After that was completed in 2011, the focus has shifted to science. Since her first stay on the space station in 2016, Rubins said that not much has changed – except there is now more scientific equipment for new types of experiments.Įarly in the space station program, the main focus was on assembling and building the space station. “And we will be remembering those who have been flying here for 20 years and all the 63 expeditions here before us. “Since the anniversary is on a Monday, we’ll be celebrating through hard work,” Kud-Sverchkov said. It’s the second expedition for both Rubins and Ryzhikov. Rubins, along with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, arrived at the space station on October 14. There, the crew can witness the 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets the space station experiences each day. The cupola is the space station’s seven-window observatory. And the three of us will take a nice long view out of cupola to appreciate both Earth and the space station.”

On the ISS, we really enjoy getting together and having dinners.

“It’s an incredible honor for us to be up here on the 20th anniversary,” said Kate Rubins during a press conference Friday from the space station. After an historic all-female spacewalk, astronaut has moon dream

Live earth view from space