ISS (SPACE STATION)

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Got a question or comment? Use #AskNASA to talk to us. Learn more about the important research being operated on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science For more information about STEM on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation ________________________________________ FOLLOW THE SPACE STATION! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Space_Station Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISS Instagram: https://instagram.com/iss/ Video produced at the NASA Johnson Space Center

Cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy (the commander), Pyotr Dubrov (flight engineer) and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei launched to the International Space Station on April 8, 2021 aboard a Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft. The rocket blasted off from from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakshtan. Full Story: https://www.space.com/three-astronauts-launch-space-station-april-2021 Credit: NASA / Roscosmos

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Got a question or comment? Use #AskNASA to talk to us. Learn more about the important research being operated on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science For more information about STEM on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation ________________________________________ FOLLOW THE SPACE STATION! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Space_Station Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISS Instagram: https://instagram.com/iss/ Video produced at the NASA Johnson Space Center

Ever wonder where the ISS is? It's in Low-Earth Orbit at about 400km or 250 miles high. Head over to www.SpotTheStation.NASA.gov to see where it is in real time! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinjdebruin/ Website: https://www.kevinjdebruin.com/ Buy Kevin a Coffee: https://kevin-debruin.square.site/product/buy-kevin-a-coffee/5?cs=true

Colorful bursts of energy above thunderstorms called transient luminous events can be observed from the International Space Station. Instruments on the station are helping scientists study these particle outbursts, which may prove useful to better understand our climate, weather, and the behaviors of storms. Space Station Research & Tech: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

On the fourth anniversary of its first-light measurements, we are taking a look at some of the critical data collected by NASA's Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III) aboard the International Space Station. Launched to the station in February 2017, SAGE III is the most recent in a series of SAGE instruments that have measured stratospheric gases and aerosols from space. The SAGE family of instruments started in 1979 and is one of NASA’s longest-running Earth-observing programs. Allison McMahon (SSAI): Producer Haley Reed (ADNET): Producer David Flittner (NASA/LaRC): Scientist Marilee Roell (NASA/LaRC): Scientist Jamie Nehrir (NASA/LaRC): Engineer Kevin Leavor (SSAI): Scientist NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

Making sustainable human exploration of space a reality will require a myriad of never-before-seen technologies. Before new tech is used in a mission to the Moon, Mars, or beyond, it needs to be tested. We can imitate space-like conditions on Earth, but nothing is quite like the real thing. Thankfully, NASA has an orbiting laboratory in space that can be used not just for on-board science inside, but for technology demonstrations outside. Join us for the first episode of Tech on Deck, which will highlight some of these groundbreaking demos that were and continue to be tested on the International Space Station first, before they’re put to action in science and exploration missions.

Early riser? Watch two humans work in the vacuum of space on Sunday, Feb. 28! NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover will exit the orbital lab’s Quest airlock at about 6 a.m. EST to begin assembling and installing modification kits required for upcoming solar array upgrades.  Once the duo set their spacesuits to battery power, the spacewalk is scheduled to last approximately six-and-a-half hours. Read more about the International Space Station’s solar array upgrades here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-solar-arrays-to-power-nasa-s-international-space-station-research

VIce President Kamala Harris talked to NASA astronaut Victor Glover in Feb. 2021. Glover is currently serving as a Flight Engineer aboard the International Space Station. -- Full Story: https://www.space.com/vp-kamala-harris-calls-astronaut-victor-glover-space-station-video Credit: NASA

In this animation, astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover conduct a spacewalk to "begin assembling and installing modification kits required for upcoming solar array upgrades," according to NASA. The spacewalk is scheduled for Feb. 28, 2021, starting at - watch live on https://www.space.com Credit: NASA

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Got a question or comment? Use #AskNASA to talk to us. Learn more about the important research being operated on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science For more information about STEM on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation ________________________________________ FOLLOW THE SPACE STATION! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Space_Station Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISS Instagram: https://instagram.com/iss/ Video produced at the NASA Johnson Space Center

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft, named SS Katherine Johnson in honor of the NASA mathematician and former "hidden figure," launched atop an Antares rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia on Feb. 20, 2021. -- Full Story: https://www.space.com/northrop-grummman-launches-cygnus-ng15-cargo-ship Credit: NASA

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Got a question or comment? Use #AskNASA to talk to us. Learn more about the important research being operated on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science For more information about STEM on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation ________________________________________ FOLLOW THE SPACE STATION! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Space_Station Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISS Instagram: https://instagram.com/iss/ Video produced at the NASA Johnson Space Center

An interview between the National Science Foundations and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Victor Glover was interrupted by a power caution warning alarm aboard the International Space Station. The interview was quickly resumed after the astronauts responded to the warning. Credit: NASA

Watch two spacewalkers at work outside the International Space Station! NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins will exit the orbiting lab's Quest airlock at about 7 a.m. EST, to complete tasks including battery maintenance and installing high definition cameras.   Live coverage on NASA Television begins at 5:30 a.m.. The spacewalk will officially begin once the duo set their spacesuits to battery power, and is scheduled to last approximately six-and-a-half hours.

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Got a question or comment? Use #AskNASA to talk to us. Learn more about the important research being operated on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science For more information about STEM on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation ________________________________________ FOLLOW THE SPACE STATION! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Space_Station Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISS Instagram: https://instagram.com/iss/ Video produced at the NASA Johnson Space Center

Ever wonder what it’s like to see our planet from space? NASA’s astronauts will take you on a journey to the International Space Station, exploring the life-changing experience of an orbital perspective. View Earth as you’ve never seen it before: through the eyes of an astronaut.

In the final episode of Season 1 of Down to Earth, former NASA Astronaut Alvin Drew recounts the wonder of viewing planet Earth from space, and the necessity to keep pushing the bounds of exploration. Be sure to catch the premiere of the 30-minute special, Down to Earth: The Astronaut’s Perspective, today at 2p.m. EST at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIkqs9_FK28&feature=youtu.be. HD download link: https://archive.org/details/jsc2020m001449_Down_to_Earth_To_the_Moon_and_Beyond __________________________ FOLLOW THE SPACE STATION! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Space_Station Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISS Instagram: https://instagram.com/iss/ Producers: Gordon Andrews and Jamie Quinn Editor: Jamie Quinn

It has been a busy year of research aboard the International Space Station. In November, we celebrated the 20th year of continuous human presence aboard the space station, which so far has hosted 242 people and more than 3,000 science experiments. During the past year, research has ranged from growing radishes in microgravity to capturing 360-degree footage of life aboard station to monitoring our planet. This research benefits people on Earth while helping prepare us to explore farther into space. Look at some of the breakthrough investigations crew members worked on in 2020: https://go.nasa.gov/3mwj2wh HD Download: https://archive.org/details/jsc2020m001447_2020_Space_Station_Science_Pictures-MXF

NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, Kate Rubins, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi beamed down their message of resilience from the International Space Station for the holidays. Credit: NASA