Expedition 54 News Releases
Find out about all the mission events and crew activities that occurred during the Expedition 54 mission aboard the International Space Station.
Crew: Captain Scott ”Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location: Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 4 March 2018 Earth Time (GMT): 13:30 Wow, time has gone by extremely fast. The mid-deployment phase will be short-lived for me this time, as the new…
Crew: Captain Scott ”Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location: Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 25 February 2018 Earth Time (GMT): 21:00 While flying fast-moving jets, we practice the art of recovering from unusual attitudes. We close our eyes, and let the…
Crew: Captain Scott ”Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location: Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 4 March 2018 Earth Time (GMT): 13:30 I did an interview with some students today, and I was asked a two-part question by one of the students.…
Crew: Captain Scott ”Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location: Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 27 Jan 2018 Earth Time (GMT): 14:45 The smoke detectors have been setting off alarms. This happens routinely due to dust circulating in the modules, but every…
Crew: Captain Scott ”Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location: Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 23 January 2018 Earth Time (GMT): 22:00 We just finished a 20-hour work day. I spent nearly 11 hours in the spacesuit, and 7 hours and 24…
Crew: Captain Scott ”Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location: Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 7 January 2018 Earth Time (GMT): 17:29 Week three. The time is flying by. The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is 80% loaded. This has been a big…
Crew: Captain Scott ”Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location: Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 25 December 2017 Earth Time (GMT): 21:00 At 22:00, after initial “safing” and unpacking of Soyuz, we finally retired to our quarters. It was very hard to…
Crew: Captain Scott “Maker” Tingle, USN ISS Location: Low Earth Orbit Earth Date: 19 December 2017 Earth Time (GMT): 21:00 The launch went as planned. Our Soyuz spacecraft did a great job getting the three of us to the International…
Earth Date: 12-16-2017 Earth Time (GMT): 20:00 Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Launch Pad) Weather: -15 deg C, Snow Our crew just finished the final training event before the launch. Tomorrow, at 13:20 local time (Baikonur), we will strap the Soyuz MS-07…
Three new Expedition 55 crew members were welcomed aboard the International Space Station today. The hatches between the two spacecraft opened at 5:48 p.m. EDT, marking the arrival of Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA…
Three members of the Expedition 54 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, returned to Earth on Tuesday after months of performing research and spacewalks in low-Earth orbit. Vande Hei, Acaba…
Three members of the Expedition 54 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, have returned to Earth after months of performing research and spacewalks in low-Earth orbit. Vande Hei, Acaba and…
NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba and Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos undocked from the International Space Station at 6:08 p.m. EST to begin their voyage home to Earth. The deborbit burn is targeted for 8:38 p.m., and will…
At 2:58 p.m. EST, the hatch closed between the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking. Expedition 54 crewmates Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA and Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos are scheduled to…
Expedition 54 Commander Alexander Misurkin handed over control of the orbital laboratory today to fellow cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov during a traditional Change of Command ceremony. Misurkin is returning to Earth tomorrow with NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei…
