Living and Working

The Expedition 31 crew ended its week with cardiovascular and exercise research aboard the International Space Station.

Astronaut Mike Fossum conducting the dry surface test as part of the Capillary Flow Experiments, or CFE, using the Vane Gap 2, or VG2, vessel, monitored from the ground on live video. (NASA)

Research and Technology

Moving liquids without gravity aboard the International Space Station can be tricky -- if there’s no "down" then water won’t flow downhill.

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Homemade Ice Sheets

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit writes about viewing the crystal structure of ice sheets in polarized light in his latest blog entry.

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Dragon Arrives

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba writes about the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon vehicle in his latest blog entry.

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NASA, NSBRI Select 29 Proposals To Support Crew Health ...

The selected proposals are from 25 institutions in 11 states and will receive a total of about $26 million over a one- to three-year period.

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Solar Eclipse from Space

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit shows a video of the solar eclipse as seen from the space station.

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First Annual International Space Station R&D Conference

All are welcome to attend and be part of this year’s theme: Results and Opportunities -- The Decade of Utilization.

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ISS Update

Watch ISS Update from Mission Control, Houston, weekdays at 11 a.m. ET. Follow us on Twitter @NASA_Johnson. Questions? Tweet us with #askStation.

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Fragile Oasis

Join with people all over the planet who look for opportunities to better our communities and our world, making life better on this fragile oasis.

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Earth Day 2012

Home Through the Astronauts' Eyes
In honor of Earth Day a half century into the space age, experts at NASA's Johnson Space Center media library have compiled the top 10 most requested Earth images taken by astronauts.
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Crew Earth Observations Videos
Newly added narration from one of the Crew Earth Observations scientists at Johnson Space Center provides geographical and scientific information to accompany the time-lapse sequences of still images taken onboard the International Space Station.
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Crew Earth Observations - Google Earth Video Tours
› East Coast of North America
› Mexico to New Brunswick

Walking on Air
Time lapse sequences photographed by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station are set to the song “Walking in the Air,” by Howard Blake.
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Science off the Sphere: Earth in Infrared
International Space Station Expedition 30 astronaut Don Pettit views cities, agricultural areas and deserts using an infrared camera for "Science off the Sphere."
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International Space Station Features

Expedition 31 Welcomes Three New Crewmates

Expedition 31 crew members Gennady Padalka, Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin entered the International Space Station Thursday at 4:10 a.m. EDT.
Expedition 31 Crew Launches to Station

Three new Expedition 31 crew members launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft May 14, beginning a two-day flight to the International Space Station.
The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation

If we want to expand into the solar system, this tyranny must somehow be deposed.
Expedition 30 Lands in Kazakhstan

The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin landed in Kazakhstan April 27, 2012 at 7:45 a.m. EDT.
Canadarm2 to Catch SpaceX’s Dragon on Its Maiden Voyage to the ISS

Once the SpaceX Dragon is cleared for capture, Canadarm2 will perform a cosmic catch: it will grapple the capsule and install it on the space station.