As Tranquility & Cupola celebrate their 11th birthday today, we look back on the @Space_Station’s “Window on the World”. […]
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As #Crew1 prepares for launch on Saturday, AmericaSpace looks at a team of astronauts who bring a wide range of experience to this important mission. In Part 1 of this 2-part story, we look at the careers of CDR @Astro_Illini & PLT @VicGlover. […] 
Atlantis launches on her longest space mission on 8 June 2007. Photo Credit: NASA Ten years have now passed since STS-117 literally changed the face of the International Space Station (ISS), delivering and activating a new set of power-producing solar arrays, batteries and radiators. Aboard shuttle Atlantis in June 2007 for what would […] Bill Shepherd (center) and his Expedition 1 crewmates, Yuri Gidzenko (left) and Sergei Krikalev, juggle oranges during their time aboard the International Space Station. They celebrated both Christmas and the dawn of 2001 in orbit. Photo Credit: NASA With a naval officer in command of the International Space Station, it might have seemed […] Since December 2000, a multi-national mix of Americans and Russians, Japanese and Italians, a Dutchman and a Canadian have celebrated Christmas aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA As we celebrate the festive period over the coming days, spare a thought for the four men and two women from three discrete nations […] Returning to the hard ground of Kazakhstan, Soyuz TMA-11M has brought three brave space voyagers back to Earth, only to be greeted by the disconcerting news that Russia may refuse to support the ISS beyond 2020. Photo Credit: NASA After almost 188 dramatic days in orbit, Expedition 39 has concluded in spectacular fashion […] At the snowy landing site, not far from the Kazakh city of Jezkazgan, Soyuz TMA-10M crewmen Oleg Kotov (center), Sergei Ryazansky (left), and Mike Hopkins (right) clasp hands in a sign of solidarity and recognition of a mission well done. Photo Credit: NASA After 166 days, six hours, and 27 minutes in flight, […] Outgoing Expedition 38 crewmen (bottom row, left to right) Mike Hopkins, Oleg Kotov, and Sergei Ryazansky are pictured with their new Expedition 39 comrades (top row, left to right) Koichi Wakata, Mikhail Tyurin, and Rick Mastracchio. The two crews have worked together as members of Expedition 38 since November 2013. Now, Wakata will […] With Cygnus appearing in the circular window of the cupola during its final rendezvous, Koichi Wakata poses for a photograph before using Canadarm2 to grapple the cargo ship on 12 January. Photo Credit: NASA For the crew of the International Space Station (ISS), the Sun rises and sets 16 times daily, as they […] Orbital Sciences’ ORB-1 Cygnus mission enters its final stages, following release by the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 on Tuesday, 18 February. Photo Credit: NASA Orbital Sciences Corp. has entered the final stages of its ORB-1 mission—the first of eight dedicated Cygnus cargo delivery flights to the International Space Station (ISS)—following the successful unberthing […] |
 Next Launch Starlink-26 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral AFB, FL scheduled for: 9 May 21 at 6:42 GMT 9 May 21 at 2:42am Eastern 
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