
Mizuna mustard greens are growing aboard the International Space Station to demonstrate the feasibility of space agriculture to provide fresh…

Expedition 61 crewmembers (from left) Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir, Luca Parmitano and Christina Koch gather inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory…

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano tests the usage of specialized spacewalking tools while wearing U.S. spacesuit gloves.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch collects and packs Mizuna mustard greens grown and harvested inside the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir trims leaves and harvests a crop of Mizuna mustard greens grown inside the International Space Station.

NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster - Commercial (NEXT-C) fired for the first time last week inside a vacuum chamber at NASA’s…

Fifty years ago, on Nov. 14, 1969, Apollo 12 launched at 11:22 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A at the…

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NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan checks specialized spacewalking tools designed specifically to repair the International Space Station's cosmic particle detector.

Astronauts Luca Parmitano (left) and Andrew Morgan review robotics procedures in the U.S. Destiny laboratory module.