The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 43 commander Terry Virts of NASA, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti from European Space Agency (ESA) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, June 11, 2015. Virts, Shkaplerov, and Cristoforetti are […]
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By Ben Evans, on June 9th, 2015 
The Soyuz TMA-15M crew, clad in their Sokol (Falcon) launch and entry suits, will return to Earth on Thursday, after more than 199 days in orbit. Photo Credit: European Space Agency (ESA) After more than 28 weeks aloft, the “core” of Expedition 43—the 43rd crew to live and work aboard the International Space […] 2 comments - (Comments are closed) By Ben Evans, on March 12th, 2015 Tired but healthy and undoubtedly glad to be home, the Soyuz TMA-14M crew of (from left) Yelena Serova, Aleksandr Samokutyayev, and Barry “Butch” Wilmore spent 167 days in orbit during Expedition 41/42. Photo Credit: NASA In the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the No. 42 may be the answer to the unknowable question, […] 3 comments - (Comments are closed) By Ben Evans, on March 9th, 2015 Barry “Butch” Wilmore (left) will hand over command of the International Space Station (ISS) to Terry Virts (right) on Tuesday, 10 March, ahead of his crew’s return to Earth. This ceremony will officially end Expedition 42 and mark the beginning of Expedition 43. Photo Credit: NASA After more than five months in orbit, […] Comments are closed By Ben Evans, on March 1st, 2015 Barry “Butch” Wilmore now stands as the 58th most experienced spacewalker in the world, out of 211 men and women who have ventured outside their craft since March 1965. Photo Credit: NASA NASA astronauts Terry Virts (EV1) and Barry “Butch” Wilmore (EV2) have completed the third and final spacewalk of Expedition 42, establishing […] 3 comments - (Comments are closed) By Ben Evans, on February 28th, 2015 The Sun peeks above the limb of Earth, illuminating Expedition 42 spacewalker Terry Virts during last week’s EVA-29. Photo Credit: NASA After a spectacular run of two EVAs, lasting a cumulative 13 hours and 24 minutes, over the last week, Expedition 42 astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Terry Virts will venture outside the […] One comment - (Comments are closed) By Ben Evans, on February 25th, 2015 Captured by the cameras on Canadarm2, Terry Virts presses on with his lubrication task during EVA-30. Photo Credit: NASA Expedition 42 spacewalkers Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Terry Virts returned inside the International Space Station (ISS) at 1:29 p.m. EST Wednesday, 25 February, wrapping up six hours and 43 minutes of multi-faceted activity on […] 4 comments - (Comments are closed) By Ben Evans, on February 23rd, 2015 The key players in Wednesday’s EVA-30 will be Barry “Butch” Wilmore (right) and Terry Virts, with Samantha Cristoforetti (center) as the Intravehicular (IV) crew member and operator of the 57.7-foot-long (17.6-meter) Canadarm2. Photo Credit: NASA Following hard on the heels of Saturday’s triumphant EVA-29—during which Expedition 42 astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Terry […] Comments are closed By Ben Evans, on February 21st, 2015 Astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore works at the Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA)-2, at the extreme “front end” of the Harmony node, during EVA-29 on Saturday, 21 February. Photo Credit: NASA TV Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Terry Virts—two members of the six-strong Expedition 42 crew currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS)—spent six hours […] 2 comments - (Comments are closed) By Ben Evans, on February 19th, 2015 Terry Virts undergoes a dry run for his EVA suiting procedure, ahead of Friday’s planned EVA-29. Photo Credit: Terry Virts/NASA/Twitter Just a few weeks shy of the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first spacewalk, Expedition 42 Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station […] One comment - (Comments are closed) |
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