Expedition 38/39 astronauts talk about life on the ISS

(Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio pictured after landing – Photo Credit: NASATV)

International Space Station Expedition 38/39 Commander Koichi Wakata and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio have recently returned from their 6-month mission on the station and have spoken to NASA about their amazing experience in space.

International Space Station cameras capture video of Hurricane Arthur

(Photo Credit: NASA TV)

The Expedition 40 crew on board the International Space Station have captured some amazing images of Hurricane Arthur as the tropical storm prepared to make landfall over America, however the crew also managed to take an amazing video of the weather system as they travelled 260 miles overhead.

Expedition 40 astronauts conduct interviews onboard the International Space Station

(Wiseman and Swanson – Photo Credit: NASATV)

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Steve Swanson have taken time out of their busy schedules to talk to students, and the media, back on Earth. If you didn’t catch the interviews live, then they are available to watch below.

Aurora borealis captured in spectacular video from the International Space Station

#SpaceVine of #auroraborealis lights as Orion rises https://t.co/JQ6J5Hxxca

— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) July 1, 2014

Learn more about Hubble’s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope

(Artists conception of the telescope – Photo Credit: NASA)

NASA have created a short, but informative video, describing the features of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s next-generation space telescope.The video is narrated by popular film and television voice actor, Peter Cullen, who is famously known for voicing Optimus Prime in the recent Transformers films.

Hubble produces spectacular time-lapse video of star explosion

(A still of V383 taken from the video – Photo Credit: Our Universe Visualised)

The video below shows a star 20,000 light-years from Earth exploding, lighting up surrounding interstellar dust to create a stunning visual display. 

Another amazing video from the International Space Station

(The red sea during sunset – Photo Credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos)

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has posted another breathtaking video looking at the Earth and the structure of the International Space Station.

What do astronauts on the International Space Station see when they look out the window?

(Photo Credit: Reid Wiseman/NASA)

If you have ever wondered, then Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev  and NASA astronaut, Reid Wiseman, have provided the public with the best idea yet.

Massive solar eruption captured on video

(Photo Credit: NASA/LMSAL/IRIS/SDO/Goddard)

On 9 May 2014, NASA’s newest solar observatory, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), was located in a prime position to document the extraordinary detail of a coronal mass ejection (CME) which burst out from the surface of the sun.