The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft departs from the International Space Station’s Zvezda Service Module and heads toward a landing near the…
Astronauts Koichi Wakata and Rick Mastracchio conduct a session with a pair of bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata conducts a session with a pair of bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites
Nov. 8,2013 – – NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, inside a payload fairing, is hoisted to the…
An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Nov. 6, 2013 in Kazakhstan. The…
Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut…
Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos receives the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut…
Seated left to right, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin…
Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA is seen laying in a seat liner as he and fellow crew…
Dmitry Kozak, Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation, standing left, next to Oleg Ostapenko, Head of Roscosmos, give a formal…
