
Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA signs in for the start of qualification exams March 4.

The image of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, looms over Expedition 39/40 backup Soyuz Commander Alexander…

Expedition 39/40 backup crew members Barry Wilmore of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos (center) and Flight Engineer…

Expedition 39/40 backup crew member and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos signs in for the first of two days…

Expedition 39/40 backup crew member Elena Serova of Roscosmos signs in for the first of two days of qualification exams.

This reprojection of the official USGS basemap of Jupiter’s moon Europa is centered at the estimated source region for potential…

Spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 looks like a dandelion caught in a breeze in this new composite image from the Chandra…

Astronaut William R. Pogue, pilot of the Skylab 4 mission, relaxes on the running board of the transfer van during…

The three members of the Skylab 4 crew are photographed standing near Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center,…