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Russian Cargo Craft Departs Space Station
An unpiloted Russian Progress resupply ship undocks from the International Space Station. The unpiloted Russian Progress 66 cargo craft departed the International Space Station today after a five-month...
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Crew Conducts Research to Mitigate the Human Body’s Response to Spaceflight
Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer assess spaceflight-induced changes in muscle volume with the Sprint study. The crew of Expedition 52 wrapped up an intensive week of research on Friday,...
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Launch Preps in Kazakhstan; Cancer Therapies Researched on Station
Expedition 52-53 crew members (from left) Paolo Nespoli, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Randy Bresnik, stand in front of the Soyuz rocket that will launch them to space. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin...
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Crew Tests Lower Body Suit to Protect Vision; Soyuz Rocket Rolls Out Wednesday
Astronaut Peggy Whitson looks at the Earth below from inside the seven-windowed cupola. One of the effects of living in space is the tendency of fluids to shift upward towards an astronaut’s head. This...
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Two Days and Counting After Crew Rocket Rolls Out to Pad
The Soyuz MS-05 rocket is vertically raised into launch position two days before its scheduled launch from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky The Soyuz MS-05...
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Trio Ready to Begin Space Mission Lasting till Mid-December
The Soyuz MS-05 rocket stands at its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky It is less than one day before three new International Space Station crew members...
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Crew Inside Rocket and Ready for Liftoff
The Expedition 52-53 crew members wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-05 rocket for launch, Friday, July 28, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky At...
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New Crew Blasts Off to Station
The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft with three Expedition 52-53 crew members blasts off on time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-05 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to...
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New Crew Docks to Station
The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station at 5:54 p.m. EDT while both spacecraft were flying over Germany. Aboard the space station, Expedition 52 Commander Fyodor...
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Hatches Open, Station Crew Expands to Six
The Expedition 52 crew expanded to six today. In the front row from left are the newest crew members Paolo Nespoli, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Randy Bresnik. In the back row are Peggy Whitson, Fyodor...
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