international space station

Splash Down!
Splash Down!
Splash Down!
It's been 45 years since the last one, but on Sunday, August 2nd, 2020, NASA astronauts returned to earth with an ocean splash down in the Gulf of Mexico.
Astronaut Tweets Photo of Detroit from Space [Photo]
Astronaut Tweets Photo of Detroit from Space [Photo]
Astronaut Tweets Photo of Detroit from Space [Photo]
Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted a friendly hello to residents of Detroit from 249 miles up in space Wednesday. Kelly snapped a photo of the city, the Detroit River, Windsor and part of Belle Isle from the International Space Station and shared it via Twitter along with his greeting "#Detroit. Pleased to make your acquaintance. #YearInSpace."
Far Out Fix: U.S. Astronauts on Spacewalk Repairing International Space Station
Far Out Fix: U.S. Astronauts on Spacewalk Repairing International Space Station
Far Out Fix: U.S. Astronauts on Spacewalk Repairing International Space Station
NASA Flight Engineers Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins are working outside the orbiting International Space Station today (Dec. 21) to fix a bad pump. They are doing the first in a series of spacewalks to replace a degraded ammonia pump module with one of the station's two external cooling loops that keeps both internal and external equipment cool, according to NASA.