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Incoming call: NASA Astronauts! ☎️ Today, Nichole “Vapor” Ayers and COL Anne McClain will be chatting about their experience living and working on the International Space Station with students from New York. Tune in: youtube.com/live/LgNHafwUg…

International Space Station 大西卓哉 （JAXA宇宙飛行士）Takuya Onishi NASA M+30: One of the experiments we’re conducting on the International International Space Station is to see how different types of nanomaterials can be fabricated in microgravity to improve biomedical applications on Earth. Nichole “Vapor” Ayers and I worked together in the Life Sciences Glovebox,

M+33: The Air Force Academy (Nichole “Vapor” Ayers's alma mater) is doing a neat botanical experiment to examine whether a carbon dioxide replacement can reduce a plant’s dependence on photosynthesis and increase growth in space-grown plants. This can help reduce energy use on future

We see beauty, while scientists see data. As I continue taking pictures of our beautiful Earth, I’m constantly thinking about how these pictures could help researchers and scientists get the information they need. This weekend, I was taking pictures of city lights over Italy,

Soooooo much going on in this picture. This shot came from a time-lapse sequence that I set up in the Cupola. You can see Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, with South America off in the distance. The first eye-catching thing is the lightning strike just north of Panama City.

The Aurora showed up this last weekend when I wasn’t expecting it! I was trying to capture the massive storms that went through both North and South America and got a nice surprise. The Aurora appeared right at sunset over the Northern US and Canada. I‘m also fascinated by just

Today, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Thank you.

We’ve been doing quite a bit of maintenance after the departure of the last cargo vehicle! I’m always amazed by the level of forethought and planning that goes into maintaining the International Space Station. Our engineers on the ground have to be creative enough to anticipate how

Congrats to the newest members of the Air and Space Force!

Tropical Storm Alvin has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone as it moves toward landfall on Sunday, which is the first day of Hurricane Season. For those that are affected by tropical storms and hurricanes, make sure you are prepared! The National Weather Service has

The Sun has been pretty active over the last week, which means some phenomenal auroras! The geomagnetic storm that lasted through this weekend did not disappoint. Our current orbit takes us right by the Southern Lights at night. Here are a few of my favorites!

Nichole “Vapor” Ayers International Space Station NASA 大西卓哉 （JAXA宇宙飛行士）Takuya Onishi M+51: Teamwork makes the dream work. Oftentimes, a single task will be broken up into stages that are each completed by a different crew member, or sometimes as pairs. This week we had an unexpected maintenance task of repairing a critical component of the Thermal Amine

I noticed smoke over the Northern U.S. and Canada a few days ago, and it took me a little while to understand what it was. From our perspective, it almost looks like a differently colored cloud formation. The brown hue to the clouds and the fact that they overlapped the white

I love looking out the side window of the cupola on the International Space Station. This particular view is looking starboard toward Antarctica to catch the aurora — and look at the star movement! I’ve seen a lot of reds and greens in the aurora, but this one had some purple hues, as well.

From the International Space Station, our hearts go out to the friends and family of Marc Garneau. Our colleagues at Canadian Space Agency have lost a pioneering astronaut and remarkable leader. Ad Astra.

While I’m not a huge fan of running on Earth, I have come to enjoy running in space! Did you know we exercise every day up here? We actually call it a countermeasure, because without the force of gravity, your bones, muscles, and other systems start to atrophy. It amazes me how

I love sunrises in space just as much as I do on Earth. Just look at the cloud heights and depth out on the Earth’s limb.

I got to install some hardware into our Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) this week! This is the Ring-Sheared Drop-IBP-2 experiment that studies the behavior of protein fluids in microgravity and tests computer models to predict that fluid’s behavior. In microgravity, we can

Sometimes we see lightning strikes that illuminate an entire city at once. This is Singapore last night, and that was a huge thunderstorm. It’s hard to believe, but these pictures were taken all in the span of 1/40 of a second!