After more than four months and 56 million miles in orbit, NASA Astronaut Sandra Magnus is now embarking on another mission -- a one-of-a-kind trip to support U.S. military troops overseas.
Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt completed an “internal” spacewalk Wednesday at 3:07 a.m. EDT.
International Space Station Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mike Barratt completed a 4-hour, 54 minute spacewalk at 8:46 a.m. EDT Friday to prepare the Zvezda service module for the arrival of a new Russian module.
Flight Engineers Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk of the 20th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-15 to the International Space Station at 8:34 a.m. EDT Friday.
As construction of the International Space Station nears completion, NASA and its national laboratory partners are preparing to utilize the unique environment in space for science.
Flight Engineers Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk of the 20th International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:34 a.m. EDT Wednesday to begin a six-month stay in space.
NASA and Microsoft have released an interactive, 3-D photographic collection of internal and external views of the International Space Station and a model of the next Mars rover using Microsoft's Photosynth technology.
Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, real-time tracking data and the Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, you can take a look at the Earth below from where the International Space Station is right now.
Take a virtual tour of the orbital outpost.
Find out when the ISS is over your city, or track where it is right now.
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View more NASA video, crew wake-up calls and other behind-the-scenes videos on the ReelNASA YouTube channel.
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The crew of Expedition 20 launches the morning of May 26, 2009 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Expedition 19 crew makes a toast to those responsible for getting the International Space Station's Water Recovery System up and running.
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Exterior photos show the Station's growth as new components are added.
See how the International Space Station orients itself.