Tag: Samantha Cristoforetti

A Progress spacecraft docked to the ISS.Photo: NASA Every once in a while, the ISS requires a boost to counteract orbital decay and maintain its altitude. While the ISS is…

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti recently returned from a six-month stint aboard the space station. Enjoy a selection of her best tweets from the mission …

During the final days of her six-month mission aboard the ISS, astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has paid tribute to the movie classic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

International Space Station astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has shared a video showing how the orbiting outpost disposes of garbage.

Inspired by Louis Armstrong’s 1967 classic, an ISS astronaut recently posted four sublime Earth images alongside lyrics from the legendary track.

With the nearest medical experts so far away, astronauts aboard the ISS have to be well trained when it comes to performing emergency treatments.

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station astronaut has shared a rare view of Earth that shows our planet from horizon to horizon.

Peering out from the ISS 250 miles above Earth recently, astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti spotted an “intriguing” bright light in a desert. So what was it?

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has posted an astonishing image of Earth that she captured recently from the International Space Station.

ISS astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti recently took a moment out of her busy schedule to recreate a moment from the hit 2013 space movie Gravity.