Photos of Mikhail Kornienko’s Field Test after Return from a ‘Year in Space’

Hooked up to plenty of instruments, a group of three returning spacemen were put through their paces just minutes after their eventful return from space earlier in the week in a quest to collect data for future long-duration missions taking humanity to distant targets.

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Photos: Tim Peake & Tim Kopra’s ISS Spacewalk

NASA’s Tim Kopra and ESA’s Tim Peake ventured outside the hatches of the International Space Station on Friday, successfully replacing a failed voltage regulator on the Station’s truss structure to restore the Station’s power system at full functionality after the failure of the component in November.

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Photos: ISS Spacewalkers venture outside on short notice to free up stuck Robotic Transporter

Spacewalk veterans Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra completed an excursion of three hours and 16 minutes on Monday, making quick work in rectifying an undesired situation involving the Space Station’s Mobile Transporter that had gotten stuck in between Work Sites.

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Progress MS Spacecraft begins Debut Mission to ISS with successful Launch atop Soyuz Rocket

A Russian Soyuz 2-1A rocket lifted off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday at 8:44 UTC carrying the first in an upgraded series of Progress cargo resupply craft to orbit on a mission to the International Space Station.

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Star-Filled Skies & a Colorful Sunrise – Soyuz Rocket rolls to Historic Baikonur Launch Site

A Soyuz rocket began its rollout to its historic Baikonur Launch Site under a star-filled sky Sunday morning, arriving at the launch pad at sunrise – marking the start of final preparations for the launch of three International Space Station Crew Members.

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