Images of the Day: 29/05/14

(Photo Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman)

This is Reid Wiseman’s first photo from space.

Posted to his Twitter, the image shows the crew’s Soyuz craft docked to the International Space Station as it travels 260 miles above South Korea.

Seoul South Korea is shown in the lower right of the picture, while the Jeju Island can be seen in the upper right (the circle of lights).

The bright city lights below illuminate the craft and provide a spectacular backdrop.

A couple of hours after posting one spectacular image, Reid provided us with more.

(Photo Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman)

He captioned the image: “I can’t stop looking outside! The Soyuz @astro_alex @msuraev and I arrived on”.

Later, another one appeared:

(Photo Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman)

Looking at the Earth from the station’s cupola, Reid stated: “No ship has a better helm”.

We can not wait for more pictures from Reid and the new arrivals on the station.

 

High quality images from May 28th crew launch

NASA photographer Joel Kowsky produced these brilliant shots of Expedition 40/41’s blast off to the International Space Station.

Preparing to travel to space: A gallery of Expedition 40/41’s activities

Here is a collection of images documenting the crew’s journey.

Expedition 40/41 successfully blast off to International Space Station

(Photo Credit: NASA/ESA)

Tonight, at 7:57 p.m. GMT (1:57 a.m. Baikonur time), NASA’s Reid Wiseman, ESA’s Alexander Gerst, and Soyuz commander Maksim Suraev of Roscosmos performed a ‘flawless’ launch to the International Space Station.

Image of the Day: 27/05/14

(Photo Credit: ESA/Samantha Cristoforetti)

With less than 32 hours until liftoff, Expedition 40/41 Soyuz’s rocket is now ready to launch.

While the rocket was being vertically aligned, future astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti, snapped this brilliant picture from underneath the engines.

It really demonstrates the sheer size and power of the craft.

Crew members Gerst, Wiseman and Suraev have now been given the go ahead to travel to the International Space Station tomorrow.

Click here for more information on the crew and launch.

3 Astronauts return to Earth after 6 months at International Space Station

(Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

After living on the International Space Station for 188 days, astronauts Koichi Wakata, Rick Mastracchio and Mikhail Tyurin returned to Earth on May 14th.