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  • Buzz Lightyear and RC on parade.

    Buzz, Astronauts Shine as Stars of Disney Parade

    Buzz Lightyear rolled triumphantly down Disney's Main Street to mark a successful stay on the International Space Station.

  • Expedition 21 Crew Arrives at the International Space Station

    Expedition 21 Crew Arrives at the International Space Station

    Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev along with spaceflight participant Guy Laliberté have arrived at the International Space Station.

  • Soyuz TMA-16

    Expedition 21 Crew Launches From Kazakhstan

    Flight Engineers Jeffrey Williams and Maxim Suraev of the 21st International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to begin a six-month stay in space.

  • Mike Massimino

    Astro Mike Rockets to a Million on Twitter

    Astronaut Mike Massimino, the first human to tweet from space, recently became the first astronaut to reach one million followers on Twitter.

  • Space shuttle Discovery and its Leonardo cargo module.

    STS-128 Outfits Station for New Science

    Discovery carried a host of new science experiments and research equipment to the International Space Station to outfit the laboratory for more space-based studies.

  • Materials Science Research Rack

    Testing Materials in Space

    The Materials Science Research Rack allows researchers to study a variety of materials in space to improve performance on Earth.

  • JSC2002-E-16084 -- Astronaut Sandra H. Magnus

    St. Louis Cardinals Honor Sandra Magnus

    In late August, the St. Louis Cardinals took NASA Astronaut Sandra Magnus to the ball game to throw out the first pitch. Magnus isn’t part of the Cardinals’ starting line-up, but she is a hometown hero.

  • International Space Station, Sept. 8, 2009

    Eight Years of Success!

    The results are in: the first eight years of International Space Station science are a success.

  • NASA Astronaut Brings Some Heat to San Diego

    NASA Astronaut Brings Some Heat to San Diego

    Astronaut Tracy Caldwell cannot tell you where she was when man first stepped on the moon, since she was born after Apollo 11 landed, but she can tell you where she was on the 40th anniversary. She threw out the first pitch at a San Diego Padres baseball game.

  • Greg H. Johson

    Tradition Continues for Ohio Aviation Heroes

    NASA Astronaut Greg H. Johnson returned to his home state of Ohio on a mission to increase awareness and excitement for two major space exploration milestones.