NASA Astronauts Discuss Life in Space | International Space Station

NASA Astronauts Discuss Life in Space | International Space Station

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 73 flight engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview July 22, 2025, with conference attendees at the ASCEND aerospace technical conference in Las Vegas. McClain and Ayers are in the midst of a long-duration mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration flights as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

Ascend Conference (July 22-24, 2025), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 
https://www.ascend.events/

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: JAXA Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy

NASA Flight Engineers: Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center 
Duration: 21 minutes
Release Date: July 22, 2025

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