Andre Douglas

Time for a mid-week sweet treat! 🍬 NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway & @Astro_ChrisW are answering students' questions live from the @Space_Station. Does candy taste sweet in space? What's your favorite meal on station? Tune in now to find out: youtube.com/live/ZkM8nEpkf…

The @Space_Station rarely makes big changes to its orientation, but we were lucky to experience such maneuvers (flipping around to fly butt-first, then flipping back again) before and after each @spacex CRS-33 reboost. This 60x speed timelapse was one of my favorites since it captures a little of everything - sunset, lightning storms, air glow, moon glint, stars, and sunrise - as we did one (actually very slow) orbital cartwheel from Atlantic to Pacific.

@zenanaut @Space_Station @SpaceX This is 🔥. Thanks for sharing!

@Astro_ChrisW Awesome shot Chris!

Last week, we were treated to the most incredible aurora borealis I have ever seen. There was a major coronal mass ejection from the Sun, and as those particles reach Earth, they interact with our magnetic field and our upper atmosphere to create the green, red, and blue/purple hues that we see. I spent most of the evening just staring out of the Cupola windows – it was as if we were surrounded by a glowing fog of red. I tried to capture it in a timelapse video. @KudSverchkov also got a great picture of me as we were all enjoying the light show!

TIME’s new cover: Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972 time.com/7346146/artemi…

I arrived yesterday at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral to support preparations to be completed before the launch of Artemis II. Hope you like the view as much as I do 🚀

Looking at this picture all I can think about is how deeply committed to each other these four people have become. We have each other’s backs…always.

Good morning, Moon. See you next month?

On the eve of our countdown demonstration test, we paid homage to the Apollo 1 crew. Moving, somber, necessary.

Passing the torch, orbit by orbit. 🔁✨ Changing command from Russia cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov to @NASA Astronat Mike Fincke.

We've got you loud and clear and standing by to say hi! 📞 Next year the crew aboard the station will have the opportunity to take part in a ship-to-ship call with the four humans inside the Orion spacecraft "named Integrity" as they travel to the Moon as part of @NASAArtemis II.

What secrets do lunar rocks hold? Artemis is ready to find out. Meet AIRES, a spectrometer that measures infrared light to reveal what the Moon’s rocks and soils are made of.

This took a few takes to capture . . . Initially held onto the camera mounting bracket and pushed off (you can hear the bracket clinking). Then carefully let it go so the camera floats with you through space station. Flew from the aft end of the lab to the forward end of Node 2.

The Artemis II crew recently completed three days of testing and training inside the Orion spacecraft at @NASAKennedy. They performed suit fit and leak checks, communication checks, interfaced with equipment, and simulated launch and flight scenarios. go.nasa.gov/40SpXXI

Sunday was hair wash day!

ISS Expedition 73 in the house! Just got here yesterday, felt so very familiar, like I never left. Spending time getting reacquainted with my friends and the @Space_Station. Very glad to be here.

@astro_Pettit Nice!

When in space, you get to name what you discover. I call this Yo-Yo trick "Return to Home Planet." In weightlessness, to keep the Yo-Yo under control, the string must be kept taut by maintaining circular motion.

Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view above the clouds, so scientists can use these types of pictures to better understand the formation, characteristics, and relationship of TLEs to thunderstorms.

@guttery @NASAArtemis Yes indeed!

@NASAArtemis @Astro_AndreD Looks like around the Flagstaff Arizona area.

Caption this. NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and @Astro_AndreD got some ground support while performing a simulated moonwalk in preparation for Artemis III, which will mark the first time humans explore the lunar South Pole region.

Wow. What a day. Spacewalks are grueling and exhilarating all at the same time. @AstroAnnimal, @astro_berrios, @JonnyKimUSA, @Astro_Onishi, and our flight control team on the ground absolutely set the standard for teamwork. We started the day off more ready than ever thanks to Tak and Jonny’s efforts suiting us up. We had a dynamic day outside with lots of changes and challenges, but our team got through it all! This was probably the most challenging and rewarding day I’ve ever had. We got out the door and got the tasks done that make the @Space_Station ready for the next cargo spacecraft, roll out solar arrays, and continued work on science through the next several years.