
Nicole Aunapu Mann, one of the eight-member 2013 class of NASA astronaut candidates, speaks to a special media-day crowd on…

Jessica U. Meir, one of the eight-member 2013 class of NASA astronaut candidates, speaks to a special media-day crowd on…

Victor J. Glover, one of the eight-member 2013 class of NASA astronaut candidates, speaks to a special media-day crowd at…

A close-up view of a bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellite known as Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES.

Astronaut Karen Nyberg conducts a session with a pair of bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites known as SPHERES.

A sunset over the Aleutian Islands, with noctilucent clouds, is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 36 crew…

Astronaut Luca Parmitano samples the air in the newly attached Japanese “Kounotori” H2 Transfer Vehicle-4.

Astronaut Luca Parmitano prepares to open the hatch to the newly attached Japanese “Kounotori” H2 Transfer Vehicle-4.

Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano work with the cargo in the newly attached Japanese “Kounotori” H2 Transfer Vehicle-4.

Astronaut Karen Nyberg conducts a session with a pair of bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites known as SPHERES.