"With the Moon and the Earth, you're viewing them from this new perspective. ... We're all kind of struck by these things that make us feel small, and the sense I had was this sense of fragility and feeling ... small and powerless, but yet powerful together." –Jeremy Hansen #ArtemisII #EarthWeek2026
#HappyBirthday to ASE member Sergei Zalyotin, who flew to space twice between 2000 and 2002 (Soyuz TM-30 and Soyuz TMA-1) as part of trips and expeditions to Mir and the International Space Station (Mir EO-28)!
Official portrait of Donald Pettit
#HappyBirthday to ASE member Donald Pettit, who has flown to space four times between 2002 and 2025 (STS-113, STS-126, Soyuz TMA-03M, and Soyuz MS-26) as part of trips and expeditions to the International Space Station (Expedition 6, Expedition 30/31, and Expedition 71/72)!
"No matter how long we look at this, our brains are not processing this image in front of us. It is absolutely spectacular, surreal. I know there’s no adjectives. I’m going to need to invent some new ones to describe what we are looking at out this window." – Reid Wiseman #ArtemisII #EarthWeek2026
Official portrait of Gregory Olsen
#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Gregory Olsen, who flew to space in 2005 aboard Soyuz TMA-7 as part of a trip to the International Space Station!
Christina Koch looks out at the Earth through a window aboard Integrity during the Artemis II mission.
"We will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other." – Christina Koch #ArtemisII #EarthWeek2026
ASE salutes the crew of STS-100 on the 25th anniversary of their launch! Launch: April 19, 2001. John Phillips, Scott Parazynski, Jeffrey Ashby, Umberto Guidoni, Kent Rominger, Chris Hadfield, Yuri Lonchakov.
#OTD 25 years ago ✨
STS-100 launched on April 19, 2001, with ASE members John Phillips, Scott Parazynski, Jeffrey Ashby, Kent Rominger, Chris Hadfield, and Yuri Lonchakov aboard.
Fun fact: This mission installed the Canadarm2 robotic arm on the International Space Station!
#HappyBirthday to ASE member Andrei Borisenko, who flew to space twice between 2011 and 2017 (Soyuz TMA-21 and Soyuz MS-02) as part of expeditions aboard the International Space Station (Expedition 27/28 and Expedition 49/50)!
Official portrait of Michael Barratt
#HappyBirthday to ASE member Michael Barratt, who has flown to space three times between 2009 and 2024 (Soyuz TMA-14, STS-133, and SpaceX Crew-8) as part of trips and expeditions aboard the International Space Station (Expedition 19/20 and Expedition 70/71/72)!
#ASEspotlight: Georgi Beregovoi 🌠
In October 1969, ASE Founding Member Beregovoi (on couch) joined NASA astronaut Jack Swigert for a demonstration in the Apollo Command Module simulator at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Today, we remember Georgi on his 105th birthday. ✨
#HappyBirthday to ASE member Soichi Noguchi, who flew to space three times between 2005 and 2021 (STS-114, Soyuz TMA-17, and SpaceX Crew-1) as part of trips and expeditions to the International Space Station (Expedition 22/23 and Expedition 64/65)!
#ASEspotlight: John Phillips 💫
In May 2005, ASE Life Member Phillips assembled a vacuum cleaner while living aboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 11.
Fun fact: He enjoys kayaking!
Happy 75th birthday, John! 🎉
Official portrait of William Thornton
Today, we remember ASE member William Thornton on his #birthday. Thornton flew to space twice in 1983 and 1985 (STS-8 and STS-51-B). ✨
Image of Valentin Lebedev from a Soviet-era stamp
#HappyBirthday to ASE member Valentin Lebedev, who flew to space twice between 1973 and 1982 (Soyuz 13 and Soyuz T-5), including as part of an expedition aboard the Salyut 7 space station (Salyut 7 EO-1)!
Official portrait of Jean-Jacques Favier
Today, we remember ASE member Jean-Jacques Favier on his #birthday. Favier flew to space in 1996 aboard STS-78. ✨
ASE salutes the crew of STS-1 on the 45th anniversary of their launch! Launch: April 12, 1981. John Young, Robert Crippen.
#OTD 45 years ago ✨
STS-1 launched on April 12, 1981, with ASE Life Member Robert Crippen aboard!
To learn more, check out the mission page from NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-1/
#OTD 65 years ago ✨
Vostok 1 launched on April 12, 1961!
To learn more about the very first human spaceflight, check out this article from The Planetary Society: https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/vostok-1
Read the whole document: tinyurl.com/ReflectionsO...
In celebration of today's International Day of Human Space Flight, ASE Founding Member Dorin Prunariu reflected on its profound significance. "In the face of the cosmos, people are not merely citizens of different states, but inhabitants of the same planet, sharing the same destiny."
Photo of Igor Volk wearing a suit jacket, dress shirt, and tie while also wearing headphones. Pic: Claus Ableiter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Today, we remember ASE member Igor Volk on his #birthday. Volk flew to space in 1984 aboard Soyuz T-12 as part of a trip to the Salyut 7 space station. ✨
Pic: Claus Ableiter, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
ASE welcomes our new member: Nicole Mann! 🎉
Nicole first flew to space in October 2022 aboard SpaceX Crew-5.
She's the 590th orbital flier in the Registry of Space Travelers.
Welcome aboard!
Frederick Hauck sets up a Sony Walkman and mini-speakers on an overhead panel aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, wearing a dark short-sleeved polo shirt and looking at the camera.
#ASEspotlight: Frederick Hauck 🌠
In June 1983, ASE member Hauck set up a Sony Walkman and mini-speakers on an overhead panel aboard Space Shuttle Challenger to listen to a recording.
Fun fact: He enjoyed working on his 1958 Corvette!
Today, we remember him on his 85th birthday. ✨
Image of Anatoli Berezovoi from a Soviet-era stamp
Today, we remember ASE Founding Member Anatoli Berezovoi on his #birthday. Berezovoi flew to space in 1982 aboard Soyuz T-5 as part of an expedition aboard the Salyut 7 space station (Salyut 7 EO-1). ✨
NASA post-splashdown news conference coming up shortly at 10:30 pm ET. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir2X...
The helicopters carrying the four Artemis 2 astronauts have landed on the deck of the recovery ship, USS John P. Murtha. They'll now head to the ship's medical bay for post-flight checks.
Welcome home, #ArtemisII (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen)! 🌎
Splashdown for the Artemis II crew is scheduled for Friday evening, and NASA will livestream the historic homecoming. www.wired.com/story/how-an...
Crew module separation.
Crew capsule has separated from the service module.