Expedition 56 News Releases
Find out about all the mission events and crew activities that occurred during the Expedition 56 mission aboard the International Space Station.

Three members of the Expedition 56 crew returned safely to Earth Thursday from the International Space Station, where they spent months providing hands-on support for scientific research in low-Earth orbit, working to keep the orbiting laboratory fully operational, and performing…

Below is NASA’s statement about the International Space Station Leak Investigation: On Aug. 29, 2018 a small hole was discovered on the International Space Station. This resulted in a pressure leak. The hole has been identified and fixed by space…

NASA is celebrating the conclusion of its Year of Education on Station (YES) initiative with a final educational Earth-to-space call, allowing students and others to speak to an astronaut living and working aboard the International Space Station. For this final…

Three of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, including two NASA astronauts, are scheduled to return to Earth on Thursday, Oct. 4. NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide complete coverage of their departure from the station and landing back on…

Medical students from The University of Texas Health Sciences Center (UTHealth) in Houston will speak with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station next week. The Earth-to-space call, part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station, will air live on…

Delayed due to inclement weather, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) now is targeting 1:52 p.m. EDT Saturday, Sept. 22 (2:52 a.m. Sept. 23 in Japan), for the launch of its unpiloted H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7) cargo spacecraft. Loaded with more than…

EDITOR’S NOTE: As of Sept. 26, NASA is rescheduling two spacewalks to complete the installation of new batteries and adapter plates arriving on HTV-7, as well as the spacewalk preview media briefing, due to the delay of the cargo craft launch. New…

Students in Georgia and Washington, D.C., will talk live with two NASA astronauts on the International Space Station next week as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station. These Earth-to-space calls will air live on NASA Television and the…

The following is a joint statement from NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos about the investigation into a pressure leak on the International Space Station Aug. 29-30: “NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin met for…

Editor’s Note: On Sept. 19, this media advisory was updated to reflect new dates for the preview briefing and spacewalks. Astronauts on the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk Sept. 30 to continue upgrades to the orbiting laboratory’s power…

NASA astronaut Nick Hague will be available at 7 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 19, for live satellite interviews from Russia before he launches to the International Space Station on his first spaceflight in October. Hague currently is at the…

High school students in Fort Collins, Colorado, will talk live with a NASA astronaut currently living and working aboard the International Space Station. Wednesday, Sept. 12, as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA…

Editor’s note, Sept. 12, 2018: The Sept. 10 launch attempt was postponed. The next launch attempt will be at 4:59 p.m. EDT, Friday, Sept. 14 (5:59 a.m. Sept. 15 Japan standard time). NASA TV coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. HTV-7…

NASA astronaut Anne McClain, along with her crewmates, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will discuss their upcoming mission to the International Space Station in a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 6, at NASA’s Johnson…

University and middle school students from South Dakota, and junior high students from Texas, will talk live with astronauts on the International Space Station next week. Both Earth-to-space calls are part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station, and will air live on…