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Stargazing From the International Space Station
Stargazing From the International Space Station
Stargazing From the International Space Station
Stargazing From the International Space Station
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) see the world at night on every orbit — that’s 16 times each crew day. An astronaut took this broad, short-lens photograph of Earth’s night lights while looking out over the remote reaches of the central equatorial Pacific Ocean. ISS was passing…
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Scott Kelly Considers Journey to Mars as Doable in Post-Landing Remarks About One-Year Mission
Scott Kelly Considers Journey to Mars as Doable in Post-Landing Remarks About One-Year Mission
Scott Kelly (left), pictured with his identical twin brother, Mark, also a former astronaut. Photo Credit: Michael Galindo/AmericaSpace Despite fatigue, muscle soreness and—untouched by the full force of terrestrial gravity in almost a year—a peculiar “itchiness” of the skin, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly feels that his 340 days in space have cleared a significant psychological and physiological…
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Soyuz Undocks from the International Space Station
On Sept. 12, the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft carrying Expedition 44 Commander Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency and Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency (Kazcosmos) undocked from the International Space Station to begin the return journey home for the trio.
A few hours ago, cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Aidyn Aimbetov and Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen came back to Earth on the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft, landed without problems in Kazakhstan. Padalka spent just over five months on the International Space Station, where he arrived on March 28, 2015 as part of Expedition 43. Aimbetov and Mogensen spent only a few days on the Station, where they arrived on September 4, 2015.
Spectacular Image Showcases Space Station Transiting the Sun with 9 Member Crew
Spectacular Image Showcases Space Station Transiting the Sun with 9 Member Crew
The International Space Station transits the sun on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015 with an enhanced crew of nine, as seen from Shenandoah National Park, Front Royal, VA in this composite image by NASA photographer Bill Ingalls. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
A spectacular new image taken from Earth showcases the International Space Station (ISS) transiting our Sun this past weekend, as the orbiting outpost is…
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Yummy! ISS Astronauts Eat First Space Grown Food
Yummy! ISS Astronauts Eat First Space Grown Food
Video caption: That’s one small bite for a man, one giant leaf for mankind: NASA Astronauts Scott Kelly, Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui of Japan sample the fruits of their labor after harvesting a crop of “Outredgeous” red romaine lettuce from the Veggie plant growth system on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV
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