Astronauts in space
Oleg Platonov
Russian (ROSCOSMOS) Cosmonaut
ISS Flight Engineer
Zhang Lu
Chinese (CMSA) Taikonaut
Tiangong Commander
Wu Fei
Chinese (CMSA) Taikonaut
Tiangong Flight Engineer
Zhang Hongzhang
Chinese (CMSA) Taikonaut
Tiangong Flight Engineer
Sergei Mikayev
Russian (ROSCOSMOS) Cosmonaut
ISS Flight Engineer
Mike Fincke Receives Second Commandership of the ISS
Yesterday, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov handed over the commander’s key to the International Space Station to Michael “Mike” Fincke of NASA during the change of
Astronauts Show Support During Jared Isaacman’s Renomination Hearing
Former NASA and commercial astronauts showed up to support businessman, astronaut, and philanthropist Jared Isaacman’s renomination hearing in the Senate Commerce Committee today, December 3rd,
Weekly NASA Astronaut Recap | November 16th – November 23rd, 2025
NASA was back in full swing this week with astronauts both on the station and at JSC quite busy. With the government shutdown, we missed
Human Spaceflight During the Government Shutdown
The longest government shutdown in United States history has finally ended after 43 days, allowing government agencies to open back up. During the shutdown the
Scott Tingle Becomes New Chief Astronaut
Yesterday it was announced by Vanessa Wyche, Johnson Space Center Director that Scott Tingle had become the new Chief of the Astronaut Corps/Office taking over
Weekly NASA Astronaut Recap | September 14th – September 21st, 2025
Exciting times ahead for the NASA astronaut corps, as tomorrow (September 22nd at 12:30 EST) NASA will be announcing it’s newest astronaut candidates. It’s still