Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:00:08 GMT 4 Takeaways From That Huge Study of Scott Kelly Scott Kelly spent 340 days aboard the International Space Station for a unique study of the biological effects of space travel.
Astronauts Relaxing Ahead of U.S. Cargo Mission A quartet of Expedition 60 astronauts are relaxing today ahead of planned operations to receive a new space freighter on Friday. Meanwhile, a pair of cosmonauts checked Soyuz spacecraft systems and collected air samples aboard the International Space Station. SpaceX is targeting Wednesday at 6:24 p.m. EDT for the launch of its Dragon cargo craft …
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:30:54 +0000 Fully Staffed Station Crew Kicks off Busy Week Waiting for Dragon SpaceX is targeting Wednesday at 6:24 p.m. EDT for the launch of its 18th contracted Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station. This will be the third flight of this particular reusable Dragon space freighter atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The Expedition 60 crew is now fully staffed with three new flight engineers, who …
Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:23:33 +0000 Hatches Open, Expedition 60 Crew at Full Staff NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos joined Expedition 60 Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station when the hatches between the Soyuz spacecraft and the orbiting laboratory officially opened at …
Sun, 21 Jul 2019 01:18:34 +0000 Soyuz Spaceship Docks, Station Crew Expanding to Six The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos docked to the International Space Station at 6:48 p.m. EDT while both spacecraft were flying about 250 miles over southern Russian, northeast of the Black Sea. Aboard the space station, NASA …
Sat, 20 Jul 2019 22:49:07 +0000 Three Expedition 60 Crew Members Heading to Station on Apollo 50th Fifty years to the day that astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped on the Moon in a giant leap for humanity, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and two fellow crew members arrived Saturday for their mission aboard the International Space Station, where humans have lived and worked continuously for more than 18 years. The Soyuz …
