Space Station crew

Space station crew will experience New Year's Eve 16 times

The six astronauts and cosmonauts will go into the last weekend of 2017 with light duty and family conferences before taking the New Year's Day off.
 

Dec 29, 2017, 14:19 PM IST

Three new crew members welcomed aboard the International Space Station

The crew members will spend about six months conducting approximately 250 science investigations in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development — research that impacts life on Earth.

Dec 19, 2017, 17:41 PM IST

Touchdown! Expedition 53 astronauts make successful descent to Earth from ISS

The Expedition 54 crew continues operating the station, with Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos in command. 

Dec 14, 2017, 17:32 PM IST

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson ends record-breaking space mission, makes smooth landing on Earth

In April, Whitson broke the 534-day US record for cumulative time in space and has spent a career-total of 665 days in space.

Sep 03, 2017, 10:36 AM IST

NASA announces names of five astronauts for forthcoming ISS missions!

Astronauts Joe Acaba, Ricky Arnold, Nick Hague, Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Shannon Walker all have begun training for missions launching later this year and throughout 2018.

Mar 29, 2017, 13:04 PM IST

Astronauts or superheroes? ISS crew takes the traditional team photograph to a new level!

Our eyes have been subjected to what can possibly be called some of the most magnificent views mankind has ever seen.

Jan 30, 2017, 22:18 PM IST

Meet next space station crew who'll be launched to ISS in late spring this year

US astronaut Randy Bresnik, Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will be launched to the ISS in the spring of 2017.

Jan 19, 2017, 10:01 AM IST

Expedition 49/50 space station crew launch rescheduled for next week; NASA to air live coverage!

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko, will travel for two days in the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft to test upgraded spacecraft systems before docking to the space station’s Poisk module at 5:59 am on Friday, October 21. NASA TV coverage of the docking will begin at 5:15 am, as per NASA schedule.

Oct 13, 2016, 13:01 PM IST

Citing technical reasons, NASA postpones launch of next ISS crew members

The Soyuz spacecraft was supposed to carry three crew members as part of Expedition 49 to the International Space Station.

Sep 18, 2016, 13:53 PM IST