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  • Launch of Expedition 19

    Expedition 19 Crew Launches from Baikonur

    Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt of the 19th International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:49 a.m. EDT Thursday to begin a six-month stay in space.

  • Station Spacewalkers Install Experiments, Probe

    Tuesday's spacewalk with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov concluded at 5:11 p.m. EDT when the Pirs docking module airlock was closed. The spacewalk concluded ahead of schedule, lasting 4 hours and 49 minutes.

  • Astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper

    Bug Busters

    Space station research in understanding the increased virulence of some germs in microgravity could lead to new strategies for preventing and treating food poisoning.

  • ISS Progress 32

    Progress Docks to Space Station

    A new Progress cargo carrier docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station at 2:18 a.m. EST Friday with more than 2.4 tons of oxygen, air, propellant and other supplies and equipment aboard.

  • Astronaut Sandy Magnus

    Astronaut Sandra Magnus' Space Station Journals

    Aboard the International Space Station, Flight Engineer Sandy Magnus shares her thoughts on living and working in space and puts her culinary skills to work to spice up traditional space food fare.

  • ISS Progress 32 launch

    Progress Launches to Space Station

    A new Progress cargo carrier launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday.

  • Earth vs. Space Match Resumes

    Earth vs. Space Match Resumes

    Astronaut Greg Chamitoff is ready to resume the unique Earth vs. space chess match he started on orbit.

  • ISS018-E-015379 -- Expedition 18 crew members

    No Fruitcake Required

    While people on Earth were exchanging cards and fruitcake this holiday season the Expedition 18 crew aboard the International Space Station received similar salutations, except for the fruitcake.

  • Station Spacewalkers Install Experiments

    Station Spacewalkers Install Experiments

    International Space Station Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov wound up a 5-hour, 38-minute spacewalk to install an electromagnetic energy probe and other experiments at 1:29 a.m. EST Tuesday.

  • Sandra Magnus

    No Shortage of Holiday Calories Aboard Space Station

    As the holidays pass aboard the International Space Station, the crew may make Christmas cookies, chocolate covered pecans and candied yams as they celebrate the season.

  • The first two modules of the International Space Station are joined.

    A Station Celebration

    Ten years ago, NASA and its partner nations began building a dream: the International Space Station

  • ISS Progress 31

    Progress Docks with Space Station

    An unpiloted Progress cargo carrier arrived at the International Space Station's Pirs docking compartment Sunday after a four day flight from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

  • International Space Station 10th Anniversary

    International Space Station 10th Anniversary

    By the time the first element launch anniversary rolls around on Nov. 20, the space station will have completed 57,309 orbits of the Earth, a distance of 1,432,725,000 miles.

  • MPLM Leonardo carries the STS-126 payload for the space station.

    Station Prepares for Expanding Crew

    Just in time for its 10th anniversary, the space station will get an out-of-this-world home makeover.

  • Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff

    Fincke and Chamitoff Vote From Space

    The two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station joined millions of Americans Monday in casting their ballots before Election Day.

  • Soyuz spacecraft

    Child's Drawing Will Become the Logo of the Next Soyuz Space Expedition

    The Russian Federal Space Agency invites children in Russia and other countries to design a logo for the Soyuz TMA-14 crew.

  • Astronauts Greg Chamitoff and Mike Fincke

    Astronauts To Vote From Space

    This Nov. 4, few ballots will have traveled as far as those cast by two NASA astronauts.

  • Expedition 17 Landing

    Expedition 17 Crew Lands in Kazakhstan

    Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko of the 17th International Space Station crew landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 11:37 p.m. EDT Thursday after more than six months in space.

  • The crew members of Expeditions 17 and 18

    Expedition 18 Crew Docks with Space Station

    Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-13 to the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module at 4:26 a.m. EDT Tuesday.

  • Launch of Expedition 18

    Expedition 18 Crew Launches from Baikonur

    Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:01 a.m. EDT Sunday to begin a six-month stay in space.