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By Sherry Valare, on March 8th, 2015 NASA astronaut Terry Virts (left) tweeted this photo from the International Space Station earlier this week. Via @AstroTerry on Twitter, “Celebrating flight day 100 with @AstroSamantha and @AntonAstrey” SPACE STATION WEEKLY UPDATE March 2 – March 8, 2015 — It was a full work week for the astronauts living on the International […] Comments are closed By Sherry Valare, on February 23rd, 2015 NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts preparing the International Space Station for commercial crew traffic, which will begin flying to and from the orbiting outpost in the not too distant future. Photo Credit: NASA SPACE STATION WEEKLY UPDATE Feb. 16 – Feb. 22, 2015: Last week the astronauts aboard the Internation Space […] Comments are closed By Sherry Valare, on January 19th, 2015 European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti works with a pair of Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES, on the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA After an emergency incident on the International Space Station (ISS) last week put a pause on routine operations, the astronauts of Expedition 42 were […] Comments are closed By Sherry Valare, on January 12th, 2015 Member of the Expedition 42 crew onboard the International Space Station celebrating Russian Christmas with a video call to friends and family and an Orthodox choir in Moscow. Photo Credit: NASA The first full week of the new year was busy on the International Space Station (ISS), aside from Wednesday, when the […] Comments are closed By Sherry Valare, on January 4th, 2015 The Expedition 42 crew celebrate New Year’s Eve on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: Terry Virts / NASA (@AstroTerry via Twitter) SPACE STATION WEEKLY UPDATE Dec. 29, 2014 – Jan. 4, 2015: This week, a busy work schedule on the International Space Station (ISS) was placed on hold briefly to allow […] Comments are closed By Sherry Valare, on December 29th, 2014 Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is in the holiday spirit as the station is decorated with stockings for each crew member and a tree. Photo: NASA Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), decorated with stockings and a Christmas tree, crew members began this work last week with an adjusted schedule following the postponed […] Comments are closed By Sherry Valare, on December 22nd, 2014 NASA Astronaut Terry Virts with Robonaut-2. Photo: NASA The International Space Station Expedition 42 crew were hard at work last week on a variety of robotics and research tasks, along with preparation for a rescheduled cargo delivery and future spacewalks. Work on scientific studies about fruit fly immune systems, microbial growth, and […] Comments are closed By Sherry Valare, on December 15th, 2014 The crew of the International Space Station watches live coverage of the launch of the inaugural test flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 5. The uncrewed capsule successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean four hours later after two orbits of Earth. Image Credit: NASA […] One comment - (Comments are closed) By Sherry Valare, on December 1st, 2014 In the front row, from left are the newest Expedition 42 crew members Anton Shkaplerov, Samantha Cristoforetti, and Terry Virts. In the back are Elena Serova, Commander Barry Wilmore, and Alexander Samokutyaev. They are in the Zvezda service module for a traditional crew greeting ceremony with family and mission officials on the ground. […] Comments are closed By Ben Evans, on November 27th, 2014 The recent arrival of Soyuz TMA-15M means that there will be two U.S. citizens in orbit for Thanksgiving today. Photo Credit: NASA As millions of Americans tuck into their Thanksgiving meals today (Thursday, 27 November), spare a thought for Expedition 42 astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Terry Virts, the United States’ two current […] Comments are closed |
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