Deep Space

Meet Raja Chari, Crew-3 Commander

It’s not every day that an astronaut commands a new spacecraft on his first-ever spaceflight, but NASA’s Raja Chari showed he was the man for the job. Watch as Chari tells his own story of an ...

Christina Koch’s Memorable Moments: Part 1

NASA astronaut Christina Koch’s record for the longest single spaceflight ever by a female astronaut or cosmonaut has reached a new milestone: today, it’s been 300 days (and still counting) sin...

T-60 Seconds with Jessica Meir

You’ve got to know a lot to earn a master’s degree in space science and a doctorate in marine biology, and that’s before you consider all you need to learn to become a NASA astronaut. As it t...

Meet Matthias Maurer, Crew-3 Mission Specialist

Can a materials scientist and former paramedic find a place in space? ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer is doing just that, right now, on the International Space Station. The ...

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Don't miss Down to Earth - Season 2: Conversations, releasing this Earth Day. In Episode 1, astronaut Suni Williams talks with Environmental Studies student, Adrien Prouty, about viewing our home p...

Spot the Station

Did you know there are six humans living in space, and you can see their home from your home? NASA astronaut Nick Hague shares how you can use spotthestation.nasa.gov to find out when the Internat...

Quick Questions With Crew-1

Go behind the online biography and hear the Crew-1 astronauts reveal their inner truths: favorite foods, guilty pleasures, the hardest part of training, and what’s left on their space-career buck...

Expedition 61 Thanksgiving Message

Right now, half of the crew members on board the International Space Station are American astronauts who are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, and they have a message for us. Check in with N...

NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins planting Veg‑03J aboard ISS

In 2021, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins planted Veg‑03J aboard the International Space Station using seed film for the first time. This advancement in planting technology streamlines crop initiation...

STATION ASTRONAUTS DISCUSS LIFE IN SPACE DURING ISS CONFERENCE

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Mission Overview

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission will carry NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukaw...

Crew-8 NASA Social Show at Kennedy Space Center

Associate Administrator Jim Free, Commercial Crew Program Mission Manager Carla Koch, International Space Station Chief Scientist Jennifer Buchli, International Space Station Program Deputy Chief S...

Johnson Space Center (JSC) Virtual Reality Laboratory Capabilities

A virtual tour of the JSC Virtual Reality laboratory (VRL), a VR simulation development and operations laboratory that is used primarily for ISS EVA astronaut training. The VRL provides an immersiv...

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Russian State Commission Meeting and Final ISS Expedition 61-62 Pre-Launch Crew News Conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan with NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir, Cosmonaut Oleg Skripotchka and Hazzaa Ali A...

Meet Kayla Barron, Crew-3 Mission Specialist

One NASA astronaut is learning first-hand if serving on a submarine was good preparation for a trip to space. NASA’s Kayla Barron had three submarine patrol missions in the Navy, and now she’s...

Doing Bigger and Better Things All the Time

There’s a new American record-holder for longest single spaceflight: NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is back on Earth after 355 consecutive days off of the planet. Although pleased with the achieve...

5 Things You Didn't Know About Astronaut Christina Koch

Engineering and physics degrees? Check. Previous work for NASA? Another check. Experience working at the South Pole and America Samoa? Of course. But the “usual credentials” aren’t the w...

How Do We Do Research in Zero Gravity | We Asked a NASA Expert

When it comes to experiments in space, astronauts on the International Space Station face challenges you won’t find on Earth: bubbles don’t rise, things float away and many Earth-based lab tool...

Meet Tom Marshburn, Crew-3 Pilot

Very few astronauts can boast of having launched to space on three different vehicles, but NASA’s Tom Marshburn is one of them! The former flight surgeon, a veteran of rides to the International...

Space Station Images Trace Bird Migrations

Those who see Earth from the International Space Station often say it provides a new appreciation of our planet. The Avian Migration Aerial Surface Space project, or AMASS, takes advantage of thous...

Know Your Crew…One!

The astronauts who will fly the first operational Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station are trained up and ready to go. After many months of work together (for some of them, ye...

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From an adventurous childhood in the Italian Alps to her trailblazing role as one of the first women in the Italian air force, European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has been explor...

Meet Satoshi Furukawa, Crew-7 Mission Specialist

Meet Satoshi Furukawa, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut from Kanagawa, Japan, making his second trip to space as a mission specialist on Crew-7. Furukawa was selected as a JAXA a...

Meet Jessica Watkins, Crew-4 Mission Specialist

A belief that exploration expands the boundaries of who we are as people, and unites us all at the same time, is why Jessica Watkins is so excited for her first spaceflight on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-...

Expedition 66 Spacewalk 79-80 Preview Briefing - March 14, 2022

NASA hosted a news conference at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston March 14 to discuss a pair of upcoming spacewalks by astronauts to conduct ISS Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSA) 3A power chann...

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Expedition 63 Spacewalk Preview Briefing: The Expedition 63 Spacewalk Briefing took place at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 24, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The briefing partic...

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NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers is the pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission. This will be the first spaceflight for Ayers, who became a NASA astronaut in 2021. She is originally from Colorado Spri...

NASA ScienceCasts: Unlocking the Origins of the Universe

AMS-02 is helping scientists investigate many fundamental physics questions from its place on the space station. Astronauts are conducting a series of spacewalks to perform repairs and extend the l...

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NASA, CANADIAN ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES GRADUATE WITH ARTEMIS MOON MISSIONS IN SIGHT The 2017...