6 min read NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse Each time the Moon covers the Sun during a total solar eclipse — darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the Sun’s ethereal outer atmosphere, the corona — it presents new opportunities to better understand our star and its influence on Earth. On Wednesday, [...]
NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Chris Williams is all smiles in this July 26, 2026, photo taken shortly after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev in Kazakhstan. This was Williams’ first mission. Williams spent eight months aboard the International Space Station, where he supported a wide range of scientific investigations and technology [...]
This artist’s concept depicts a tidal disruption event, which occurs when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive black hole. Crumbs of the splintering star heat up as they swirl around the black hole, creating a glow astronomers can see from far across the cosmos, and the black hole launches a relativistic jet [...]
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock in March, her reflection visible in a spacesuit helmet visor as she installs leg and arm components and swaps parts between suits. Credit: NASA/Jack Hathaway NASA will provide coverage as astronauts venture outside the International Space Station during three spacewalks in August to [...]
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The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 74 NASA astronaut Chris Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev aboard, Sunday, July 26, 2026. NASA/Bill Ingalls Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned [...]
The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft carrying three Expedition 74 crew members parachutes to a landing just feet above the steppe of Kazakhstan ending an eight-month research mission at the International Space Station.NASA+ The Soyuz MS‑28 spacecraft touched down at 5:27a.m. CDT (3:27 p.m. local time), completing a parachute‑assisted landing on the Kazakh steppe southeast of Dzhezkazgan. [...]
Expedition 74 crew members (from left) NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev are riding back to Earth inside the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft.NASA/James Blair NASA’s live return coverage for the return of the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft is streaming across multiple platforms. Watch online at https://www.nasa.gov/live. In about 15 minutes, the [...]
The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft (right) backs away from the International Space Station moments after undocking from the Rassvet module. The Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft (left) is docked to the Prichal module.NASA+ The Soyuz MS‑28 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station’s Rassvet module at 3:03 a.m. EDT, carrying NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey [...]
The Soyuz MS‑28 crew spacecraft, which launched and docked to the International Space Station on Nov. 25, 2025, is pictured docked to the Rassvet module.NASA NASA’s live coverage of the Soyuz MS‑28 undocking from the International Space Station is streaming across multiple platforms. Watch online at https://www.nasa.gov/live/. The spacecraft will undock from the station’s Rassvet [...]
