 1984.

Istana, Singapore

The Istana is the official residence and office of the President of Singapore, on Orchard Road. Completed in 1869 as Government House, it hosts state functions and public Open Houses.

Istanbul Airport

Istanbul Airport (İstanbul Havalimanı; IST), also called Istanbul International Airport, is Istanbul's main airport on the Black Sea coast, opened in 2018 and the hub of Turkish Airlines.

Istanbul Canal

The Istanbul Canal (Kanal İstanbul) is a planned 45 km ship canal in Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, announced by Erdoğan in 2011.

Istanbul Metro

The Istanbul Metro (Istanbul Subway) is Istanbul's rapid transit network, operated by Metro Istanbul since 1989, carrying over 3 million passengers a day across metro, tram, and funicular lines.

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Uluslararası Havalimanı), opened in 2001, is an international airport on Istanbul's Asian side and Turkey's first privately operated airport, serving 48 million passengers in 2025.

Istanbul Technical University

Istanbul Technical University (İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, İTÜ), Turkey's first technical university, founded 1773 as the Imperial School of Naval Engineering; 13 faculties, 5 campuses, about 37,000 students, QS 2027 rank #=279.

Isthmian Canal Commission

The Isthmian Canal Commission (1904–1914) was the United States government body, appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, that built the Panama Canal and governed the Canal Zone until 1914.

Istiglal IST-14.5

The Istiglal IST-14.5 is a semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle developed in Azerbaijan, chambered for the Soviet 14.5×114 mm heavy machine gun cartridge and adopted in 2008.

Istio

Istio is an open-source service mesh founded by Google, IBM, and Lyft, launched in 2017, providing zero-trust security, observability, and traffic management without code changes.

Istiqlal Mosque

Istiqlal Mosque (Masjid Istiqlal) is the national mosque of Indonesia in central Jakarta, the largest in Southeast Asia, built as thanksgiving for independence and opened in 1978.

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is an Italian research foundation in Genoa, founded by the state in 2003 and known for the iCub humanoid robot.

ISTTOK

ISTTOK (Instituto Superior Técnico TOKamak) is a small research tokamak in Lisbon, Portugal, operating since 1990 as the country's only fusion device and known for alternating plasma current discharges.

ISU-152 (ИСУ-152)

The ISU-152 (ИСУ-152) was a Soviet heavy self-propelled gun of World War II, armed with a 152 mm gun-howitzer on the IS tank chassis and adopted in November 1943.

Isuzu

Isuzu Motors Limited, also known as Isuzu Jidōsha Kabushiki-gaisha, is a Japanese commercial vehicle and diesel engine maker headquartered in Yokohama, Japan's oldest automaker, tracing to 1916.

Isuzu D-Max

The Isuzu D-Max is a one-ton pickup truck from Japan's Isuzu Motors, first launched in Thailand in May 2002 and sold in more than 120 countries.

Isuzu Elf (いすゞ・エルフ)

The Isuzu Elf is a line of light-duty commercial trucks built by Isuzu since 1959, sold in most export markets as the Isuzu N-Series, with production above 6.5 million units.

Isuzu Faster

The Isuzu Faster, sold in most markets as the Isuzu KB and in the United States as the Chevrolet LUV, is a pickup truck Isuzu produced from 1972 to 2002.

Isuzu Gemini

The Isuzu Gemini was a subcompact car produced by Isuzu from 1974 to 1993, its first vehicle developed with General Motors and sold as the Holden Gemini and Chevrolet Spectrum.

Isuzu MU

Isuzu MU (いすゞ・ミュー), "Mysterious Utility", a 1989–1998 Japanese compact three-door SUV on the Faster/TF pickup chassis, sold as Amigo, Rodeo Sport, Honda Jazz, and Opel/Vauxhall/Holden Frontera Sport; second generation 1998–2002 with 3.0 DI diesel and 3.2 V6.

Isuzu MU-X

The Isuzu MU-X is a seven-seat, body-on-frame SUV built in Thailand on Isuzu's D-Max pickup platform, sold in over 60 countries since 2013 and running in two generations.

Isuzu Trooper

The Isuzu Trooper, also sold as the Isuzu Bighorn, is a mid-size SUV produced by Japan's Isuzu from 1981 to 2002 and widely rebadged, including as the Holden Jackaroo and Acura SLX.

ISX-B

ISX-B was an iron-core tokamak at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, rebuilt from ISX-A in 1978 to study how much plasma pressure, called beta, a tokamak could hold.

IT disaster recovery

IT disaster recovery is the set of plans, procedures, and technical measures an organization uses to restore information systems, operations, and data after a disruption.

It runs Doom

"It runs Doom" is an internet meme meaning a device, however ungaming, can run the 1993 first-person shooter Doom, ported to gadgets like pregnancy tests and cameras.

ITA Airways

ITA Airways (Italia Trasporto Aereo) is Italy's flag carrier, an airline launched in October 2021 to replace Alitalia, based at Rome Fiumicino and 41% owned by Lufthansa.

Itá hydroelectric plant

The Itá hydroelectric plant (Portuguese: Usina Hidrelétrica Itá, UHE Itá) is a 1,450 MW run-of-river power station on the Uruguay River between Aratiba and Itá, Brazil, operating since 2000.