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
Soyuz TMA-13M crewmen (from left) Alexander Gerst, Max Surayev, and Reid Wiseman sit in reclining chairs at the landing site, following their return from 165 days in space. Photo Credit: NASA
More than 165 days, over 2,500 orbits of the Home Planet, and in excess of 70 million miles (112 million km) traveled […]
The Expedition 41 crew gather inside Japan’s Kibo laboratory for a group portrait. Front row (from left) are Alexander Gerst, Max Surayev, and Reid Wiseman, and back row (from left) are Yelena Serova, Barry “Butch” Wilmore, and Aleksandr Samokutyayev. Photo Credit: NASA
Expedition 42 is formally underway aboard the International Space Station […]
The Expedition 40 crew. Clockwise from bottom center are Steve Swanson, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Alexander Gerst, Maksim Surayev, Reid Wiseman and Oleg Artemyev. Photo Credit: NASA
More than five months since their feet last touched terra firma, the Soyuz TMA-12M crew of U.S. astronaut Steve Swanson and Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev […]
Astonishing 30-second time-lapse exposure of the Soyuz TMA-13M launch. Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
A second sun has risen above the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the rousing launch of Soyuz TMA-13M and three new resident crew members for the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff occurred precisely on time at historic Site 1/5—the very […]
Pictured at the Cosmonaut Hotel at Baikonur last week, the Soyuz TMA-13M crew of (left to right) Alexander Gerst, Maksim Surayev, and Reid Wiseman review flight procedures, ahead of their six-month voyage. Photo Credit: NASA
Three new crew members will arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) late Wednesday (28 May), just six […]
The “Blue Dot” patch of German astronaut Alexander Gerst’s mission, which is scheduled to begin in May 2014. Image Credit: ESA
Twenty-three years ago, on 14 February 1990, one of the most remarkable photographs of our age was taken. At a distance of almost 5.9 billion miles from Earth—and way beyond the orbit […]
Andreas Mogensen undergoes EVA training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: ESA
In a historic announcement Wednesday, the European Space Agency (ESA) revealed that Denmark’s first astronaut, Andreas Mogensen, will fly a short-duration mission to the International Space Station in late 2015. He is expected to serve as a […]
