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Station Commander Koichi Wakata Preps for Eye Exams
Station Commander Koichi Wakata Preps for Eye Exams

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) works with computers in the Harmony node of…

Moon Photographed From Space Station
Moon Photographed From Space Station

ISS039-E-019519 (8 May 2014) — With hardware belonging to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in the foreground, the moon appears…

Expedition 39 Trio Boards Soyuz for Journey Home
Expedition 39 Trio Boards Soyuz for Journey Home

The three departing Expedition 39 crew members are seen just before hatch closing that separates the trio from the remaining…

Commander Koichi Wakata Says Goodbye to Station Crewmates
Commander Koichi Wakata Says Goodbye to Station Crewmates

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency waves good bye as one of the three remaining…

Expedition 39 Trio Waves Farewell to Station Crewmates
Expedition 39 Trio Waves Farewell to Station Crewmates

Inside the Unity node less than an hour before hatch closure on the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft, the Expedition 39 crew…

Satellite for Scientific Applications (SAC-C)
Satellite for Scientific Applications (SAC-C)

SAC-C conducted multi-spectral imaging of terrestrial and coastal environments, developed techniques to measure atmospheric phenomena using GPS, and improved understanding…

Materials Testing on the International Space Station
Materials Testing on the International Space Station

Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester works with the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) during extravehicular activity.

Forward Skirt Structural Load Testing for SLS
Forward Skirt Structural Load Testing for SLS

NASA and ATK engineers complete structural loads testing on the Space Launch System (SLS) booster forward skirt at ATK’s facility…

Parasev 1-A
Parasev 1-A

The Paresev was unpowered, the “fuselage” an open framework fabricated of welded 4130 steel tubing referred to as a “space…

Student-Built Rocket Lifts Off From the Bonneville Salt Flats
Student-Built Rocket Lifts Off From the Bonneville Salt Flats

A student-built rocket lifts off the brilliant white hardpan of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Tooele County, Utah, May 17,…