Category Archives: Nasa

Expedition 50-51 Crew Departs for Kazakh Launch Site

Expedition 50-51 Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency along with their backups, Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, Jack Fischer of NASA and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency participated in traditional ceremonies at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star […]

Expedition 52 Crew Receives Warm Welcome in Kazakhstan and Star City

Expedition 52 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer of NASA were greeted in a traditional ceremony at the airport in Karaganda, Kazakhstan Sept. 3, a few hours after landing in their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft in Kazakhstan near the town of Dzhezkazgan. After the ceremony, the crew split up, […]

STS 133: The Highlights

From launch to landing, space shuttle Discovery’s final flight, a 13-day journey to the International Space Station, is featured in this compilation of mission highlights.

Soyuz Crew Lands in Kazakhstan

The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Ron Garan and his fellow Expedition 28 flight engineers returned safely to Earth with a landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan. Garan and cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, and Alexander Samokutyaev had been on the International Space Station since April 6. Their journey home was delayed just over a week by […]

NASA Spinoff with Seth Green

Actor Seth Green discusses products and technology derived from NASA research, often called “spinoffs”, that are being used to improve life on Earth. A spinoff is a commercialized product that incorporates NASA technology or NASA “know how” and benefits the public. Spinoffs promote commercial activity, encourages economic growth, and stimulates innovation in business and commerce. […]

Message from the Administrator: Celebrating NASA's 60th Birthday

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine’s message to the NASA workforce on the agency’s accomplishments over six incredible decades, and future plans including missions to the Moon and on to Mars. For more, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/60

Message from the Administrator: Celebrating NASA’s 60th Birthday

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine’s message to the NASA workforce on the agency’s accomplishments over six incredible decades, and future plans including missions to the Moon and on to Mars. For more, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/60

Expedition 51 Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan to Complete More Than Six Months in Space

Expedition 51 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) landed safely near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan June 2 after bidding farewell to their colleagues on the International Space Station and undocking their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft from the […]

50th Anniversary: John Glenn and Friendship 7

NASA celebrates the 50th Anniversary of John Glenn’s orbital space flight. Glenn’s flight ushered in a new era for space travel. John Glenn, America’s first astronaut to orbit Earth, launched aboard his Friendship 7 Mercury capsule on Feb. 20, 1962. At the end of the mission, Friendship 7 splashed down into the ocean and Glenn […]

NASA Administrator Bridenstine Talks With Astronaut Nick Hague

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talks via satellite with astronaut Nick Hague in Houston. Hague and Russian crewmate Alexey Ovchinin safely made a ballistic landing in Kazakhstan on Oct. 11, when the launch of their Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station was aborted due to an anomaly. This video is available for download from NASA’s […]