'Super Moon' To Rise Saturday Night : The Two-Way : NPR

'Super Moon' To Rise Saturday Night : The Two-Way : NPR

The moon will be especially bright and large on Saturday evening. Take a look as it rises about 6:30 p.m.

Robonaut Out of Box

Check out Paolo, Cady, and Robonaut playing a joke on Mission Control.

@AstroRobonautRobonaut

If you didn't get to see my unboxing watch it here. The crew and I punked Mission Control!facebook.com/video/video.ph…

Tweet from @NASA Soyuz Landing Highlights Video

@NASA: Miss this morning's Soyuz landing? Watch video highlights of undocking and landing of the Expedition 26 crew http://go.nasa.gov/eywvd0

Tweet from @NASA ISS Expedition 26 Safely Home

@NASA: The Soyuz TMA-01M with @StationCDRKelly, Alexander Kaleri & Oleg Skripochka landed safely on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

Landing of Soyuz TMA-01M officially came at 3:54 am EDT.

The Expedition 26 crew is reported to be in good condition and awaiting to be extracted from its Soyuz spacecraft.

All three Soyuz crew members have been removed from their spacecraft and reported to be in good condition.

Photos from today's earlier Soyuz landing via Dmitry Kostyukov, Pool http://yfrog.com/h2ljy5j

Just About Out Of The Box

@AstroRobonautRobonaut

Crew just moved up the schedule - they are now unpacking me at 3pm central. Watch on NASA TV - nasa.gov/ntv Only one hour to freedom!

Robonaut Unpacking Tonight!

@AstroRobonautRobonaut

Tune in tonight at 10:10 PM Central to watch them unpack me. My sensors are tingling with excitement!

Soyuz Landing

With the landing of a Soyuz capsule tomorrow morning, I thought people might be interested in the particulars about these spacecraft. The Soyuz capsules land on, well, land. On the Kazakhstan steppes to be exact. They use parachutes to slow down the descent and special seats inside the capsule to absorb the landing shock. Check out NASAs information page on the Soyuz spacecraft.