Association of Space Explorers

#OTD (Kazakhstan time) 10 years ago ✨ Soyuz TMA-20M launched on March 19, 2016, with ASE members Jeffrey Williams and Oleg Skripochka aboard. Fun fact: This was the final flight of the Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft design!

#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member James F. Reilly II, who flew to space three times between 1998 and 2007 (STS-89, STS-104, and STS-117) as part of trips to Mir and the @Space_Station!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member @astro_matthias, who first flew to space in 2021 aboard @SpaceX Crew-3 as part of an expedition to the @Space_Station (Expedition 66/67)!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member @CFuglesang, who flew to space twice in 2006 and 2009 (STS-116 and STS-128) as part of trips to the @Space_Station!

Today, we remember ASE member Kalpana Chawla on her #birthday. Chawla flew to space twice between 1997 and 2003 (STS-87 and STS-107). ✨

#OTD 60 years ago ✨ Gemini 8 launched on March 16, 1966! To learn more, check out the mission page from @NASA: nasa.gov/mission/gemini…

Today, we remember ASE member R. Walter Cunningham on his #birthday. Cunningham flew to space in 1968 aboard Apollo 7. ✨

#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Mike Bloomfield, who flew to space three times between 1997 and 2002 (STS-86, STS-97, and STS-110) as part of trips to Mir and the @Space_Station!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member @AstroIronMike, who has flown to space four times between 2004 and 2026 (Soyuz TMA-4, Soyuz TMA-13, STS-134, and @SpaceX Crew-11) as part of trips and expeditions to the @Space_Station (Expedition 9, Expedition 18, and Expedition 73/74)!

Today, we remember ASE member Eugene ("Gene") Cernan on his #birthday. Cernan flew to space three times between 1966 and 1972 (Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, and Apollo 17), and he holds the record as the last person to have walked on the Moon. ✨

#HappyBirthday to ASE - Europe President and ASE International Executive Committee Member @astro_duque, who flew to space twice between 1998 and 2003 (STS-95 and Soyuz TMA-3), including as part of a trip to the @Space_Station!

#OTD 40 years ago ✨ Soyuz T-15 launched on March 13, 1986, with ASE members Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyev aboard. Fun fact: This was the first time a spacecraft docked with two space stations in the same mission!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Alexander Samokutyaev, who flew to space twice between 2011 and 2015 (Soyuz TMA-21 and Soyuz TMA-14M) as part of expeditions aboard the @Space_Station (Expedition 27/28 and Expedition 41/42)!

ASE welcomes our newest member: @astro_hathaway! 🎉 Jack first flew to space this February aboard @SpaceX Crew-12, where he is currently living on the @Space_Station as part of Expedition 74/75. He's the 643rd orbital flier in the Registry of Space Travelers. Welcome aboard!

#OTD (Kazakhstan time) 45 years ago ✨ Soyuz T-4 launched on March 13, 1981, with ASE members Vladimir Kovalyonok and Viktor Savinykh aboard. Fun fact: This was the final crew to live aboard the Salyut 6 space station!

#HappyBirthday to ASE International Executive Committee Member @astropontes, who flew to space in 2006 aboard Soyuz TMA-8 as part of a trip to the @Space_Station!

Happy #InternationalWomensDay!

#OTD 25 years ago ✨ STS-102 launched on March 8, 2001, with ASE members Susan Helms, Jim Wetherbee, Yuri Usachev, and James Voss aboard. Fun fact: You can watch a crew-narrated post-flight presentation, created by @NASA and shared by the @nss, at youtube.com/watch?v=88yZf7…!

Today, we remember ASE member Vladimir Vasyutin on his #birthday. Vasyutin flew to space in 1985 aboard Soyuz T-14 as part of an expedition to the Salyut 7 space station (EO-4). ✨

#ASEspotlight: Loren Acton 💫 In 1985, ASE Founding and Life Member Acton enjoyed a meal on the middeck of Space Shuttle Challenger during STS-51-F. Fun fact: He grew up on a ranch in Montana! Happy 90th birthday, Loren! 🎉