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  • Thomas Pesquet and Expedition 50 space Christmas message

    Thomas Pesquet and Expedition 50 space Christmas message

    ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet shares his Christmas plans and wishes on the International Space Station with Expedition 50 crewmates Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson.

    Flying 400 km above Earth, astronauts on the International Space Station have a unique experience and vision of our planet that they share in this video. Thomas recounts his memories growing up in Normany, France, and explains what Christmas means to him.

    His end-of-year meal was prepared by French chefs – canned of course, there is no way to cook food on the Space Station and includes ox-tongue from his home-region prepared by Thierry Marx, chicken-supreme and for desert, apple gingerbread.

    Connect with Thomas Pesquet on social media:
    http://thomaspesquet.esa.int

  • Thomas Pesquet’s space bedroom (French)

    Thomas Pesquet’s space bedroom (French)

    ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet gives a guided tour of the International Space Station’s crew quarters – the bedrooms and only private areas for the six astronauts in the outpost.

    After a day’s work running experiments and maintaining the weightless research centre astronauts can retreat to their private quarters that is no larger than a changing room. In this small space they can store personal items, use a laptop for internet and float to sleep in their sleeping bag.

    Find out more about the Proxima mission: http://www.esa.int/proxima

    Connect with Thomas at http://thomaspesquet.esa.int

  • ESA Euronews: Ministerial 2016, Europe’s future in space

    ESA Euronews: Ministerial 2016, Europe’s future in space

    Lucerne offered a scenic backdrop to ESA’s space summit – the crucial ministerial meeting held every two years when the agency’s 22 member states spend 48 hours debating one subject – Europe’s future in space.

    After posing for the family photo, the leaders of the European space sector closed the doors to begin debating the big questions – ExoMars and the International Space Station.

    This video is available in the following languages:
    Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=556Cu6ltE94
    Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIcEywRwoTw
    Greek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRznfZWQVxs
    Italian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2udiXhc-oo
    Hungarian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF-ED0NzEh8
    German: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdzNFyYTnoU
    French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnLPv-sHicY

  • ESA Euronews: Europas Zukunft in der Raumfahrt

    ESA Euronews: Europas Zukunft in der Raumfahrt

    Europas Raumfahrtminister haben sich für ein Gipfeltreffen in Luzern getroffen, um über die Zukunft einiger der wichtigsten Missionen wie die Internationale Raumstation (ISS) und die ExoMars-Mission zu sprechen.

    Luzern bot eine malerische Kulisse für den Weltraumgipfel der ESA – das wichtige Ministertreffen, das alle zwei Jahre stattfindet, und die 22-EU-Mitgliedstaaten, die 48 Stunden über ein Thema reden: Europas Zukunft im Weltraum.

    Nach dem Gruppenfoto wurden die Türen geschlossen, um über die großen Themen zu diskutieren: die Zukunft der ExoMars-Mission und der ISS.

  • ESA Euronews: Fontos döntések az európai űrkutatás jövőjéről

    ESA Euronews: Fontos döntések az európai űrkutatás jövőjéről

    A luzerni csúcstalálkozón az Európai Űrügynökség (ESA) 22 tagállamának miniszterei tárgyaltak 48 órán át arról, milyen legyen Európa jövője az űrben.

    A családi fotó után nagy kérdéseket kezdtek megvitatni – az ExoMarsot és a Nemzetközi Űrállomást.

  • Thomas Pesquet: Mission to ISS

    Thomas Pesquet: Mission to ISS

    On 17 November 2016, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be the tenth French astronaut to be launched into space, alongside Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson.

    They will travel from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazachstan on the Soyuz MS-03, a recently upgraded version of Russia’s workhorse that has been in service for almost 50 years.

    Thomas’s mission is called Proxima and it is the ninth long-duration mission for an ESA astronaut. It was named after the closed star to the Sun – continuing a tradition of naming missions with French astronauts after stars and constellations.

    During Proxima, Thomas will perform more than 50 scientific experiments for ESA and CNES as well as take part in many research activities for the other Space Station partners.

  • ESA astronauts training for ISS mission

    ESA astronauts training for ISS mission

    Thomas Pesquet from France will shortly become the last member of ESA’s 2009 astronaut class to fly to the International Space Station.

    He is scheduled to fly next November for a six-month stay in orbit, during which time he’ll carry out maintenance activities and a packed schedule of experiments.

    He has been training at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, alongside veteran ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli from Italy, who will be going to the ISS for the third time after Thomas’s return to Earth.

    This video shows new images of Thomas and Paolo training at Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA.

  • Second ISS Spacewalk in Two Weeks on This Week @NASA – September 2, 2016

    Second ISS Spacewalk in Two Weeks on This Week @NASA – September 2, 2016

    Outside the International Space Station, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA conducted a spacewalk Sept. 1 to retract a thermal radiator, install the first of several enhanced high definition cameras on the station’s truss and tighten bolts on a joint that enables one of the station’s solar arrays to rotate. This was the second spacewalk for the pair in just 13 days. They installed the station’s first international docking adapter during their previous spacewalk on Aug. 19. The adapter will provide a parking place for new U.S. commercial crew spacecraft delivering astronauts to the station on future missions. Also, Space Station Cameras Capture Hurricanes, Future Space Station Crews Prepare for Missions, Record-Breaking Galaxy Cluster Discovered, Up-Close with Jupiter, and more!

  • Soyuz TMA-19M landing

    Soyuz TMA-19M landing

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko landed in the steppe of Kazakhstan on Saturday, 18 June in their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft. The trio spent 186 days on the International Space Station. The landing brings Tim Peake’s Principia mission to an end but the research continues. Tim is the eighth ESA astronaut to complete a long-duration mission in space. He is the third after Alexander Gerst and Andreas Mogensen to fly directly to ESA’s astronaut home base in Cologne, Germany, for medical checks and for researchers to collect more data on how Tim’s body and mind have adapted to living in space.

    Follow Tim Peake via timpeake.esa.int

  • Tim Peake: how to draw blood in space

    Tim Peake: how to draw blood in space

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake shows how to draw blood for research on the International Space Station. Researchers often request samples before, during and after a spaceflight to examine differences.

    The tubes of blood are put in a refrigerated centrifuge and then stored in the International Space Station’s –80°C freezer called MELFI for later analysis on Earth.

    Read more about the experiments Tim Peake took part in: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Principia/Body_and_mind

  • Narrated 3D tour of the International Space Station

    Narrated 3D tour of the International Space Station

    Put your 3D glasses on and take this narrated tour of the International Space Station. Visit all the modules of humankind’s weightless laboratory orbiting Earth 400 km above.

    The narration is available in six languages:
    English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDW_GSFOg0I
    Dutch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6lKm6OfhGk
    German: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVCQMZEuDKs
    Italian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsEHKVcUJP8
    Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDHZAbvSHw
    French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvsP4Rl8-Ac

    This video is shown to visitors at ESA’s technical heart ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

    A 2D version is also available on our website:
    http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2016/05/Narrated_tour_of_the_International_Space_Station

    NOTE: We have noticed that the 3D does not work well on all
    browsers. It seems it works best with FireFox vr. 46. IE & Chrome have issues with the 3D.

  • Becommentarieerde 3D-tour van het internationale ruimtestation ISS

    Becommentarieerde 3D-tour van het internationale ruimtestation ISS

    Zet je 3D-bril op en ga mee op deze becommentarieerde rondleiding door het internationale ruimtestation ISS. Breng een bezoekje aan alle modules van het gewichtloze laboratorium dat op 400 kilometer hoogte rondjes om de aarde draait.

    De tour is beschikbaar in zes talen:
    Engels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDW_GSFOg0I />Nederlands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6lKm6OfhGk />Duits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVCQMZEuDKs />Italiaans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsEHKVcUJP8 />Spaans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDHZAbvSHw />Frans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvsP4Rl8-Ac />
    Deze video wordt getoond aan bezoekers van ESTEC, ESA’s technologisch hart in het Nederlandse Noordwijk.

    June 2, 2016
  • Window to Earth: NASA Partners with IMAX for ‘A Beautiful Planet’

    Window to Earth: NASA Partners with IMAX for ‘A Beautiful Planet’

    ‘A Beautiful Planet’ stars Earth as seen from space by astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the orbiting laboratory. Shooting spanned multiple expeditions with NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Terry Virts, and Barry “Butch” Wilmore as well as former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly volunteering as filmmakers during their time on station.

  • Paxi on the ISS: How to brush your teeth in space!

    Paxi on the ISS: How to brush your teeth in space!

    Our alien friend Paxi, ESA Education’s mascot, went to visitJapanese astronaut Kimiya Yui on board the International Space Station. Kimiya shows Paxi whatit’s like to brush your teeth in weightlessness, an important part of the daywhen living on the ISS.

    Credit: ESA/JAXA/NASA

    #ESA
    #Paxi
    #InternationalSpaceStation

  • ISS reboost

    ISS reboost

    Ever wondered what happens inside the International Space Station during a reboost? ESA astronaut Tim Peake filmed inside during last week’s firing of the Progress thrusters.

    Even at 400 km, there are still enough molecules of the atmosphere to create some ‘atmospheric drag’, which causes the Station to drop by about 2 km a month. Because of this we need to raise the Station’s orbit every so often. On 17 February the engines of the Progress M-29M spacecraft that is docked to the aft port of the Zvezda module were fired for 11 minutes.

    The burn primarily focused on raising the Station’s perigee, making the orbit more circular.

    Pre-reboost: 398.2 x 407.4 km – inclination 51.64° – Period: 92.62min
    Post-reboost: 402.1 x 406.9 km – inclination 51.64° – Period: 92.66min

    More about the Principia mission: http://www.esa.int/principia

  • Tim Peake’s space shower

    Tim Peake’s space shower

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake washes on the International Space Station during his six-month Principia mission.

    There is no shower on the Space Station so astronauts use wet towels to keep clean. The towels are packed as waste in returning cargo vessels.

    More about Principia: http://www.esa.int/Principia
    Follow Tim on social media via: http://timpeake.esa.int

  • Tim’s spacewalk highlights

    Tim’s spacewalk highlights

    On 15 January ESA astronaut Tim Peake and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra stepped outside of the International Space Station to replace a failed power regulator and install cabling.

    The meticulously planned and executed sortie was stopped early after Tim Kopra reported a small amount of water building up in his helmet. The two Tims worked in close cooperation with each other to return to the Space Station, with NASA commander Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Sergei Volkov waiting inside to help them out of their suits.

    They left the confines of the weightless research laboratory at 12:48 GMT after their five-hour preparations to don their spacesuits and purge their bodies of nitrogen to avoid decompression sickness.

    Tim Kopra went first to the far end of the Station’s starboard truss, with Tim Peake following with the replacement Sequential Shunt Unit. Swapping the suitcase-sized box was a relatively simple task but one that needed to be done safely while the clock was ticking.

    With their main task complete, the Tims separated for individual jobs for the remainder of their time outside but was told by Mission Control to return to the airlock earlier than planned.

    The 4 hour 43 minute spacewalk was the first for a British astronaut. The spacewalk officially ended at 17:31 GMT when the Tims began the repressurisation of the Quest airlock.

  • NASA 2016 Look Ahead

    NASA 2016 Look Ahead

    The work NASA does, and will continue in 2016, helps the United States maintain its world leadership in space exploration and scientific discovery. The agency will continue investing in its journey to Mars, returning human spaceflight launches from American soil, fostering groundbreaking technology development, breakthroughs in aeronautics and bringing to every American the awe-inspiring discoveries and images captured by NASA’s missions in our solar system and beyond.

    For more about NASA’s missions, research and discoveries, visit:

    http://www.nasa.gov

  • NASA International Space Station Crew Discuss Life In Space With CBS Radio

    NASA International Space Station Crew Discuss Life In Space With CBS Radio

    Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 44 Flight Engineers Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren of NASA discussed their life and research aboard the orbital outpost in an in-flight interview Aug. 17 with the CBS Radio Network. Kelly is completing the fifth month of his year-long mission on the station with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko to gather valuable biomedical data that will be used to formulate a human mission to Mars, while Lindgren is completing the first month of a five-month mission on the laboratory.

  • ESA astronaut Tim Peake spacewalk training

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake spacewalk training

    ESA astronaut Tim Peake during spacewalk training in Houston, USA.
    Training underwater on life-size mockups of the Space Station is one way astronauts prepare for their missions as working in water resembles working in space.

    Tim is training for his mission to the International Space Station set to be launched on a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in December 2015.

  • Expedition 41 flight Engineer Astronaut Reid Wiseman Gives Presentation at NASA HQ

    Expedition 41 flight Engineer Astronaut Reid Wiseman Gives Presentation at NASA HQ

    NASA Headquarters employees joined Astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 41 flight engineer, for a post-flight presentation on Tuesday, June 23, to learn about his time onboard the space station as part of Expedition 40 and 41. As a member of the ISS Expedition 41 crew, Wiseman began his stay aboard the orbiting laboratory in May 2014 and returned to Earth in November 2014. This mission was his first spaceflight and included almost 13 hours of spacewalking to perform work outside the orbital complex. He and his crewmates also spent hundreds of hours conducting valuable scientific research in areas such as human physiology, medicine, physical science, Earth science and astrophysics.

  • One year ISS crew at launch site on This Week @NASA

    One year ISS crew at launch site on This Week @NASA

    Expedition 43, the next crew headed to the International Space Station is conducting final training at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA’s Scott Kelly and Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are scheduled for launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on March 27 at 3:42 p.m. Eastern. Kelly and Kornienko will become the first crew to conduct a one-year research mission aboard the orbital laboratory. Expedition 44/45 news conference, Orion heat shield testing, Spacewalk training under water, Gemini 3 50th anniversary, SXSW Interactive and Total solar eclipse!

  • ISS Crew Discusses Life in Space

    ISS Crew Discusses Life in Space

    Aboard the International Space Station, the new Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts of NASA and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) discussed the progress of their mission and key activities in the weeks ahead in a pair of in-flight interviews March 13 with WTOP Radio in Washington, D.C,. and Euronews. Virts took over command of the station March 10 from NASA’s Barry Wilmore, who returned to Earth March 12 aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft with two Russian cosmonaut crewmates.

  • International Space Station Astronauts Conduct Third Spacewalk in Eight Days

    International Space Station Astronauts Conduct Third Spacewalk in Eight Days

    Outside the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA conducted their third spacewalk in eight days March 1 to install antennas and communications gear that will be used to provide rendezvous and navigational information to visiting vehicles approaching the complex in the future, including the new U.S. commercial crew vehicles. Wilmore and Virts installed about 400 feet of cable along the truss of the station as part of the new Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles (C2V2) system. In two previous spacewalks on Feb. 21 and Feb. 25, the two astronauts rigged cables for new International Docking Adapter ports that will be delivered to the complex this year and lubricated the grappling end of the Canadian-built Canadarm2 robotic arm.

  • The State of NASA on This Week @NASA

    The State of NASA on This Week @NASA

    NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, speaking during his Feb. 2 “State of NASA” address at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the release of President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 $18.5 billion budget proposal for NASA said, “I can unequivocally say that the State of NASA is strong.” The proposed budget is a half-billion-dollar increase over last year’s enacted budget, which, the Administrator noted, “is a clear vote of confidence to you – the employees of NASA and the ambitious exploration program you are executing.” The budget facilitates NASA’s plan moving forward, which includes development of new vehicles and technologies needed for unprecedented human missions to an asteroid and to Mars, commercial partnerships to provide transportation to and from the International Space Station from the United States and research on the station for the benefit of future deep space travelers and people living on our home planet. Also, New views of Pluto, Soil moisture mission underway and Virginia Aerospace Day!

  • Space Station Crew Discusses Life in Space With Students and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden

    Space Station Crew Discusses Life in Space With Students and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden

    Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA discussed their mission and life and research on the complex during an in-flight chat Jan. 21 with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, officials of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and middle and high school students. The unique discussion was part of the third annual State of Science Technology, Engineering and Math event (SoSTEM), a type of science fair that included students from schools in Maryland, Virginia and Washington.

  • Dragon arrives at ISS on This Week @NASA

    Dragon arrives at ISS on This Week @NASA

    The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Jan. 12, two days after its launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX’s fifth contracted resupply mission to the ISS includes delivery of more than two tons of supplies and experiments for the station’s crew. Also, One-year ISS mission previewed, Record global warmth in 2014, Successful RS-25 engine test and more!

  • New crew launches to ISS on This Week @NASA – November 28, 2014

    New crew launches to ISS on This Week @NASA – November 28, 2014

    NASA’s Terry Virts and Expedition 42/43 crewmates, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency and the European Space Agency’s Samantha Cristoforetti, launched Nov. 23 at 4:01 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Almost six hours later, their Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station – where they joined Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore of NASA, and Flight Engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of Roscosmos – returning the station crew to its full complement of six people. Also, First 3-D printed object in space, Orion flight test update, New airborne Earth Science missions and Happy Thanksgiving from space!

  • Orion flight test previewed on This Week @NASA – November 7, 2014

    Orion flight test previewed on This Week @NASA – November 7, 2014

    A NASA media briefing on Nov. 6 at Kennedy Space Center highlighted the fully assembled Orion spacecraft and details of its first test flight, scheduled for Dec. 4. The 4 and-a-half hour flight, called Exploration Flight Test-1, will send Orion 3,600 miles from Earth on a two-orbit flight to confirm its critical systems are ready for the challenges of eventually sending astronauts on deep space missions to an asteroid and Mars. Also, Delta IV Heavy wet dress test, Next ISS crew trains, Space agency leaders support ISS, Curiosity confirms orbital data and more!

  • Power Spacewalk on This Week @NASA – October 17, 2014

    Power Spacewalk on This Week @NASA – October 17, 2014

    During an October 15 spacewalk outside the International Space Station – the second U.S. spacewalk in as many weeks – Expedition 41 Flight Engineers Reid Wiseman and Barry Wilmore of NASA, replaced a failed voltage regulation device to restore the station’s electrical power output to full capacity. The pair also relocated camera and TV equipment as part of a major reconfiguration to accommodate new docking adapters for use by U.S. commercial crew spacecraft in the next few years. Also, MAVEN’s “First Light”, Hubble finds extremely distant galaxy, Possible bonus destination for New Horizons, New information about volcanic activity on our moon and more!

  • NASA Astronauts Conduct Space Walk To Make Important Repairs On International Space Station

    NASA Astronauts Conduct Space Walk To Make Important Repairs On International Space Station

    Outside the International Space Station, Expedition 41 Flight Engineers Reid Wiseman and Barry Wilmore of NASA replaced a voltage regulation device and relocated camera and television equipment during a spacewalk Oct. 15, the second excursion outside the Quest airlock by station astronauts in U.S. spacesuits in as many weeks. The voltage regulator, called a Sequential Shunt Unit, failed in May, taking down one of eight power channels for station systems. Its replacement brought the station’s electrical output back to full capacity. The repositioning of the camera and television equipment was the first step in a major reconfiguration of station systems and modules to accommodate next year’s delivery of new docking adapters that will be used by commercial crew vehicles later this decade. The spacewalk was the 183rd in support of station assembly and maintenance, the second by Wiseman and the first for Wilmore.

  • NASA Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk on ISS

    NASA Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk on ISS

    Clad in U.S. spacesuits, Expedition 41 Flight Engineers Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Oct. 7 to relocate a failed cooling pump and to install a power cable device designed to provide backup electrical capability to the station’s rail car system. The spacewalk was the 182nd in support of station assembly and maintenance and the first for both Wiseman and Gerst.

  • NASA Astronaut ISS Crew Member Reid Wiseman Discusses Life in Space with ABC’s “Nightline”

    NASA Astronaut ISS Crew Member Reid Wiseman Discusses Life in Space with ABC’s “Nightline”

    Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA discussed the status of his five and a half month mission on the orbital laboratory with the ABC News “Nightline” program during an in-flight interview July 31. Wiseman, who has garnered international attention for his enthusiastic involvement in social media, arrived on the station in late May and will remain in orbit until November, when he returns to Earth in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

  • Apollo 11 yesterday, Next Giant Leap tomorrow on This Week @NASA

    Apollo 11 yesterday, Next Giant Leap tomorrow on This Week @NASA

    NASA is celebrating the 45th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission to the moon. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, with crewmate Michael Collins manning the command service module from lunar orbit, became the first humans on the moon — with Armstrong’s historic first step onto the lunar surface becoming a symbolic giant leap for humanity. Today, with Apollo 11 as inspiration, NASA is taking the steps needed for America’s next giant leap, to send astronauts to Mars. The path to Mars will use a stepping stone approach consisting of key elements, including human health and technology research aboard the International Space Station; development and evolution of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion deep space capsule and development of other game-changing technologies to enable tomorrow’s missions. Also, Science instruments for Europa mission?, Cygnus cargo craft arrives at ISS, News conference with next ISS crew, 5th Anniversary of Bolden’s Confirmation, The Search for Life in the Universe.

  • NASA Space Station Commander Discusses Life And Work Floating In Space with Denver Media

    NASA Space Station Commander Discusses Life And Work Floating In Space with Denver Media

    Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA discussed life and research on the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview July 17 with KDVR-TV in Denver. Swanson, who is a native of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, arrived on the station in late March, became station commander in May and will remain in orbit until mid-September when he will return to Earth in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

  • NASA Space Station Crew Discusses Life in Space with Idaho Students and Educators

    NASA Space Station Crew Discusses Life in Space with Idaho Students and Educators

    Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 39 Flight Engineers Rick Mastracchio and Steve Swanson of NASA discussed their daily work and research on the orbital laboratory with students at Boise State University in Idaho and educators, including former educator-astronaut Barbara Morgan, during an in-flight educational event May 6. Mastracchio is in the final week of his six-month mission on the station, heading for a landing in his Soyuz return craft in Kazakhstan on May 13, U.S. time. Swanson, who will become station commander on May 12, will remain aboard the complex until mid-September.

  • New NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard SpaceX-3 Mission

    New NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard SpaceX-3 Mission

    Approximately 2.4 tons of NASA science investigations and cargo were launched to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. The launch aboard the company’s Falcon 9 rocket took place from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Monday, April 18 at 3:25 p.m. EDT. Dragon’s cargo will support more than 150 experiments that will be conducted during space station Expeditions 39 and 40. The spacecraft will be grappled at 7:11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 16 by Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Dragon is scheduled to depart the space station May 18 for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California, bringing with it about 3,500 pounds of science and research, hardware, crew supplies and spacewalk tools from the space station.

  • ISS Extended to 2024 on This Week @NASA

    ISS Extended to 2024 on This Week @NASA

    NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and White House Science Advisor John Holdren, announced that the Obama administration is extending usage of the International Space Station to at least the year 2024. In his blog, Bolden noted that NASA is hopeful and optimistic that our ISS partners will join this extension effort and enable continuation of the groundbreaking research being conducted on the unique orbiting laboratory. Also, International Space Exploration Forum, Cygnus’ resupply flight, Super Bowl of Astronomy, 10 years roving Mars, TDRS-L Update and more!

  • There and back again: Luca Parmitano at the ISS

    There and back again: Luca Parmitano at the ISS

    A reflection on ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano’s five-month mission to the International Space Station between May and November 2013.

  • MAVEN is on the way on This Week @NASA

    MAVEN is on the way on This Week @NASA

    The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a 10-month journey to Mars. MAVEN will take critical measurements of the Martian upper atmosphere to investigate how loss of the atmosphere to space impacted the history of water on the planet’s surface. Also, Happy anniversary, ISS!, Asteroid Ideas, LADEE in science orbit, Orion progress, Rocket autopilot test, Commercial crew, and more!