
Versatile, tough and ready for mission-specific modification, NASA’s C130 can carry scientists, equipment, cargo or combinations of all three.

The R/V Atlantis, host to the DSV Alvin, carries the ocean-surface work of the NAAMES expedition.

Expedition 48-49 Prime Crew Members

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins

Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos

The mapping of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu is one of the science goals of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, and an integral…

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly speaks about his historic mission aboard the International Space Station during an event at the…

Expedition 48-49 prime crew members pose for pictures May 26 during a final qualification exam session.

Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signs in for the start of final qualification exams.