Three International Space Station residents parachuted to a safe landing Wednesday in a picturesque morning scenery in the steppe of Kazakhstan where their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft touched down after a circling the Earth 2,752 times.
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Three International Space Station crew members have begun their final laps around Earth, embarking on an overnight return aboard their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft after an eventful 172-day stay on the orbiting laboratory.
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Three International Space Station crew members are gearing up for their return to Earth after 172 days, hurdling through the atmosphere in a blaze of fire surrounding their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft.
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Spacewalkers Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins blazed through their task list in a busy EVA on Thursday, venturing outside the hatches of the International Space Station for six and a half hours to complete a series of outfitting tasks on the exterior of the orbiting laboratory.
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International Space Station Astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins will venture outside the orbiting complex on Thursday for the second time in under two weeks to complete a series of tasks on the exterior of the Station that have been left over from various previous spacewalks.
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DNA was successfully sequenced in space for the first time this weekend aboard the International Space Station as part of a study exploring whether operational DNA sequencing system are a feasible and valuable addition to the Station’s scientific repertoire.
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International Space Station Commander Jeff Williams set a new U.S. spaceflight record, passing the 520-day endurance record set earlier this year for cumulative time spent in space.
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The International Space Station received a new parking spot on Friday in a challenging spacewalk completed by ISS Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins.
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The International Space Station’s robotic duo was in action throughout Wednesday night and on Thursday to pre-position an critical docking adapter to be installed during a spacewalk on Friday to give ISS a new parking spot to be utilized by Commercial Crew vehicles to dock at the orbiting outpost.
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Russia is evaluating a reduction of its three-person International Space Station crew complement to only two Cosmonauts staffing the Russian segment of the orbiting laboratory.
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A critical docking adapter installation is on tap aboard the International Space Station this week with ambitious task outline split between robotic work completed remotely from the ground and a spacewalk to be carried out on Friday by Station Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins.
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