The seven Expedition 69 crew members enjoyed an off-duty day on Monday, September 11, aboard the International Space Station (ISS). They will be welcoming three new crewmates at the end of the week when they launch and dock to the orbital outpost. Upcoming Launch and New Crew Arrival Three future
This view of Earth was captured from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station. Pictured below is the Strait of Gibraltar that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, which separates the continents of Europe and Africa. Credit: NASAThe seven Expedition 69 crew members enjoyed an off-duty day on Monday, September 11, aboard the.
NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio works in the Microgravity Science Glovebox swapping graphene aerogel samples for a space manufacturing study. The physics investigation seeks to produce a superior, uniform material structure benefitting power storage, environmental protection, and chemical sensing.
. The longest-serving crew, with Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin and Frank Rubio, will depart at the end of the month after living in space for just over a year in space.Today, Rubio surpassed NASA’s single spaceflight record of 355 continuous days in space made by astronaut Mark Vande Hei on
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