Wheelock photo “Moon from Space” chosen for Real-Time Photo of the Year “NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock was honored with a Shorty Award for an image of the moon he took and posted to his Twitter account, @Astro_Wheels, while living aboard the International Space Station last year. The awards ceremony was held at the TimesCenter in New York City on Monday, March 28.”

Soyuz Landing Caps Space Station’s First Decade of Expeditions “Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the Kazakhstan steppe Thursday, wrapping up a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Yurchikhin, the Soyuz commander, was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked at 8:23 p.m. EST from the station’s Rassvet module. The trio landed […]

Astronaut Doug Wheelock Checks In With Foursquare From International Space Station “NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander Doug Wheelock became the first person to “check in” from space Friday using the mobile social networking application Foursquare. Wheelock’s check in to the space station launches a partnership between NASA and Foursquare to connect its users to the space agency, enabling them to explore the universe and discover Earth. The partnership […]