Astronaut earth space nasa international space station. Nasa unveiled an ambitious program friday to commercialize low earth orbit making way for visits by private sector astronauts to the international space station as early as next year. Nasa will allow up to two private astronauts a year to work on behalf of companies as soon as 2020. After a four orbit six hour journey to the international space station nc state alumnus and nasa astronaut christina koch is the first crew member to enter the hatch and be greeted by the iss crew. Astronaut christina koch of the international space station captured this image of hurricane dorian outside the space stations windows the morning of sept.
Nasa wants to open international space station to private travelers as early as 2020. This live iss hd hdev stream of planet earth from space is courtesy of nasa hdev high definition earth viewing cameras aboard the international space station. Wordens spouse anne mcclain was a decorated nasa astronaut on a six month mission aboard the international space station. 15 ways the international space station is benefiting earth.
Nasa astronauts kicked off their spacewalk to install a docking adapter on the international space station wednesday august 21. A decade ago the station was also designated as a national lab with some of the research time aboard the orbiting laboratory dedicated to help us here on earth as well.