The new adapter, the first of two, will enable new Commercial Crew vehicles being developed by Boeing and SpaceX to dock at the International Space Station in the future. In the meantime, the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is still being loaded with gear ahead of its return to Earth on Aug. 26.
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American astronaut Barry Wilmore has checked mostly everything off his to-do list in space. With his bags packed and his crew quarters cleaned, Wilmore has officially handed over command of the International Space Station to American Terry Virts, who will oversee Expedition 43.
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List of International Space Station expeditions. This is a chronological list of expeditions to the International Space Station (ISS). All permanent ISS crews are named Expedition n, where n is sequentially increased with each expedition. Resupply mission crews and space tourists are excluded (see List of human spaceflights to the ISS for details). ISS commanders are listed in italics.
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Category:Commanders of the International Space Station. Pages in category Commanders of the International Space Station. The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more). Ken Bowersox.
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Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams has accumulated 500 days of living in space over four missions as of today. Williams, who is scheduled to return to Earth Sept. 6, will break NASA astronaut Scott Kelly’s record of 520 days on Aug. 24.
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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station is a program that lets students experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crew members of the International Space Station. Learn More.
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You might not be planning to launch yourself into outer space anytime soon. But if you're a leader at your company, there's a good chance you already have some of the skills necessary to survive on a space mission. That's according to Tim Kopra, the current commander of the International Space Station. On April 21, NASA organized a live video chat between Kopra (who's currently aboard the space station) and Columbia Business School. Kopra, who also served as a US Army officer, graduated from CBS in 2013. He's been on board the space station since December and is scheduled to return in June.
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Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins are getting ready for an Aug. 19 spacewalk to install an International Docking Adapter. The docking port, delivered by the SpaceX Dragon last month, will enable future commercial crew spacecraft from Boeing and SpaceX dock to the station.
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Afterward, the crew explored heart cells, fluid pressure in the head and the eyes and the composition of meteors. NASA astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins are due to work outside the International Space Station on Aug. 19 for 6.5 hours. The duo tried on the spacesuits today they will wear during the spacewalk to complete the installation of the first of two International Docking Adapters to the Harmony module.
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The group will begin undocking the Soyuz from the International Space Station today at 6:44 p.m. ET and land in Kazakhstan at 10:07 p.m. While the approximately 249 mile free-fall back to Earth takes about 45 minutes, the process for making sure they arrive at their destination is far more complex. The Soyuz will stay close to the ISS for about two revolutions of the Earth as it fires its engines to align with the landing site.
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