Mikhail Kornienko

Being in space makes you an environmentalist, reveals astronaut Scott Kelly

US astronaut Scott Kelly and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko are scheduled to land in Kazakhstan early on 2 March.

Giant leap for mankind: International Space Station marks 15 years of astronaut inhabitation

Astronauts celebrated 15 years of circling the Earth aboard the International Space Station Monday, a new milestone for an orbiting space lab that some say deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

During 'Year in Space' NASA to turn astronaut poop into shooting stars

NASA has released some interesting data about several of its year-long “human research” programmes on the International Space Station (ISS) and its astronaut Scott Kelly's poop and the effect of space on the waste is one of them.

'He's the greatest Obi-Wan': Meet Russian astronaut Gennady Padalka, Earth’s longest resident in space

Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka has become mankind's most experienced spaceman setting a new record for most time spent in space, with a total of 803 days as on July 2015.

Astronauts float into International space station for NASA's first ever 1-year mission

Two Russians and an American floated into the International Space Station on Saturday, beginning what is to be a year away from Earth for two of them.

Nasa channels the Force: ISS astronauts pose for portrait with Jedi robes, lightsabers

The poster contains more than a few items not currently on the NASA list such as lightsabers and Jedi robes instead of space suits.