A unique view from the ISS by astronaut Alexander Gerst on Sep. 24, 2014. A German city as seen from the International Space Station by astronaut Alexander Gerst on Sep. 29, 2014. Oil fields in ...

Alexander Gerst, who is perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut, logged onto Facebook ... Gerst, who is German, has also been actively tweeting and sharing photos from space, including ...

Alexander Gerst, on Twitter @Astro_Alex, is the latest astronaut to capture global attention with his stunning photographs of Earth from space. Can the German geophysicist outdo his predecessors?

The German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst returned to Earth safely after 197 days in space. The Soyuz capsule landed on schedule in the Kazakh steppe at 6:02 Central European Time (CET). On 3 October ...

Onboard were ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and his Expedition 40/41 crewmates ... Alexander's flight is the third visit of a German national to the orbital outpost and the sixth long-duration ...

And as for re-entry, wind and weather feel great after so long in zero gravity. German astronaut Alexander Gerst brought one central message back from the International Space Station (ISS): the ...

Facebook has held its first Q&A live session in space with astronaut Alexander Gerst. Facebook users ... But at the same time, the 38-year old German can’t wait to be “running in the forest ...

German astronaut Alexander Gerst has been selected for a second six-month mission to the International Space Station(ISS) which starts in May, 2018, European Space Agency (ESA) Director General ...

In a special performance, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst played a virtual synthesizer ... After his first song, Gerst addressed the crowd in German, subtitled in the ESA video, ...

Astronaut Alexander Gerst will become the first German for six years to travel to space when he joins the team on the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday. That makes him The Local’s ...

according to the German astronaut who has been tapped to become his country's first commander of the International Space Station. Alexander Gerst said the space station offers a unique opportunity ...

On Wednesday, German astronaut Alexander Gerst, Sergei Prokopyev and Serena Aunon-Chancellor will fly to the International Space Station (ISS). The "Horizons" mission will be Gerst's second mission.