Expedition 50 NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson smiles as she listens to a reporters question ahead of the final qualification exams with fellow crew mates Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.

March 1, 2018

On Stage with Astronaut Peggy Whitson

At 665 days, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has spent more time in space than any other American. Peggy will talk about her...

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AS11 40 5874 (20 July 1969) Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module (LM) is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible in the soil of the moon. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this picture with a 70mm Hasselblad lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the LM the Eagle to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) Columbia in lunar orbit.

February 28, 2018

Apollo 11 History Archive Helps Virtual Reality Program Come to Life

Apollo 11 VR, a virtual reality experience, enables users to relive the Apollo 11 mission by taking some of the first steps on...

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Interior view of an incubator cassette from the Bioculture System

February 27, 2018

Cell Science: Studying How Life Changes in Space

Some aspects of life function differently in space, and biologists can learn a lot about how it impacts human health by studying...

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Benefits for Humanity: From Space to Surgery

February 26, 2018

Benefits for Humanity: From Space to Surgery

Robotic technology originally developed for the International Space Station is finding a new home in the operating room. An...

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jsc2017e115134 (Sept. 7, 2017) In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 53 54 crewmembers Joe Acaba of NASA (left), Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos (center) and Mark Vande Hei of NASA (right) display launch keys during a museum visit Sept. 7 as part of pre launch activities. They will launch Sept. 13 on the Soyuz MS 06 spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Victor Zelentsov

February 25, 2018

NASA Television Will Air ISS Crew Departure and Landing

After 168 days in space,  Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA and Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos are scheduled...

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NASA astronaut Joe Acaba works within the EMCS as a part of the Gravity Perception Systems (Plant Gravity Perception) investigation. Plant Gravity Perception studies plants gravity and light perception in the microgravity environment of the space station.

February 24, 2018

Space Station Science Highlights: Week of Feb 19, 2018

In addition to many hours of scientific investigations, crew members aboard the International Space Station spent the week...

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Space to Ground: Successful Spacewalk: 02/23/2018

February 23, 2018

Space to Ground: Successful Spacewalk: 02/23/2018

This week’s video update shares great images of the 3rd spacewalk for 2018 and previews the departure three current crew...

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ISS040 E 086609 (2 Aug. 2014) NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 40 commander, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

February 23, 2018

The Zero-G Workout

In the latest from “Houston We Have a Podcast”, Dr. Andrea Hanson discusses how the absence of gravity changes the...

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NASA Image: ISS050E011020 European Space Agency (ESA) Thomas Pesquet, Expedition 50 Flight Engineer (FE), during Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Generic Sample Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) Insertion, in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Pressurized Module (JPM). Photo taken during Expedition 50.

February 22, 2018

How Spacecraft Testing Enabled Bone Marrow Research

According to “partially-retired” Goddard Space Flight Center engineer, Tom Williams, “Our innovations help people...

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What Do Students in New Mexico Want to Know About Space?

February 22, 2018

What Do Students in New Mexico Want to Know About Space?

On February 21st, students from six schools in Alamogordo, New Mexico, had the opportunity to speak with NASA astronaut Scott...

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ISS017 E 006630 (11 May 2008) NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, Expedition 17 flight engineer, uses the short bar for the Interim Resistive Exercise Device (IRED) equipment to perform upper body strengthening pull ups in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

February 21, 2018

Weightless “Weight”-Lifting Builds Muscle on Earth

From the very early days of human spaceflight, NASA has been aware that astronauts lose bone density and muscle mass during...

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The Microbial Tracking 1 experiment has collected samples of fungi and bacteria from the International Space Station. This fungi sample was collected on May 5 and 6, 2016.

February 20, 2018

Microbes on the International Space Station

According to Dr. Michael Roberts, deputy chief scientist for the ISS National Lab, “Everywhere that humans go, microbes go...

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