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    Live Now on NASA TV, Station Trio Says Farewell

    NASA Television and the agency’s website are now broadcasting live coverage of the International Space Station’s Expedition 62 crew as they are preparing for their return to Earth. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos are saying their farewells to NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/16/2020

    Functional Immune: The crew gathered blood samples in support of the Functional Immune investigation.  The Functional Immune Alterations, Latent Herpesvirus Reactivation, Physiological Stress and Clinical Incidence Onboard the International Space Station (Functional Immune) investigation analyzes blood and saliva samples to determine the changes taking place in crew members’ immune systems during flight. ISS Experience: The …

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    Final Call for NASA’s RASSOR Bucket Drum Challenge

    There is still time to submit an entry to NASA’s Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR) Bucket Drum Design Challenge. Entries are due by 11:59 p.m. EDT Monday, April 20. A total of $7,000 will be awarded for the top five submissions. NASA is holding a competition for participants to design an improved bucket …

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    Station Crew Swaps Command, Trio Ready for Earth Return

    NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos are preparing to depart the International Space Station Thursday evening in their Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft and return to Earth. Today the Expedition 62 crew conducted a change of command ceremony in which Skripochka ceremonially handed command of the orbiting …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/15/2020

    Functional Immune: Dry saliva collection was performed in support of the Functional Immune investigation.  The Functional Immune Alterations, Latent Herpesvirus Reactivation, Physiological Stress and Clinical Incidence Onboard the International Space Station (Functional Immune) investigation analyzes blood and saliva samples to determine the changes taking place in crew members’ immune systems during flight. ISS Experience: In …

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    Crew Nears Departure Ahead of Busy Space Traffic

    Three Expedition 62 crewmembers are getting ready to head home before U.S., Russian and Japanese spaceship traffic ramps up. Meanwhile, human research activities continue full speed ahead aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy will assume command and control of the orbiting lab today at 4:55 p.m. EDT during the Change of Command …

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    Human Research, Crew Departure Preps aboard Busy Station

    The six crewmembers aboard the International Space Station continued advanced space research today promoting health for humans on and off Earth. The crew will split up at the end of the week when the Expedition 62 trio undocks and returns to Earth. Scientists are looking at how human muscles adapt to microgravity for the Myotones …

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