Monthly Archives: Tháng Sáu 2020

Astronauts Share Out of This World Experience with Students

International Space Station Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency discussed life aboard the orbital laboratory during an in-flight educational event Feb. 5 with engineering students at the University of California, Davis. The event featured former astronaut Dr. Stephen Robinson, […]

Expedition 41 Crew Hands Over Reins of ISS, Prepares to Head Home

In preparation for their return to Earth, International Space Station Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, bid farewell to the Expedition 42 crew, who will continue the important research being conducted aboard the station. […]

International Space Station Expedition 43 Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts of NASA, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency landed safely near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on June 11, Kazakh time, after bidding farewell to the Expedition 44 crew members and undocking their Soyuz TMA-15M […]

The Science of OSIRIS-REx

On Sept. 6, NASA previewed the science of the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security – Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx mission, during a pre-launch news conference at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. OSIRIS-REx – the first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid is targeted to launch Sept. 8 at 7:05 p.m. ET to […]