Congratulations to NASA's #Artemis2 crew on its successful historic launch today aboard the Orion capsule Integrity! 🚀 Welcome back to space, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch! Congrats to Jeremy Hansen for becoming the 645th orbital flier in the Registry of Space Travelers!

Go Artemis II! 🚀

#ASEspotlight: William Fisher 💫 ASE member Fisher had some fun floating on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-51-I in 1985. Fun fact: “Dr. Bill Fisher Day" was celebrated by the city of Winter Park, Florida, on Jan. 24, 1986! Happy 80th birthday, Bill! 🎉

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Sergei Volkov, who flew to space three times between 2008 and 2016 (Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-02M, and Soyuz TMA-18M) as part of expeditions aboard the International Space Station (Expedition 17, Expedition 28/29, and Expedition 45/46)!

#OTD (Kazakhstan time) 20 years ago ✨ Soyuz TMA-8 launched on March 30, 2006, with ASE members Pavel Vinogradov, Marcos Pontes, and Jeffrey Williams aboard. Fun fact: This flight carried the first Brazilian citizen to space!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Yelena Kondakova, who flew to space twice between 1994 and 1997 (Soyuz TM-20 and STS-84) as part of trips and expeditions to the Mir space station (Mir EO-17)!

#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member William Oefelein, who flew to space in 2006 aboard STS-116 as part of a trip to the International Space Station!

#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Michael Foreman, who flew to space twice in 2008 and 2009 (STS-123 and STS-129) as part of trips to the International Space Station!

Today, we remember ASE member Alexander Viktorenko on his #birthday. Viktorenko flew to space four times between 1987 and 1995 (Soyuz TM-3, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-14, and Soyuz TM-20) as part of trips and expeditions to the Mir space station (EO-5, EO-11, and EO-17). ✨

#ASEspotlight: Wubbo Ockels 🌠 During STS-61-A in 1985, ASE member Ockels prepared for sleep in the special sleeping bag he designed himself. Fun fact: He was the first Dutch citizen to travel into space! Today, we remember Wubbo on his 80th birthday. ✨

#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Dr. Sian Proctor, who flew to space in 2021 aboard Inspiration4! Pic: Inspiration4/John Kraus, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

ASE welcomes our newest member: Josh Cassada! 🎉 Josh flew in space in October 2022 aboard SpaceX Crew-5. He's the 591st orbital flier in the Registry of Space Travelers. Welcome aboard!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Yuri Gidzenko, who flew to space three times between 1995 and 2002 (Soyuz TM-22, Soyuz TM-31, and Soyuz TM-34) as part of trips and expeditions to Mir and the International Space Station (Mir EO-20 and Expedition 1)!

#ASEspotlight: Ken Reightler, Jr. 💫 In September 1991, ASE Life Member Reightler took photos from the aft flight deck windows of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-48. Fun fact: He enjoys playing the guitar! Happy 75th birthday, Ken! 🎉

Today, we remember ASE member Lodewijk van den Berg on his #birthday. Van den Berg flew to space in 1985 aboard STS-51-B. ✨

#ASEspotlight: Musa Manarov 💫 ASE member Manarov attended an amateur radio festival in 2004. Fun fact: He enjoys tennis! Happy 75th birthday, Musa! 🎉 Pic: UR3IRS, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

#OTD 30 years ago ✨ STS-76 launched on March 22, 1996, with ASE members Ron Sega, Shannon Lucid, Richard Searfoss, Michael "Rich" Clifford, and Linda Godwin aboard!

#OTD 45 years ago ✨ Soyuz 39 launched on March 22, 1981, with ASE members Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa aboard. Fun fact: This flight carried the first (and currently only) Mongolian to space!

#ASEspotlight: Dirk Frimout 💫 In 1992, ASE member Frimout happily prepared a meal aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-45. Fun fact: He enjoys chess! Happy 85th birthday, Dirk! 🎉

#OTD (Kazakhstan time) 10 years ago ✨ Soyuz TMA-20M launched on March 19, 2016, with ASE members Jeffrey Williams and Oleg Skripochka aboard. Fun fact: This was the final flight of the Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft design!

#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member James F. Reilly II, who flew to space three times between 1998 and 2007 (STS-89, STS-104, and STS-117) as part of trips to Mir and the International Space Station!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member ESA astronaut Dr Matthias Maurer#HappyBirthday who first flew to space in 2021 aboard SpaceX Crew-3 as part of an expedition to the International Space Station (Expedition 66/67)!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Christer Fuglesang, who flew to space twice in 2006 and 2009 (STS-116 and STS-128) as part of trips to the International Space Station!

Today, we remember ASE member Kalpana Chawla on her #birthday. Chawla flew to space twice between 1997 and 2003 (STS-87 and STS-107). ✨

#OTD 60 years ago ✨ Gemini 8 launched on March 16, 1966! To learn more, check out the mission page from NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/gemini-viii/

Today, we remember ASE member R. Walter Cunningham on his #birthday. Cunningham flew to space in 1968 aboard Apollo 7. ✨

#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Mike Bloomfield, who flew to space three times between 1997 and 2002 (STS-86, STS-97, and STS-110) as part of trips to Mir and the International Space Station!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Mike Fincke, who has flown to space four times between 2004 and 2026 (Soyuz TMA-4, Soyuz TMA-13, STS-134, and SpaceX Crew-11) as part of trips and expeditions to the International Space Station (Expedition 9, Expedition 18, and Expedition 73/74)!

Today, we remember ASE member Eugene ("Gene") Cernan on his #birthday. Cernan flew to space three times between 1966 and 1972 (Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, and Apollo 17), and he holds the record as the last person to have walked on the Moon. ✨

#HappyBirthday to ASE - Europe President and ASE International Executive Committee Member Pedro Duque#HappyBirthday who flew to space twice between 1998 and 2003 (STS-95 and Soyuz TMA-3), including as part of a trip to the International Space Station!

#OTD 40 years ago ✨ Soyuz T-15 launched on March 13, 1986, with ASE members Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyev aboard. Fun fact: This was the first time a spacecraft docked with two space stations in the same mission!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Alexander Samokutyaev, who flew to space twice between 2011 and 2015 (Soyuz TMA-21 and Soyuz TMA-14M) as part of expeditions aboard the International Space Station (Expedition 27/28 and Expedition 41/42)!

ASE welcomes our newest member: Jack Hathaway! 🎉 Jack first flew to space this February aboard SpaceX Crew-12, where he is currently living on the International Space Station as part of Expedition 74/75. He's the 643rd orbital flier in the Registry of Space Travelers. Welcome aboard!

#OTD (Kazakhstan time) 45 years ago ✨ Soyuz T-4 launched on March 13, 1981, with ASE members Vladimir Kovalyonok and Viktor Savinykh aboard. Fun fact: This was the final crew to live aboard the Salyut 6 space station!

#HappyBirthday to ASE International Executive Committee Member Marcos Pontes, who flew to space in 2006 aboard Soyuz TMA-8 as part of a trip to the International Space Station!

Happy #InternationalWomensDay!

#OTD 25 years ago ✨ STS-102 launched on March 8, 2001, with ASE members Susan Helms, Jim Wetherbee, Yuri Usachev, & James Voss aboard. Fun fact: You can watch a crew-narrated post-flight video, created by NASA & shared by the National Space Society, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88yZf77o34w#OTD

Today, we remember ASE member Vladimir Vasyutin on his #birthday. Vasyutin flew to space in 1985 aboard Soyuz T-14 as part of an expedition to the Salyut 7 space station (EO-4). ✨

#ASEspotlight: Loren Acton 💫 In 1985, ASE Founding and Life Member Acton enjoyed a meal on the middeck of Space Shuttle Challenger during STS-51-F. Fun fact: He grew up on a ranch in Montana! Happy 90th birthday, Loren! 🎉

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Viktor Savinykh, who flew to space three times between 1981 & 1988 (Soyuz T-4, Soyuz T-13 & Soyuz TM-5) as part of expeditions to Salyut 6, Salyut 7 & Mir (Salyut 6 EO-6, Salyut 7 EO-4 & Mir EP-2)! Pic: Yumakeiko, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman to fly in space in 1963 aboard Vostok 6!

#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Robert Curbeam, who flew to space three times between 1997 and 2006 (STS-85, STS-98, and STS-116), including as part of trips to the International Space Station!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Valeri Korzun, who flew to space twice between 1996 and 2002 (Soyuz TM-24 and STS-111) as part of expeditions aboard Mir (Mir EO-22) and the International Space Station (Expedition 5)!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Yuri Lonchakov, who flew to space three times between 2001 and 2009 (STS-100, Soyuz TMA-1, and Soyuz TMA-13) as part of trips and expeditions to the International Space Station (Expedition 18)!

#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member James Voss, who flew to space five times between 1991 and 2001 (STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, and STS-102), including as part of trips and expeditions aboard the International Space Station (Expedition 2)!

#ASEspotlight: James Adamson 💫 ASE Life Member Adamson smiled widely as he posed for a photo by a window on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis while holding a Hasselblad camera in August 1991. Fun fact: He enjoys long-distance running! Happy 80th birthday, Jim! 🎉

#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Bonnie Dunbar, who flew to space five times between 1985 and 1998 (STS-61-A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71, and STS-89), including as part of trips to the Mir space station!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Vladimir Kovalyonok, who flew to space three times between 1977 and 1981 (Soyuz 25, Soyuz 29, and Soyuz T-4), including as part of expeditions aboard the Salyut 6 space station (Salyut 6 EO-2 and Salyut 6 EO-6)!

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Mikhail Turin, who flew to space three times between 2001 and 2014 (STS-105, Soyuz TMA-9, and Soyuz TMA-11M) as part of expeditions aboard the International Space Station (Expedition 3, Expedition 14, and Expedition 38/39)!

Today, we remember ASE member Donald ("Deke") Slayton on his #birthday. Slayton flew to space in 1975 as part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.